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United Airlines (UAL) Competitors

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$97.40 +1.84 (+1.93%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

UAL vs. DAL, LUV, ALK, SKYW, CPA, JBLU, ALGT, RYAAY, AAL, and ULCC

Should you be buying United Airlines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Airlines include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Alaska Air Group (ALK), SkyWest (SKYW), Copa (CPA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Ryanair (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), and Frontier Group (ULCC). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.

United Airlines vs.

United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than United Airlines. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Airlines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Airlines$55.99B0.57$2.62B$8.2911.75
Delta Air Lines$60.31B0.65$4.61B$7.208.46

Delta Air Lines has a net margin of 7.71% compared to United Airlines' net margin of 4.94%. United Airlines' return on equity of 30.72% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Airlines4.94% 30.72% 4.30%
Delta Air Lines 7.71%29.93%4.83%

69.7% of United Airlines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of United Airlines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

United Airlines presently has a consensus target price of $98.95, suggesting a potential upside of 1.59%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus target price of $75.83, suggesting a potential upside of 24.46%. Given Delta Air Lines' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Delta Air Lines is more favorable than United Airlines.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Airlines
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.12
Delta Air Lines
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07

Delta Air Lines received 257 more outperform votes than United Airlines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.66% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.55% of users gave United Airlines an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United AirlinesOutperform Votes
991
66.55%
Underperform Votes
498
33.45%
Delta Air LinesOutperform Votes
1248
76.66%
Underperform Votes
380
23.34%

In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 4 more articles in the media than United Airlines. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 12 mentions for United Airlines. United Airlines' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Delta Air Lines' score of 0.68 indicating that United Airlines is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Airlines
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Delta Air Lines
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Airlines has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Delta Air Lines beats United Airlines on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UAL vs. The Competition

MetricUnited AirlinesAir transportation, scheduled IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$32.03B$2.18T$303.23B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.63%4.46%4.23%
P/E Ratio11.759.6517.8117.17
Price / Sales0.57194.4555.77116.95
Price / Cash5.087.9113.0337.86
Price / Book3.432.292.114.78
Net Income$2.62B$847.07M$577.06M$225.60M
7 Day Performance2.41%-1.52%-2.46%-1.23%
1 Month Performance2.98%5.16%-3.27%3.36%
1 Year Performance128.75%5.32%-0.71%16.60%

United Airlines Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UAL
United Airlines
3.6714 of 5 stars
$97.40
+1.9%
$98.95
+1.6%
+136.5%$32.03B$55.99B11.7510,300
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7755 of 5 stars
$61.50
0.0%
$75.83
+23.3%
+51.0%$39.68B$60.31B8.54100,000
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.3695 of 5 stars
$33.00
-0.1%
$31.37
-4.9%
+14.5%$19.79B$26.09B-471.7174,806Analyst Revision
ALK
Alaska Air Group
4.012 of 5 stars
$63.24
+1.1%
$65.86
+4.1%
+64.7%$8.03B$10.43B25.4826,043Insider Trade
SKYW
SkyWest
3.5887 of 5 stars
$105.37
-1.2%
$105.75
+0.4%
+102.2%$4.25B$2.94B18.2213,121
CPA
Copa
4.7709 of 5 stars
$88.15
+0.7%
$148.83
+68.8%
-13.6%$3.47B$3.48B5.797,625Analyst Revision
JBLU
JetBlue Airways
2.362 of 5 stars
$7.15
+1.6%
$6.57
-8.1%
+32.4%$2.48B$9.33B-2.7923,388Analyst Forecast
ALGT
Allegiant Travel
3.9379 of 5 stars
$85.11
+0.2%
$65.78
-22.7%
+3.9%$1.56B$2.50B-56.605,643Analyst Forecast
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RYAAY
Ryanair
4.1584 of 5 stars
$45.15
-0.7%
$154.67
+242.6%
-66.4%$24.47B$14.59B15.1527,076Positive News
AAL
American Airlines Group
3.3808 of 5 stars
$16.83
-0.5%
$15.99
-5.0%
+20.7%$11.06B$53.61B51.27132,100
ULCC
Frontier Group
1.5988 of 5 stars
$6.49
+2.9%
$6.46
-0.4%
+31.8%$1.46B$3.59B-157.717,235

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This page (NASDAQ:UAL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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