Why Are People Talking About Investing in UAL?

By Blake Campbell • Tuesday, April 18 12:00 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of United Airlines, a Airlines company whose shares moved 0.8% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

United Airlines has moved -7.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -7.0%
UAL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -31.58% away from its mean target price of $62.44 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.21
United Airlines has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $10.38 and its forward P/E ratio is 4.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.0 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
United Airlines is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.33 and an average P/B of 3.12
The company has a free cash flow of $781,750,016.00, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
United Airlines Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, the Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America. The company transports people and cargo through its mainline and regional fleets. It also offers catering, ground handling, training, and maintenance services for third parties. The company was formerly known as United Continental Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to United Airlines Holdings, Inc. in June 2019. United Airlines Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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