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 has approved a share buyback program on Friday, December 8th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 17th. The transportation company reported $3.23 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.07 by $0.16. The transportation company earned $10.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.72 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 24.28% and a net margin of 5.23%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.75 earnings per share. View United Continental's Earnings History.

United Continental is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for United Continental.

United Continental issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.25-8.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.71.

16 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for United Continental's shares. Their forecasts range from $68.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate United Continental's stock price to reach $90.1429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Continental in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 14th, there was short interest totalling 14,129,734 shares, an increase of ∞ from the August 31st total of 0 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,382,834 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Currently, 5.2% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 (CEA), Alaska Air Group (ALK), easyJet (EJTTF), Intl Cons Airl/S (ICAGY), China Southern Airlines (ZNH), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Azul (AZUL), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), CATHAY Pac AIRW/S (CPCAY) and Air France-KLM (AFLYY).

United Continental's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.81%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.93%), Newport Trust Co (1.88%), LSV Asset Management (1.60%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.58%) and Lansdowne Partners UK LLP (1.32%). 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 FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Boston Partners, Lodge Hill Capital LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley. 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, Calamos Advisors LLC, Ashler Capital LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Todd Asset Management LLC, Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., Stelliam Investment Management LP and Point72 Europe London LLP. 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 $87.92.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $23.75 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.

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]