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 announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, December 8th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $3,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 17th. The transportation company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.43. The transportation company earned $9.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.01 billion. United Continental had a net margin of 5.69% and a return on equity of 23.63%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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 estimate of $7.67.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for United Continental's stock. Their predictions range from $64.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect United Continental's stock price to reach $87.3529 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

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Press coverage about UAL stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. United Continental earned a daily sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

United Continental's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail 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]