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

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 17th. The transportation company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.43. The transportation company had revenue of $9.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.01 billion. United Continental had a return on equity of 23.63% and a net margin of 5.69%. The company's revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $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 EPS guidance of $7.00-8.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.67.

17 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for United Continental's stock. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect United Continental's share price to reach $87.3529 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for United Continental.

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Media headlines about UAL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. 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 news sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 46.55 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

United Continental's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional 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 $73.89.

United Continental has a market capitalization of $20.49 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]