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UAL Corp. (UAUA) is in the Travel Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $20.1B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $403.0M
- Market Cap
- Dec 02 2008
- $1.2B
Latest News and Analysis
Pair Trading the Friendly Skies
Sean Hannon submits: One powerful lesson we can take from this bear market is the need to hedge risks. We have seen cheap stocks become cheaper as investors deleverage and shun risky assets. With others fleeing the markets en masse, astute investors with the willingness to provide liquidity to...
Earnings Preview: UAL Corp.
UAL Corporation UAUA is expected to report Q3 earnings before market open Tuesday Oct. 21, with a conference call scheduled for 11:00 am ET.Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of ($2.48) on revenue of $5.54B. The consensus range is ($2.69) to ($2.23) for EPS, and $5.46B to $5.59B for revenue,...
Airlines Discover Supply & Demand
Joel West submits: United UAUA has increased its second bag fee from $25 to $50 — blaming falling fuel prices. Together American AMR and United had raised bag fees from $0 to $80 round trip, and now United wants to take that to $130 round trip for those bags...
United Air: False Google Story Triggers Massive Sell-Off
Daya Baran submits: A massive sell-off in United Airlines UAUA shares resulted after a false report about the company declaring bankruptcy appeared on Google GOOG. by Daya Baran
United Airlines Stock's Turbulent Ride: A Comedy of Errors
Mathew Ingram submits: On Monday, shares of United Airlines UAUA lost more than 75 per cent of their value, erasing about $1.2-billion from the company’s market capitalization. This occurred after a story about the airline’s bankruptcy in 2002 somehow got pushed onto the website of a Florida newspaper, was...
Should Value Investors Use Stop-Loss Orders?
Saj Karsan submits: Stop-loss orders are often recommended to investors of all types, especially those who aren't always watching the market. Basically, a stop-loss order works as follows: if a stock drops below a certain level set by the investor, the stock will automatically become a market sell order. The...
Airline Stocks: Any Excuse To Fall
Mike Havrilla submits:Global Airline Index Statistics Top 5 Companies by Market Cap Top 5 Companies by 52-Week Stock Price DeclineShares of UAL UAUA were briefly halted for trading and grounded earlier today on an article from six years ago re-posted by the Florida Sun Sentinel newspaper on its website which...
Top Stock Performers in August: Airlines, Internet
eChristian Investing submits: The stock market performed reasonably well in August with falling oil prices and some better than expected earnings results pushing the market indicators all positive for the month. The Dow gained 166 points or 1.5% and the Nasdaq gained 42 points or 1.8%. Taking a...
Short Interest Rising in Tesoro; Shorts Covering Airline Positions
Jessica Johnson submits: The refiner Tesoro TSO slid 6.9% to $17.28 Tuesday, as crude oil fell as much as$8 a barrel as hurricane Gustav faded - before recovering later in the day. Coal companies were particularly hard hit as well. Short interest has been building up in Tesoro for...
Why Airline Stocks Are So Often Bad Investments
Saj Karsan submits: Warren Buffett is quoted as saying that the airline business in the US “has made no money.” Thanks to a forgettable investment Buffett had made in US Air LCC, he even went so far as to suggest a capitalist should have shot down the Wright brothers during...
Watching the Airline Stocks
Trader Mark submits: The darlings of the market just a few weeks ago, the airline stocks are now down 25-40% in a matter of 2 weeks from their peaks. These make for excellent hedges if you think oil is headed to sub $100 but even with a $10 spike in...
Time To Ban CEOs and Senators from Derivatives Markets
Mark Longo submits: Originally written on 7/18/2008 Pandering and Ignorance Not Limited to WashingtonWe've all witnessed the growing frenzy over derivatives speculation in Washington (see "The Rage Against Derivatives Speculators Is Unfounded" for more information). Senators and congressman have made a number of alarming appearances on the Sunday morning...
As Short Sellers Get Squeezed, UAL Is Flying
Jack Miller submits: United Air Lines UAUA shares were up more than 8% yesterday. The indication is that short sellers are caught in a squeeze. Those who think the fall in oil prices is temporary have bet big dollars that airlines are about to tumble. The higher the shares...
The Airlines' Recent Death Defying Actions
Robert Herbst submits: Not long ago, daily media stories were predicting which major airline would be the first in line to fail. Las Vegas type odds were given to a list of inevitable airline bankruptcies. There should be no argument the US airline industry is facing unprecedented challenges as they...
Additional Resources
Seven Summits Research Releases Alerts on INTC, BIDU, WLP, UAUA, and CBS
CHICAGO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available at http://www.iotogo.com/s/111208A (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts...
Zacks Industry Rank Analysis Highlights: Allegiant Travel Company, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, UAL Corporation and U.S. Airways
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks featured in this week's analysis includes Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT), JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU), Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), UAL Corporation (Nasdaq: UAUA) and US Airways Group (NYSE: LCC). To see the Zacks Industry Rank and the trend in...
Beacon Equity Issues Technical Trade Alerts on Major Airline Stocks: LCC, DAL, AMR, NWA, CAL, UAUA
DALLAS, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of Trade Alerts on stocks making news today. Investors can view all of the daily trading notes for free by visiting: http://www.beaconequity.com/m Today's Trade Alerts include: US Airways Group Inc. , Delta Air Lines Inc. ,...
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: UAL Corp., Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Tractor Supply Co. and C.R. Bard, Inc
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: UAL Corp. (Nasdaq: UAUA), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX),...
Fuel costs push United to $779 million loss
Citing nearly $1 billion in higher jet fuel costs, United Airlines' parent UAL on Tuesday reported a third-quarter net loss of $779 million or $6.13 per share. The airline's loss was due to high fuel prices during the quarter and accounting charges related to markdowns in the value...
UAL Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Delivering Competitive Revenue, Controlling Costs, and Executing on Plan to Return to Profitability CHICAGO, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UAL Corporation , the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, reported a third quarter net loss of $779 million or $252 million, if non-cash, net mark- to-market...
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- Incorporated: 1968
- CEO: Mr. Glenn F. Tilton
UAL is a holding company whose principal subsidiary is United Air Lines, Inc. (United). Through United, Co. transports people and cargo through its Mainline operations, which utilize full-sized jet aircraft, and its regional operations, which utilize smaller aircraft that are operated under contract by United Express® carriers. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. operated more than 3,300 flights a day on United, United Express and Ted, a low-fare service, to over 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations, from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Also, as of Dec 31 2007, Co.'s mainline segment operated 460 aircraft.
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UAL Corp. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Glenn F. Tilton
Chairman
John H. Walker
Mr. Stephen R. Canale
Mr. Richard J. Almeida
Ms. Mary K. Bush
Mr. W. James Farrell
Mr. Walter Isaacson
Mr. Robert D. Krebs
Mr. Robert S. Miller Jr.
Mr. James J. O'Connor
Mr. David J. Vitale
Contact Information
1200 East Algonquin Road
Elk Grove Township, IL
847 700-4000