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

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

United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 21st. The transportation company reported $2.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.64 by $0.03. The transportation company earned $10.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.88 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 29.16% and a net margin of 6.96%. United Continental's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.41 EPS. View United Continental's Earnings History.

United Continental is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Continental.

United Continental issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 11.00-13.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $12.70.

15 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect United Continental's share price to reach $107.62 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

15 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 11 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 very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 13,450,000 shares, a drop of 8.4% from the November 28th total of 14,690,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,185,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.2 days. Approximately 5.3% of the shares of the company 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), 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.06%), Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. (0.05%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.05%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own United Continental stock include Carolyn Corvi, Edward Shapiro and Gregory L Hart. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Continental.

UAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Strs Ohio, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., James Investment Research Inc., New York State Teachers Retirement System, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. and Bowling Portfolio Management 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, United Services Automobile Association, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC and Alpine Global Management LLC. 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 $81.90.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $20.72 billion and generates $43.26 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $2.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.05 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]