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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 21st. The transportation company reported $2.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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 net margin of 6.96% and a return on equity of 29.16%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.41 earnings per share. 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 updated 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 EPS estimate of $12.70.

15 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for United Continental's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's stock price to reach $107.62 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.4% 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 headlines about UAL stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. 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 daily trading volume, of 2,185,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.2 days. Approximately 5.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.28%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc. (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.06%). 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., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, James Investment Research Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System and New York State Teachers Retirement System. 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, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. 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 $77.20.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $19.53 billion and generates $43.26 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $3.01 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]