United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL)’s stock price has dropped by -1.03 in relation to previous closing price of 66.99. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 5.66% in its stock price over the last five trading days. foxbusiness.com reported 2025-04-18 that Archer Aviation is one of several companies working to replace traditional airport commutes with flying taxi services. The company is planning to launch an air taxi network in New York.
Is It Worth Investing in United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) Right Now?
United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 6.04x compared to its average ratio, The 36-month beta value for UAL is at 1.37. Analysts have varying views on the stock, with 15 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 8 rating it as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for UAL is 324.41M, and currently, shorts hold a 6.00% of that float. The average trading volume for UAL on April 21, 2025 was 9.52M shares.
UAL’s Market Performance
UAL stock saw a decrease of 5.66% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -10.92% and a quarterly a decrease of -37.52%. The volatility ratio for the week is 5.96%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 8.52% for United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -2.66% for UAL’s stock, with a simple moving average of -10.58% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of UAL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for UAL stocks, with UBS repeating the rating for UAL by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for UAL in the upcoming period, according to UBS is $59 based on the research report published on April 07, 2025 of the current year 2025.
TD Cowen gave a rating of “Buy” to UAL, setting the target price at $165 in the report published on January 24th of the current year.
UAL Trading at -18.88% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought UAL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -42.84% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 8.52%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.96%, as shares sank -10.45% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -38.51% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, UAL rose by +5.66%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +37.18% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $68.11. In addition, United Airlines Holdings Inc saw -31.72% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at UAL starting from Jojo Linda P, who proposed sale 60,000 shares at the price of $109.32 back on Feb 07 ’25. After this action, Jojo Linda P now owns shares of United Airlines Holdings Inc, valued at $6,558,943 using the latest closing price.
Jojo Linda P, the EVP & Chief Customer Officer of United Airlines Holdings Inc, sale 60,000 shares at $95.12 during a trade that took place back on Nov 22 ’24, which means that Jojo Linda P is holding 63,599 shares at $5,707,500 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for UAL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.43 for the gross margin
The net margin for United Airlines Holdings Inc stands at 0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.11. Equity return is now at value 33.57, with 4.95 for asset returns.
Based on United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.7 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.35. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.31. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.12.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 8.5 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 2.56. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.72. The receivables turnover for the company is 25.23for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.76. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.78.
Conclusion
In conclusion, United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) has had a mixed performance lately. Opinion on the stock among analysts is mixed, with some giving it a “buy” rating and others a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
