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 had revenue of $10.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.88 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 30.06% and a net margin of 6.60%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.41 earnings per share. View United Continental's Earnings History.

15 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's share price to reach $107.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.4% 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.

Headlines about UAL stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United Continental.

United Continental saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 13,450,000 shares, a decline 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 short-interest ratio is presently 6.2 days. Currently, 5.3% of the company's stock 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), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Spirit Airlines (SAVE) and Hawaiian (HA).

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United Continental's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include 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%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). 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, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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, United Services Automobile Association, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Ackerman Capital Advisors LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC and Cerebellum GP 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 $85.79.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $21.71 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]