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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 16th. The transportation company reported $4.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.07 by $0.14. The transportation company had revenue of $11.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.37 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 29.33% and a net margin of 6.22%. United Continental's revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.23 EPS. View United Continental's Earnings History.

United Continental is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Continental.

United Continental updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $10.50-12.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $11.47.

18 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for United Continental's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect United Continental's share price to reach $102.6471 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

18 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 13 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 somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,295,700 shares, a decrease of 19.5% from the July 31st total of 16,507,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.3 days. Approximately 5.2% 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Primecap Management Co. CA (14.80%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.01%), Par Capital Management Inc. (5.86%), BlackRock Inc. (5.39%), BlackRock Inc. (5.39%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.77%). 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 Morgan Stanley, AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Par Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., Nomura Holdings Inc. and Putnam Investments 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Calamos Advisors LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Bank of Montreal Can and Invesco Ltd.. 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 $89.09.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $22.89 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]