Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) to new highs

On Friday, United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) was -3.93% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $86.27. A 52-week range for UAL has been $37.02 – $116.00.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 20.83%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 23.94%. With a float of $325.14 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $327.90 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 107300 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 30.03%, operating margin of 9.02%, and the pretax margin is 7.3%.

United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward United Airlines Holdings Inc stocks. The insider ownership of United Airlines Holdings Inc is 0.61%, while institutional ownership is 88.03%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 07 ’25, was worth 6,558,943. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 22 ’24, when Company’s EVP & Chief Customer Officer sold 60,000 for $95.12, making the entire transaction worth $5,707,500. This insider now owns 63,599 shares in total.

United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) Recent Fiscal highlights

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 5.11 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 23.94% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.26% during the next five years compared to -3.98% drop over the previous five years of trading.

United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.74. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.48. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.08.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 9.43, a number that is poised to hit 1.01 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 14.87 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL)

Looking closely at United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL), its last 5-days average volume was 11.12 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 7.19 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 25.15%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.28.

During the past 100 days, United Airlines Holdings Inc’s (UAL) raw stochastic average was set at 41.16%, which indicates a significant increase from 15.61% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 58.33% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 46.51% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $101.49, while its 200-day Moving Average is $71.43. However, in the short run, United Airlines Holdings Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $85.89. Second resistance stands at $88.91. The third major resistance level sits at $92.81. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $78.97, it is likely to go to the next support level at $75.07. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $72.05.

United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) Key Stats

There are 327,340K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 27.13 billion. As of now, sales total 57,063 M while income totals 3,149 M. Its latest quarter income was 14,695 M while its last quarter net income were 985,000 K.