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

14 brokers have issued 12-month 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 $104.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% 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, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

News coverage about UAL stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely 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 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. Approximately 6.6% of the shares of the stock 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), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Allegiant Travel (ALGT) 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 Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.30%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.16%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.11%), Strs Ohio (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.06%). 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Northpointe Capital LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Strs Ohio and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Rockland Trust Co., Tuttle Tactical Management, Pacer Advisors Inc., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 $91.15.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $23.06 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]