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 initiated 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. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

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

United Continental is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 16th 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 (EPS) guidance of $7.25-8.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.71.

17 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for United Continental's shares. Their predictions range from $64.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect United Continental's stock price to reach $87.2667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

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

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Media stories about UAL stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. United Continental earned a media sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company an impact score of 47.78 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

United Continental's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Calamos Advisors LLC (0.26%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.16%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.06%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.03%). 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 Pendal Group Ltd, Hartford Investment Management Co., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Amalgamated Bank, Total Investment Management Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Hennessy Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Continental.

UAL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, First American Trust FSB, Boston Advisors LLC and Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A.. 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 $80.91.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $21.97 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]