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 authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, December 8th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 16th. The transportation company reported $3.06 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.00-8.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.16.

18 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for United Continental's stock. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect United Continental's share price to reach $102.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Continental.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Continental in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

Media coverage about UAL stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Continental earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

United Continental saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 17,466,407 shares, an increase of 13.1% from the October 31st total of 15,446,834 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,166,896 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.5 days. Currently, 6.4% of the company's stock 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), China Southern Airlines (ZNH), Azul (AZUL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), INTL CONS AIRL/S (ICAGY), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), easyJet (EJTTF), 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%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.36%), Vanguard Group Inc (7.36%), BlackRock Inc. (6.38%), Lansdowne Partners UK LLP (1.92%) and Newport Trust Co (1.84%). Company insiders that own United Continental stock include Andrew C Levy, Edward Shapiro, Gregory L Hart, Michael P Bonds and Robert A Milton. 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 Morgan Stanley. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Continental.

UAL stock was acquired 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 $87.48.

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]