United Airlines Holdings Inc

UAL Industrials Airlines

United Airlines Holdings Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $59.1 billion, up 3.52% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+17.4%
EPS
+8.28%
Free cash flow
−615.6%
Total debt
+3.81%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

112.61 2.12 +1.92%
Market cap
$35.9B
P/E
10.1×
Fwd P/E
12.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.37
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
n/a

United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) Free cash flow margin

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United Airlines Holdings Inc's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.84%, down 2.6 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 below the Airlines industry median of 3.29% and below the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

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 12.7%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare 9.45%
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare 4.44%
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. compare 4.21%
SKYW SkyWest, Inc. compare 3.19%
UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc 1.84%
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. compare 0.56%
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare −0.15%
ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare −4.25%
Airlines industry median 3.29%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
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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