United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) traded at $43.44 at close of the session on Tuesday, April 09, made an upward move of 0.30% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $43.31 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.54 . The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 5.51. In terms of its 52-week price range, UAL has a high of $58.23 and a low of $33.68. The company’s stock has gained about 0.32% over that past 30 days.
United Airlines Holdings Inc has a market cap of $14.25 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on Apr 16, 2024. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.54, with the EPS growth for the year raised at $9.57 for 2024 and $11.37 for next year. These figures represent -4.80% and 18.80% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $12.45 billion, with a low of $12.09 billion and a high of $12.74 billion. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 8.90% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $57.31 billion, or 6.70% up from figures reported last year.
There have been 2 upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the UAL stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of Hold. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of Hold.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the UAL stock currently stands at 0.13, and the current price level is -2.81% off its SMA20 and -0.63% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 44.64 while the volatility over the past week is 3.34% and jumps to 2.95% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.55, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 1.39.
Coming back to United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 8.96 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 8.36 million. Current shares outstanding are 328.02 million.
The insiders hold 0.52% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 70.23%. The data shows that short shares as of Mar 28, 2024, stood at 16.79 million at a short ratio of 2.16. This represents a 5.12% short interest in shares outstanding on Mar 28, 2024. Shares short fall in March from the previous month at 18.17 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 5.28% up in year-to-date price movement.
