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UAL vs. AAL, ALGT, JBHT, JBLU, SKYW, ULCC, ALK, CPA, DAL, and LUV

Should you be buying United Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Airlines include American Airlines Group (AAL), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SkyWest (SKYW), Frontier Group (ULCC), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

United Airlines vs. Its Competitors

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of United Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of United Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Airlines has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

United Airlines has higher revenue and earnings than American Airlines Group. United Airlines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Airlines Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.9013.90
United Airlines$57.06B0.52$3.15B$9.989.24

American Airlines Group presently has a consensus price target of $15.89, indicating a potential upside of 27.06%. United Airlines has a consensus price target of $108.64, indicating a potential upside of 17.77%. Given American Airlines Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than United Airlines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
United Airlines
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.06

United Airlines has a net margin of 5.71% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. United Airlines' return on equity of 30.09% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Airlines Group1.26% -26.59% 1.91%
United Airlines 5.71%30.09%5.03%

In the previous week, United Airlines had 61 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for United Airlines and 17 mentions for American Airlines Group. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.73 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
United Airlines
29 Very Positive mention(s)
19 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

United Airlines beats American Airlines Group on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UAL vs. The Competition

MetricUnited AirlinesTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.86B$7.86B$7.27B$9.40B
Dividend YieldN/A6,150.60%693.00%4.04%
P/E Ratio9.2410.4012.8319.77
Price / Sales0.522,961.24540.5988.88
Price / Cash4.705.067.8428.17
Price / Book2.392.772.145.69
Net Income$3.15B$587.12M$568.35M$257.97M
7 Day Performance3.72%1.95%-0.59%1.92%
1 Month Performance24.21%19.75%4.74%12.82%
1 Year Performance92.47%59.95%3.74%19.22%

United Airlines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UAL
United Airlines
4.589 of 5 stars
$92.25
+1.1%
$111.43
+20.8%
+92.5%$29.86B$57.06B9.24107,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.2833 of 5 stars
$12.36
+1.1%
$15.89
+28.7%
+18.2%$8.13B$54.21B13.69133,300Upcoming Earnings
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
4.7519 of 5 stars
$54.61
+0.2%
$65.11
+19.2%
+9.1%$996.32M$2.51B-4.725,991
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.7432 of 5 stars
$151.88
-1.1%
$163.43
+7.6%
-9.3%$15.07B$12.06B27.5833,646Earnings Report
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.5123 of 5 stars
$4.42
+0.6%
$5.16
+16.9%
-26.3%$1.56B$9.21B-5.3622,793
SKYW
SkyWest
3.1073 of 5 stars
$112.81
+0.9%
$120.50
+6.8%
+37.4%$4.56B$3.67B12.9114,610Upcoming Earnings
ULCC
Frontier Group
4.0841 of 5 stars
$4.20
+0.8%
$5.67
+35.1%
+14.1%$953.20M$3.82B14.437,938
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.7947 of 5 stars
$52.86
+0.6%
$66.83
+26.4%
+40.0%$6.48B$11.74B19.1933,941News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CPA
Copa
4.7393 of 5 stars
$110.84
+0.4%
$153.00
+38.0%
+17.9%$4.56B$3.44B7.557,909Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7317 of 5 stars
$57.87
+2.1%
$66.62
+15.1%
+23.9%$37.66B$61.64B8.36100,000
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.9666 of 5 stars
$37.56
+1.1%
$32.81
-12.6%
+34.4%$21.39B$27.48B44.1772,450Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:UAL) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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