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

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

United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 15th. The transportation company reported $4.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the 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 return on equity of 29.33% and a net margin of 6.22%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.06 earnings per share. View United Continental's Earnings History.

United Continental updated 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 estimate of $11.86.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's share price to reach $103.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

17 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 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

Headlines about UAL stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage 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 company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 16,910,000 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the August 30th total of 14,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.6 days. Currently, 6.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View United Continental's Current Options Chain.

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United Continental's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.01%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own United Continental stock include Carolyn Corvi, Edward Shapiro, Gregory L Hart and Robert A Milton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Continental.

UAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Rockland Trust Co., Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cerebellum GP LLC, North Star Investment Management Corp. and Wealthfront Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have bought United Continental stock in the last two years include Edward Shapiro and Robert A Milton. 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 $87.88.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $22.58 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]