Delta Gains Altitude, but This Stock's Really Flying Higher

Investors continued to try to mount a comeback on Thursday, as the stock market eased slightly higher to reclaim more of its lost ground after a horrible first week of 2022. As of 8 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) futures were up 58 points to 36,218. S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) futures had picked up 5 points to 4,721, and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) futures had risen 19 points to 15,906.

Many see today as the official start of fourth-quarter earnings season, and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) was one of the first companies out of the gate to say how it fared during the final part of 2021. Investors generally liked what Delta had to say about the airline industry's prospects, but a stock in a very different earthbound industry saw even bigger gains in premarket trading. Let's take a look at what Delta said first, and then you'll learn more about the high-flying stock making noise on Thursday morning.

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