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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 15th. The transportation company reported $4.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.97 by $0.10. The transportation company earned $11.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.43 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 30.06% and a net margin of 6.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.06 EPS. View United Continental's Earnings History.

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

United Continental issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $11.25-12.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $11.86.

14 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for United Continental's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect United Continental's share price to reach $104.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

14 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 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

Media stories about UAL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company'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 daily trading volume, of 2,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.6 days. Currently, 6.6% 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.30%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.19%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.16%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.11%), Strs Ohio (0.11%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%). 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Calamos Advisors LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Northpointe Capital LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and Strs Ohio. 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 Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Rockland Trust Co., Tuttle Tactical Management, Pacer Advisors Inc., Regentatlantic Capital LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $89.71.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $22.70 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]