NASDAQ:UALUnited Continental Stock Price, Forecast & News

United Continental's stock was trading at $49.34 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UAL shares have decreased by 50.4% and is now trading at $24.48. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Continental in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for United Continental.

United Continental is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for United Continental.

United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 21st. The transportation company reported $2.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.64 by $0.03. The transportation company had revenue of $10.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.88 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 29.16% and a net margin of 6.96%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.41 earnings per share. View United Continental's earnings history.

United Continental updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Monday, February, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.75 to $1.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.93.

17 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for United Continental's stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect United Continental's stock price to reach $91.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 273.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for United Continental.

News articles about UAL stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage 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 several days. View the latest news aboutUnited Continental.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 18,731,600 shares, an increase of 40.0% from the February 27th total of 13,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,138,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 7.6% 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 Southwest Airlines (LUV), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Copa (CPA), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), SkyWest (SKYW), Spirit Airlines (SAVE) and Hawaiian (HA).

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

United Continental's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $24.48.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $6.07 billion and generates $43.26 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $3.01 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.05 on an earnings per share basis. United Continental employs 96,000 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]