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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 15th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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.

17 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's stock price to reach $103.94 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.3% 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, 4 hold ratings and 12 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 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 -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely 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 the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 16,910,000 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the August 30th total of 14,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.6 days. Approximately 6.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.11%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%) and Rockland Trust Co. (0.00%). 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rockland Trust Co., Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cerebellum GP LLC and North Star Investment Management Corp.. 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 $87.15.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $22.39 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]