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 quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The transportation company reported $4.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.97 by $0.10. The transportation company had revenue of $11.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.43 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 30.06% and a net margin of 6.60%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.06 EPS. 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 EPS guidance of $11.25-12.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $11.86.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's stock price to reach $105.23 in the next twelve months. 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 stories about UAL stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest in 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. Approximately 5.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 number of of institutional and retail 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 bought 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]