With 4.29 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 9.6 million shares. The 52-week range on UAL shows that it touched its highest point at $116.00 and its lowest point at $37.02 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $93.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.43.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of UAL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.66%, but this was up by 27.48% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -32.35% while six-month performance fell -6.06%. The stock gained 42.26% in the past year, while it has lost -24.28% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UAL yields 10.97 with Next year EPS estimates of 12.24. For the next quarter, that number is 3.85. This implies an EPS growth rate of -2.70% for this year and 18.60% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.81% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -3.98%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 327.49 million UAL shares are outstanding with a float of 324.41 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for UAL since 19 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 17 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $10.75717 being high and $10.14391 being low. For UAL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $10.39525. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $3.97 and the low estimate is $2.33. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.85.
