Why Should We Buy United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) Stock?

United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) has a beta value of 1.50 and has seen 1.95 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $17.24B, closed the recent trade at $52.43 per share which meant it lost -$0.54 on the day or -1.02% during that session. The UAL stock price is -11.06% off its 52-week high price of $58.23 and 35.76% above the 52-week low of $33.68. The 3-month trading volume is 9.95 million shares.

United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) trade information

Sporting -1.02% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, when the UAL stock price touched $52.43 or saw a rise of 2.82%. Year-to-date, United Airlines Holdings Inc shares have moved 27.07%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -2.96%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) have changed 10.73%.

United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that United Airlines Holdings Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 54.66% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -1.39%, compared to -4.50% for the industry. Other than that, the company has, however, lowered its growth outlook for the 2024 fiscal year revenue. Growth estimates for the current quarter are -20.30% and 4.90% for the next quarter. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 7.40%.

11 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of $15.23 billion for the current quarter. 11 have an estimated revenue figure of $15.49 billion for the next quarter concluding in Sep 2024. Year-ago sales stood $14.18 billion and $14.44 billion respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 7.40% for the current quarter and 7.30% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 0.56% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -0.21% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 29.66%.

UAL Dividends

United Airlines Holdings Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in May this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.