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United Airlines

NSQ:UAL · US9100471096
AirlinesXX-Large

360

58
EV / EBIT75
Price / Owner Earnings1
Owner Earnings Yield16
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales74
EV / Gross Profit96
Price/Book56
Return on Capital57
Cash Return on Capital16
Return on Equity88
EBIT Margin39
Gross Profitability80
Cash Conversion68
Accruals50
Owner Earnings Margin16
Sales growth84
Profit Growth85
Long-Term EPS Growth80
Owner Earnings Growth10
Reinvestment79
Price momentum46
Debt load24
Refinancing17
Debt Payback3
Liquidity63
Analyst ratings91
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside75
Market mood73
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

United Airlines clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryAirlines
SizeXX-Large
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded1968
Employees42,753
Websiteir.united.com
ISINUS9100471096
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)S&P 500 (USA)
Themes
Freight ServicePassenger Aircraft ManufacturingBusiness TravelAerospaceAir TransportationTransportationTravel

Description

United Airlines Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in the United States, Canada, Atlantic, the Pacific, and Latin America. The company transports people and cargo throughout North America and to destinatio…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 888.9×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analysts lean positive.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
81
2023202420252026

All-time high

96

Jan 2025

All-time low

66

Oct 2025

Average rank

77

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
74
67
87
85
Price/Earnings
70
95
100
5
Price/Book
56
48
61
41
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
55
43
78
31

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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