UAL vs Peers Stock Comparison

United Airlines Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

UAL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisUAL
Valuation 62 #32 of 82
Growth 41 #42 of 70
Profitability 31 #46 of 66
Financial Health 18 #75 of 91
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 38
  • UAL ranked among 93 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodUALSPY
1 month -11.7% -0.8%
3 months -16.5% +3.5%
6 months +9.6% +7.0%
Year to date -10.0% +12.2%
1 year +1.4% +13.0%
3 years +197.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +43.8% +23.1%
5 years +119.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +17.1% +11.0%
10 years +86.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureUALSPY
Volatility, 1Y 48.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.03 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.0% -1.8%
52-week high $136.11 $779.14
52-week low $85.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleUAL
P/E now vs peer median 9.1xmedian 10.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 6.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 29.3xmedian 7.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 0.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.11median 0.68

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsUAL
Revenue $65.55B
Operating income $4.92B
Net income $3.58B
Free cash flow $1.12B
EPS (diluted) $10.93
Cash & equivalents $6.65B
Total debt $26.40B
Shares (diluted) 327.40M
Enterprise value -$24.98B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricUAL
P/E 9.1x
P/FCF 29.3x
P/Operating cash flow 4.0x
P/S 0.5x
P/B 1.8x
P/Tangible book 2.2x
EV/EBITDA 5.6x
EV/EBIT 9.0x
EV/Revenue 0.7x
EV/FCF 39.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricUAL
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) 1.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 2.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 8.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -12.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -69.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricUAL
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 12.2%
Operating margin 7.5%
Pretax margin 6.9%
Net margin 5.5%
FCF margin 1.7%
Operating cash flow margin 12.4%
Return on equity 20.8%
Return on assets 4.2%
Return on invested capital 8.9%
Return on capital employed 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricUAL
Debt / assets 31.0%
Debt / equity 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x
Debt / FCF 23.7x
Liabilities / assets 79.1%
Equity / assets 20.9%
Interest coverage 3.6x
Current ratio 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.6x
Altman Z-score 1.37

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricUAL
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusUAL
Forward P/E 13.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -28.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +69.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $66.36BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersUAL
Held by institutions 89.6%
Institutions holding 1,066
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4%
Institutions buying 568
Institutions selling 341
Buyers to sellers 1.67

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