Here Are Some Essential Facts About United Airlines

By Chris Stiles • Tuesday, June 24 10:06 • Permanent Link

With gains of 2.7%, United Airlines was one of the winners on Wall Street today. Its shares are now trading at $79.06 and have logged a 1.0% daily outperformance of the S&P 500. Don't join the feeding frenzy before checking some basic facts about this stock:

United Airlines has moved 58.6% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.2%
UAL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -17.1% away from its mean target price of $95.36 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $10.99
United Airlines has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $12.09 and its forward P/E ratio is 6.5
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.05 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
United Airlines is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
The company has a free cash flow of $2.36 Billion, 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 the United States, Canada, Atlantic, the Pacific, and Latin America. The company transports people and cargo through its mainline and regional fleets. It also offers ground handling, flight academy, frequent flyer award non-travel redemptions, 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 based in Chicago, Illinois.

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