United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL)’s stock price has decreased by -4.43 compared to its previous closing price of 77.43. However, the company has seen a -12.15% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. invezz.com reported 2025-06-13 that Travel and leisure stocks bore the brunt of investor anxiety on Friday after Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian targets, stoking fears of an escalating conflict in the Middle East. The strikes, aimed at crippling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, rattled global markets and sent oil prices surging, sparking a classic flight to safety.
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 6.75x compared to its average ratio. UAL has 36-month beta value of 1.44. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 16 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for UAL is 324.47M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.19% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of UAL on June 16, 2025 was 8.94M shares.
UAL’s Market Performance
UAL stock saw a decrease of -12.15% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -6.32% and a quarterly a decrease of 0.45%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.49%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.86% for United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -6.08% for UAL stock, with a simple moving average of -7.88% 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 “Buy.” The predicted price for UAL in the upcoming period, according to UBS is $105 based on the research report published on May 19, 2025 of the current year 2025.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see UAL reach a price target of $88, previously predicting the price at $73. The rating they have provided for UAL stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on April 22nd, 2025.
UBS gave a rating of “Neutral” to UAL, setting the target price at $59 in the report published on April 07th of the current year.
UAL Trading at 1.14% 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 -36.21% of loss for the given period.
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
- 0.38 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 0.72 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.31. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.61. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.25.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 8.5 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.08. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.83. 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
To put it simply, United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as 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.
