United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) Volatility Spurs A Quest For Clarity

Currently, there are 327.49M common shares owned by the public and among those 324.48M shares have been available to trade.

The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -7.59% and -28.34% over the past three months. UAL shares are trading -21.39% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 39.34% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $37.02 and touched a high of $116.00 over the same period. UAL has an average intraday trading volume of 9.89 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 2.79%, 7.04%, and -1.00% respectively.

Institutional ownership of United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) shares accounts for 88.41% of the company’s 327.49M shares outstanding.

It has a market capitalization of $24.93B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.44. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 6.96, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $10.97. The company has a PEG of 0.68 and a Quick Ratio of 0.72 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 2.61. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 4.49% over the week and 4.81% over the month.

Analysts forecast that United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) will achieve an EPS of 3.92 for the current quarter, 2.88 for the next quarter and 12.35 for current fiscal year. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is 3.3 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of 3.3. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was 4.14 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -1.88%, and 18.44% over the next financial year. EPS should grow at an annualized rate of 10.28% over the next five years, compared to -3.98% over the past 5-year period.

Looking at the support for the UAL, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. UBS stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on May 19, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $105. TD Cowen coverage for the United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) stock in a research note released on April 22, 2025 offered a Buy rating with a price target of $88. TD Cowen on their part issued Buy rating on January 24, 2025.

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