What to Watch Thursday: Delta Air Lines Reports Earnings

On Thursday, October 13, Delta Air Lines (DAL) - Get Report reports quarterly results. The airline is expected to report earnings of $1.65 a share, per the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The analysts at Bernstein began covering the stock on Tuesday and maintain a "market perform" with a price target of $43. The stock trades near $39 and is down 23% since the start of the year. On the economic calendar, weekly jobless claims and import and export prices for September are both released at 8:30 a.m., along with the EIA Petroleum Status Report at 11 a.m. TheStreet's Scott Gamm reports from Wall Street.