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Are Transportation Stocks Lagging Delta Air Lines (DAL) This Year?

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The Transportation group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has Delta Air Lines (DAL - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.

Delta Air Lines is a member of the Transportation sector. This group includes 122 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #14. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. Delta Air Lines is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for DAL's full-year earnings has moved 6.3% higher within the past quarter. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.

Based on the most recent data, DAL has returned 2% so far this year. Meanwhile, the Transportation sector has returned an average of -5% on a year-to-date basis. This means that Delta Air Lines is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.

Another Transportation stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, is Global Ship Lease (GSL - Free Report) . The stock has returned 30.1% year-to-date.

In Global Ship Lease's case, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year increased 6.6% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Looking more specifically, Delta Air Lines belongs to the Transportation - Airline industry, a group that includes 26 individual stocks and currently sits at #157 in the Zacks Industry Rank. This group has gained an average of 9.3% so far this year, so DAL is slightly underperforming its industry in this area.

Global Ship Lease, however, belongs to the Transportation - Shipping industry. Currently, this 39-stock industry is ranked #96. The industry has moved 0% so far this year.

Investors interested in the Transportation sector may want to keep a close eye on Delta Air Lines and Global Ship Lease as they attempt to continue their solid performance.


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