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

112.06 1.57 +1.42%
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) Operating margin

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United Airlines Holdings Inc's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.51%, down 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.98%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −41.4% (fiscal 2020) to 13.6% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Airlines industry median of 6.13% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 7.98% (0.95)
FY2024 8.93% 1.09
FY2023 7.84% 2.64
FY2022 5.20% 9.35
FY2021 −4.15% 37.26
FY2020 −41.4% (51.35)
FY2019 9.94% 2.12
FY2018 7.82% (1.76)
FY2017 9.58% (2.30)
FY2016 11.9% (1.76)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 8.08% 1.88
Jun 2026 6.20% (0.63)
Mar 2026 6.83% (2.15)
Dec 2025 8.98% (0.18)
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Against its own ten years

Low −41.4% High 13.6%
Ten-year median 7.98%
Current reading's percentile 30

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare 19.4%
SKYW SkyWest, Inc. compare 13.9%
LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. compare 13.7%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare 12.0%
UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc 7.51%
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. compare 7.36%
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. compare 4.39%
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare 1.59%
ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare −1.89%
Airlines industry median 6.13%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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