Stock · UAL · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 2006 · Revenue 12 mo. $65.6B
Price as of 11/06/2026
United Airlines Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in the United States, Canada, Atlantic, the Pacific, and Latin America.
United Airlines Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in the United States, Canada, Atlantic, the Pacific, and Latin America. It transports people and cargo through its mainline and regional fleets. The company also offers ground handling, flight academy, frequent flyer award non-travel redemptions, and maintenance services for third parties. In addition, it provides freight and mail transportation services to commercial businesses, freight forwarders, logistics firms, and national postal services, as well as loyalty programs. The company distributes its products through direct channels, such as the Company's website and the Company's mobile app; and traditional travel agencies, online travel agencies, and other intermediaries. 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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Summary
54.1 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €2.3B (2025), it supports €25.5B. The remaining €8.9B of the market value assume it grows 4.3% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
4.3%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 4.5×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 2.2× to 3.9×, median 2.9×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 21.94% | 13.10% | Rank 78 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 9.11% | 19.33% | Rank 16 |
| EBIT margin | 7.98% | 11.28% | Rank 29 |
| FCF margin | 4.33% | 8.50% | Rank 27 |
| Gross margin | 64.12% | 28.98% | Rank 96 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 3.52% | 5.15% | Rank 40 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 66.22% | 8.01% | Rank 94 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 12.89% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 9.94% | 4.02% | Rank 84 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 9.10% | 4.42% | Rank 88 |
| FCF yield | 6.66% | 3.98% | Rank 79 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 0.97 | 2.08 | Rank 82 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 12.13 | 19.47 | Rank 80 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 8.17% | −0.01% | Rank 65 |
| Share price, 6 months | 13.70% | −1.43% | Rank 80 |
| Share price, 3 months | −7.85% | 0.53% | Rank 32 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −17.17% | −16.36% | Rank 47 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 1.69% | 1.39% | Rank 49 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.86% | −0.44% | Rank 70 |
| Dividend streak in years | 0 | 5 | Rank 7 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 3.46% | 0.27% | Rank 77 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 19.99% | 39.65% | Rank 12 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.49 | 1.38 | Rank 25 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 2.03 | 0.61 | Rank 10 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 48.81% | 32.95% | Rank 10 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 36.6 | 11.9% | $2.3B | 330M | 9.5 |
| 2017 | 37.8 | 9.6% | −$396.0M | 304M | 12.9 |
| 2018 | 41.3 | 7.8% | $2.1B | 277M | 18.1 |
| 2019 | 43.3 | 9.9% | $2.4B | 260M | 17.7 |
| 2020 | 15.4 | −41.4% | −$5.9B | 279M | 21.5 |
| 2021 | 24.6 | −4.2% | −$40.0M | 322M | 21.1 |
| 2022 | 45.0 | 5.2% | $1.2B | 330M | 29.3 |
| 2023 | 53.7 | 7.8% | −$260.0M | 332M | 30.7 |
| 2024 | 57.1 | 8.9% | $3.8B | 333M | 24.9 |
| 2025 | 59.1 | 8.0% | $2.6B | 327M | 25.1 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
United Airlines Holdings Inc mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
United Airlines Holdings Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
4 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for United Airlines Holdings Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 11.0 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 21.9% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 20.0% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 2.03 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | – | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| UAL | United Airlines Holdings Incthis page | |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Company | Low0.9 |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines Inc | Low4.5 |
| RYA.IR | Ryanair Holdings plc | locked |
| IAG.MC | International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A | locked |
| INDIGO.NS | InterGlobe Aviation Limited | locked |
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