United Airlines (UAL) Outperforms Broader Market: What You Need to Know
The most recent trading session ended with United Airlines (UAL) standing at $46.63, reflecting a +1.41% shift from the previouse trading day's closing. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.32% gain on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.68%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.2%.
The airline's stock has climbed by 4.38% in the past month, exceeding the Transportation sector's gain of 2.86% and lagging the S&P 500's gain of 5.11%.
The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings performance of United Airlines in its upcoming release. In that report, analysts expect United Airlines to post earnings of -$0.53 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 15.87%. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $12.39 billion, indicating an 8.37% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.
UAL's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $9.72 per share and revenue of $57.49 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -3.28% and +7.03%, respectively.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for United Airlines. These latest adjustments often mirror the shifting dynamics of short-term business patterns. Consequently, upward revisions in estimates express analysts' positivity towards the company's business operations and its ability to generate profits.
Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. To take advantage of this, we've established the Zacks Rank, an exclusive model that considers these estimated changes and delivers an operational rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has shifted 0.49% downward. As of now, United Airlines holds a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
In the context of valuation, United Airlines is at present trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 4.73. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 8.53, so one might conclude that United Airlines is trading at a discount comparatively.
It is also worth noting that UAL currently has a PEG ratio of 0.63. The PEG ratio is akin to the commonly utilized P/E ratio, but this measure also incorporates the company's anticipated earnings growth rate. The Transportation - Airline was holding an average PEG ratio of 0.75 at yesterday's closing price.
The Transportation - Airline industry is part of the Transportation sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 54, putting it in the top 22% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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