NASDAQ:UAL - United Continental Stock Price, Forecast & News

United Continental trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UAL."

United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The transportation company reported $4.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.97 by $0.10. The transportation company earned $11.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.43 billion. United Continental had a net margin of 6.60% and a return on equity of 30.06%. United Continental's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.06 earnings per share. View United Continental's Earnings History.

United Continental is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Continental.

United Continental issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.25-12.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.86.

14 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for United Continental's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect United Continental's stock price to reach $105.23 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Continental in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

News coverage about UAL stock has been trending positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a coverage optimism score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,770,000 shares, an increase of 6.3% from the October 31st total of 13,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,459,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.0 days. Currently, 5.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View United Continental's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Continental include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alaska Air Group (ALK), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Copa (CPA), SkyWest (SKYW), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Spirit Airlines (SAVE) and Hawaiian (HA).

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United Continental's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.19%), Newport Trust Co (1.89%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.37%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.44%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.30%) and PointState Capital LP (0.26%). Company insiders that own United Continental stock include Carolyn Corvi, Edward Shapiro and Gregory L Hart. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Continental.

UAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Calamos Advisors LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, State Street Corp, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. and Newport Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold United Continental company stock in the last year include Carolyn Corvi and Gregory L Hart. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Continental.

UAL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PointState Capital LP, Banco Santander S.A., Man Group plc, Squarepoint Ops LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, California Public Employees Retirement System, Stifel Financial Corp and Mackay Shields LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Continental.

Shares of UAL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.58.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $22.16 billion and generates $41.30 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $2.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.13 on an earnings per share basis. United Continental employs 92,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United Continental.

The official website for United Continental is http://www.united.com/.

United Continental's mailing address is 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 872-825-4000 or via email at [email protected]