NASDAQ:UAL - United Continental Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 16th. The transportation company reported $4.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.07 by $0.14. The transportation company earned $11.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.37 billion. United Continental had a net margin of 6.22% and a return on equity of 29.33%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.23 earnings per share. 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 EPS guidance of $10.50-12.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.47.

17 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for United Continental's shares. Their predictions range from $81.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect United Continental's share price to reach $103.1250 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.7% 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, 3 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

Media headlines about UAL stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a news impact score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 16,507,700 shares, an increase of 21.6% from the June 30th total of 13,572,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.6 days. Approximately 6.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View United Continental's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Continental include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Ryanair (RYAAY), Azul (AZUL), American Airlines Group (AAL), Air Canada (ACDVF), Alaska Air Group (ALK), China Southern Airlines (ZNH), China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd. ADR Class H (CEA), Deutsche Lufthansa (DLAKY), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), CATHAY PAC AIRW/S (CPCAY), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), Air France-KLM (AFLYY) and easyJet (EJTTF).

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United Continental's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Primecap Management Co. CA (14.80%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.01%), Par Capital Management Inc. (5.86%), BlackRock Inc. (5.39%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.77%) and Lansdowne Partners UK LLP (2.96%). Company insiders that own United Continental stock include 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., Putnam Investments LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.03.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $21.59 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]