NYSE:UAL - United Continental Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

United Continental declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Friday, December 8th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 16th. The transportation company reported $3.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.07 by $0.01. The transportation company had revenue of $11 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.95 billion. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.22 earnings per share. View United Continental's Earnings History.

United Continental is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Continental.

United Continental updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.00-8.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $8.16.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for United Continental's shares. Their predictions range from $94.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect United Continental's stock price to reach $102.9231 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Continental in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

Media stories about UAL stock have been trending very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing 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 media sentiment score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,446,834 shares, an increase of 38.9% from the October 15th total of 11,124,001 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,954,570 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 5.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View United Continental's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Continental include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), Deutsche Lufthansa (DLAKY), China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd. ADR Class H (CEA), Azul (AZUL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Intl Cons Airl/S (ICAGY), China Southern Airlines (ZNH), easyJet (EJTTF), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), CATHAY Pac AIRW/S (CPCAY) and Air France-KLM (AFLYY).

United Continental's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Primecap Management Co. CA (14.08%), BlackRock Inc. (6.38%), Lansdowne Partners UK LLP (1.92%), Newport Trust Co (1.84%), Capital World Investors (1.79%) and LSV Asset Management (1.64%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Capital World Investors, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Strs Ohio and United Services Automobile Association. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Continental.

UAL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lansdowne Partners UK LLP, Ashler Capital LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, AQR Capital Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Worldquant Millennium Quantitative Strategies LLC. 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 $92.26.

The official website for United Continental is newsroom.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]