NYSE:UAL - United Continental Stock Price, Price Target & More

United Continental trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UAL."

United Continental declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Friday, December 8th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 17th. The transportation company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.43. The transportation company had revenue of $9.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.01 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 23.63% and a net margin of 5.69%. The business's revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.31 EPS. View United Continental's Earnings History.

United Continental is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for United Continental.

United Continental issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.00-8.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.67.

17 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's share price to reach $87.3529 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

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News articles about UAL stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. United Continental earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 45.40 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

United Continental's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.02%), Newport Trust Co (1.87%), LSV Asset Management (1.53%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.51%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.96%). Company insiders that own United Continental stock include Andrew C Levy, Chris Kenny, Edward Shapiro, Gregory L Hart, Michael P Bonds, Robert A Milton and Walter Isaacson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Continental.

UAL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gendell Jeffrey L, Boston Partners, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Interval Partners LP, BlackRock Inc., O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Northern Trust Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Continental.

UAL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Tyvor Capital LLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Delek Group Ltd. and Cobalt Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought United Continental stock in the last two years include Andrew C Levy, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.94.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $20.63 billion and generates $37.74 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $2.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.76 on an earnings per share basis. United Continental employs 89,800 workers across the globe.

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]