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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
KSU Kansas City Southern	$293.59	$297.85	$190.64 ▼ $315.39	$26.71B	1.1	1.25 million shs	40.68 million shs
UAL United Airlines	$51.11 +4.9%	$44.09	$33.68 ▼ $58.23	$16.80B	1.55	10.07 million shs	20.90 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
KSU Kansas City Southern	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
UAL United Airlines	+17.45%	+15.03%	+11.92%	+22.55%	+13.24%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
KSU Kansas City Southern	0.4236 of 5 stars	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	0.0	1.7	1.9
UAL United Airlines	4.9237 of 5 stars	4.4	4.0	0.0	0.4	3.1	1.7	4.4

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
KSU Kansas City Southern	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
UAL United Airlines	2.77	Moderate Buy	$66.20	29.52% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest KSU and UAL Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/18/2024	UAL United Airlines	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$75.00 ➝ $80.00
4/18/2024	UAL United Airlines	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Positive ➝ Positive	$55.00 ➝ $60.00
4/18/2024	UAL United Airlines	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$60.00 ➝ $70.00
4/9/2024	UAL United Airlines	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Positive ➝ Positive	$60.00 ➝ $55.00
3/20/2024	UAL United Airlines	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$47.00
2/13/2024	UAL United Airlines	Redburn Atlantic Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$50.00
2/9/2024	UAL United Airlines	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	In-Line ➝ Outperform	$58.00 ➝ $65.00
1/24/2024	UAL United Airlines	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$55.00 ➝ $65.00

(Data available from 4/18/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
KSU Kansas City Southern	$2.63B	10.15	$10.98 per share	26.74	$48.19 per share	6.09
UAL United Airlines	$53.72B	0.31	$23.13 per share	2.21	$28.42 per share	1.80

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
KSU Kansas City Southern	$617M	$1.02	287.84	30.17	N/A	3.33%	16.69%	7.02%	N/A
UAL United Airlines	$2.62B	$8.09	6.32	4.63	0.58	4.90%	40.50%	4.82%	7/17/2024 (Estimated)

Latest KSU and UAL Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
1/23/2024	12/31/2023	UAL United Airlines	$1.61	$2.00	+$0.39	$2.19	$13.55 billion	$13.63 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
KSU Kansas City Southern	$2.16	0.74%	N/A	211.77%	N/A
UAL United Airlines	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
KSU Kansas City Southern	0.89	0.72	0.62
UAL United Airlines	2.70	0.83	0.76

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
KSU Kansas City Southern	79.69%
UAL United Airlines	69.69%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
KSU Kansas City Southern	0.83%
UAL United Airlines	0.60%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
KSU Kansas City Southern	6,522	90.98 million	90.23 million	Optionable
UAL United Airlines	10,300	328.80 million	326.83 million	Optionable

KSU and UAL Headlines

Source	Headline
	United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) Sees Strong Trading Volume on Analyst Upgrade marketbeat.com - April 18 at 10:35 AM
	What's Going On With United Airlines Stock Today? benzinga.com - April 18 at 10:33 AM
	Buy Rating Affirmed for United Airlines Amidst Robust Cash Flow Management and Positive Outlook markets.businessinsider.com - April 18 at 9:42 AM
	United Airlines warns of major consequences of Boeing 737 Max blowout thestreet.com - April 18 at 9:42 AM
	United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UAL) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript finance.yahoo.com - April 18 at 9:42 AM
	Morgan Stanley Raises United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) Price Target to $80.00 marketbeat.com - April 18 at 8:42 AM
	United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) (Q1 2024) Earnings Call Transcript Highlights: Navigating ... finance.yahoo.com - April 18 at 7:44 AM
	Heard on the Street Wednesday Recap: Equities Losing Favor? finance.yahoo.com - April 18 at 7:44 AM
	Q1 2024 United Airlines Holdings Inc Earnings Call finance.yahoo.com - April 18 at 7:44 AM
	United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) Updates Q2 2024 Earnings Guidance marketbeat.com - April 18 at 7:14 AM
	Seaport Res Ptn Comments on United Airlines Holdings, Inc.'s FY2026 Earnings (NASDAQ:UAL) marketbeat.com - April 18 at 6:49 AM
	Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. Acquires 23,000 Shares of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UAL) marketbeat.com - April 18 at 5:11 AM
	Beyond The Earnings: What The Latest SEC 10-Q Filing Reveals About United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL) Future americanbankingnews.com - April 18 at 3:40 AM
	United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) Upgraded to Hold by StockNews.com americanbankingnews.com - April 18 at 2:24 AM
	Seaport Res Ptn Comments on United Airlines Holdings, Inc.'s Q2 2024 Earnings (NASDAQ:UAL) americanbankingnews.com - April 18 at 1:46 AM
	United Soars as Outlook Eases Worry Over Boeing Deliveries msn.com - April 18 at 12:16 AM
	American Airlines Pilots Get Real About Concerning Safety Issues in Aviation msn.com - April 18 at 12:16 AM
	United Airlines jumps more than 10% on strong earnings forecast, cuts 2024 fleet plan on Boeing delays msn.com - April 17 at 8:54 PM
	United Airlines Cuts 2024 Aircraft Plan During Growth Challenges msn.com - April 17 at 8:54 PM
	Is the United States On Japan's Path of Stagnation? seeitmarket.com - April 17 at 8:49 PM
	United Airlines CEO says dropping change fees now makes carrier stronger competitor bizjournals.com - April 17 at 7:15 PM
	United blames $200M earnings hit on fallout from Boeing’s midair door blowout msn.com - April 17 at 6:03 PM
	United Airlines to Defer Some New Planes Due to US Safety Review msn.com - April 17 at 6:03 PM
	United Airlines strikes compensation deal with Boeing for Max groundings, delays marketwatch.com - April 17 at 6:03 PM

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Company Descriptions

Kansas City Southern

NYSE:KSU

Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company. It focuses on the growing north or south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with major industrial cities in Mexico. The firm also engages in the freight rail transportation business operating through a single coordinated rail network. The company was founded by Arthur E. Stilwell in 1887 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

United Airlines

NASDAQ:UAL

United Airlines Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, the Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America. The company transports people and cargo through its mainline and regional fleets. It also offers catering, ground handling, flight academy, and maintenance services for third parties. The company was formerly known as United Continental Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to United Airlines Holdings, Inc. in June 2019. United Airlines Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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