NASDAQ:UALUnited Continental Stock Price, Forecast & News

United Continental's stock was trading at $49.34 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UAL shares have decreased by 40.1% and is now trading at $29.53. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Continental in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for United Continental.

United Continental is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for United Continental.

United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The transportation company reported ($2.57) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($3.36) by $0.79. The transportation company had revenue of $7.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.21 billion. United Continental had a net margin of 2.43% and a return on equity of 20.51%. United Continental's revenue for the quarter was down 16.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.15 earnings per share. View United Continental's earnings history.

United Continental issued an update on its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, April, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $8-8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.27 billion.

17 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect United Continental's share price to reach $65.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 120.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for United Continental.

Media coverage about UAL stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 news sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutUnited Continental.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 22,430,000 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the April 15th total of 19,920,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,576,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 9.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View United Continental's Current Options Chain.

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

United Continental's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Primecap Management Co. CA (13.86%), BlackRock Inc. (5.98%), State Street Corp (3.21%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.51%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.50%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.84%). 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 Primecap Management Co. CA, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., AJO LP, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., AQR Capital Management LLC, Alberta Investment Management Corp, and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research 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 activity for United Continental.

UAL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, U S Global Investors Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Yong Rong HK Asset Management Ltd, Quaker Capital Investments LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $29.53.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $7.32 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 96,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for United Continental is 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]