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 data on Tuesday, July, 16th. The transportation company reported $4.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 net margin of 6.22% and a return on equity of 29.33%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $10.50-12.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $11.47.

18 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's stock 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 coverage about UAL stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press 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 effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,295,700 shares, a drop of 19.5% from the July 31st total of 16,507,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.3 days. Approximately 5.2% of the company's stock 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 retail and institutional 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 purchased 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]