United Airlines Holdings Inc UAL

113.99 2.80 2.52% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$36.4B
P/E
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United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) Free cash flow margin

United Airlines Holdings Inc's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 4.18%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.49%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −38.1% (fiscal 2020) to 8.80% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is in line with the Airlines industry median of 4.31% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 4.49% (2.41)
FY2024 6.90% 7.31
FY2023 −0.41% (3.64)
FY2022 3.23% 2.96
FY2021 0.27% 38.39
FY2020 −38.1% (43.74)
FY2019 5.62% 0.55
FY2018 5.07% 6.12
FY2017 −1.05% (7.39)
FY2016 6.34% (2.46)

Against its own ten years

Low −38.1% High 8.80%
Ten-year median 4.49%
Current reading's percentile 55

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. compare 13.7%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare 10.9%
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. compare 4.99%
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare 4.44%
UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc 4.18%
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare 0.49%
ZNH China Southern Airlines Company Limited compare 0.00%
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. compare −0.02%
ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare −3.71%
Airlines industry median 4.31%
Industrials sector median 2.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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