UAL Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (United Airlines Holdings | NASDAQ:UAL)

Chicago-based United Airlines is a major US network carrier with hubs in San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, Newark, and Washington, D.C. United operates a hub-and-spoke system that is more focused on international and long-haul travel, especially across the Pacific, than its large US peers.

United Airlines Holdings trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol UAL.

As of January 16, 2026, UAL stock price declined to $113.49 with 2,928,479 million shares trading.

UAL has a beta of 1.85, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. UAL has a correlation of 0.45 to the broad based SPY ETF.

UAL has a market cap of $36.74 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter United Airlines Holdings reported $15 billion in Revenue and $2.78 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-69 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.12.

In the last 3 years, UAL traded as high as $119.21 and as low as $33.68.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that UAL belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, IVV, SPY.

UAL has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +7.0% while the SPY ETF gained +18.1%. However, in the short term, UAL had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +15.6% vs +5.0% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, UAL shares have been beat by the market, returning +0.4% compared to an SPY return of +1.2%.

UAL support price is $113.87 and resistance is $118.17 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that UAL shares will trade within this expected range on the day.