United Continental Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:UAL)

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

United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) announced its quarterly 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 the consensus estimate of $11.43 billion. United Continental had a net margin of 6.60% and a return on equity of 30.06%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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 EPS guidance of $11.25-12.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.86.

15 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for United Continental's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's share price to reach $104.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Continental in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

Media stories about UAL stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,890,000 shares, a drop of 17.9% from the September 30th total of 16,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 5.4% of the shares of the stock 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Newport Trust Co (1.89%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.37%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.30%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.19%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.16%). 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, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Newport Trust Co and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC. 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 Banco Santander S.A., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, California Public Employees Retirement System, Mackay Shields LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Eagle Asset Management Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. 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 $93.53.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $23.67 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]