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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The transportation company reported $4.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.97 by $0.10. The transportation company earned $11.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.43 billion. United Continental had a net margin of 6.22% and a return on equity of 29.33%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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 updated 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 estimate of $11.86.

17 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for United Continental's shares. Their predictions range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect United Continental's share price to reach $103.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% 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.

News articles about UAL stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. 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 trading volume of 2,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.6 days. Currently, 6.6% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 shareholders include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.30%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.06%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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, Northpointe Capital LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. and Winslow Evans & Crocker 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., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, Cerebellum GP LLC and North Star Investment Management Corp.. 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 $89.70.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $23.05 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]