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NASDAQ:UAL

United Airlines - UAL Competitors

$42.41
+0.47 (+1.12%)
(As of 03/28/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$41.58
$42.57
50-Day Range
$41.36
$54.26
52-Week Range
$31.58
$55.04
Volume
5.06 million shs
Average Volume
8.46 million shs
Market Capitalization
$13.87 billion
P/E Ratio
19.54
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$56.31

UAL vs. LUV, DAL, ALK, CPA, AAL, RYAAY, EXPD, CHRW, UHAL, and WAB

Should you be buying United Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Airlines include Southwest Airlines (LUV), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), American Airlines Group (AAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), U-Haul (UHAL), and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

United Airlines vs.

United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Southwest Airlines had 10 more articles in the media than United Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Southwest Airlines and 10 mentions for United Airlines. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Southwest Airlines' score of 0.90 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Airlines
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Southwest Airlines
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Southwest Airlines has a net margin of 2.26% compared to United Airlines' net margin of 1.64%. United Airlines' return on equity of 17.15% beat Southwest Airlines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Airlines 1.64% 17.15% 1.21%
Southwest Airlines 2.26% 6.71% 1.97%

United Airlines presently has a consensus target price of $56.31, suggesting a potential upside of 32.76%. Southwest Airlines has a consensus target price of $47.07, suggesting a potential upside of 53.68%. Given Southwest Airlines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southwest Airlines is more favorable than United Airlines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Airlines
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Southwest Airlines
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

United Airlines has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwest Airlines has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

59.7% of United Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Southwest Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of United Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Southwest Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Southwest Airlines received 180 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.97% of users gave Southwest Airlines an outperform vote while only 66.81% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United AirlinesOutperform Votes
942
66.81%
Underperform Votes
468
33.19%
Southwest AirlinesOutperform Votes
1122
71.97%
Underperform Votes
437
28.03%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Airlines$44.96 billion0.31$737 million$2.1719.54
Southwest Airlines$23.81 billion0.76$539 million$0.8038.29

Summary

Southwest Airlines beats United Airlines on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 AirlinesAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.53B$4.57B$6.88B$5.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%7.99%4.51%
P/E Ratio19.5451.8130.5412.26
Price / Sales0.310.5811.3565.59
Price / Cash3.9311.8512.0622.50
Price / Book2.0131.258.385.04
Net Income$737M-$135.94M$679.12M$191.41M
7 Day Performance-0.96%0.82%0.47%0.27%
1 Month Performance-18.38%-6.34%-3.25%-6.46%
1 Year Performance-7.14%-22.03%-1.86%-19.00%

United Airlines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUV
Southwest Airlines
2.9568 of 5 stars
$30.08
-3.1%
$47.27
+57.1%
-31.0%$17.88B$23.81B37.6066,656Short Interest ↑
DAL
Delta Air Lines
3.1826 of 5 stars
$32.77
-3.3%
$49.47
+51.0%
-15.3%$21.01B$50.58B16.0695,000Short Interest ↓
ALK
Alaska Air Group
3.0784 of 5 stars
$39.40
-2.9%
$65.05
+65.1%
-30.4%$5.03B$9.65B91.6325,469Short Interest ↑
CPA
Copa
1.8818 of 5 stars
$88.21
-1.4%
$112.13
+27.1%
+14.1%$3.70B$2.97B10.216,127Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
AAL
American Airlines Group
2.6446 of 5 stars
$13.82
-3.8%
$18.06
+30.7%
-19.2%$9.00B$48.97B-1,382.00129,700Short Interest ↓
RYAAY
Ryanair
1.5791 of 5 stars
$92.00
-0.4%
$45.64
-50.4%
+7.7%$20.95B$5.58B15.1319,116Short Interest ↓
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
2.0388 of 5 stars
$104.67
-1.2%
$100.50
-4.0%
-0.1%$16.16B$17.07B12.7020,000Short Interest ↑
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CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
2.1914 of 5 stars
$94.96
-1.7%
$98.81
+4.1%
-12.4%$11.06B$24.70B13.0117,399Positive News
UHAL
U-Haul
1.5741 of 5 stars
$55.45
-3.0%
N/A-7.6%$10.87B$5.74B11.2734,100Insider Buying
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
2.7149 of 5 stars
$95.56
-2.4%
$111.83
+17.0%
+0.1%$17.23B$8.36B27.7027,000Positive News
This page (NASDAQ:UAL) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff