United Airlines Holdings Inc UAL

113.99 2.80 2.52% as of 25 Sep
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$36.4B
P/E
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United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) Return on invested capital

United Airlines Holdings Inc's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.5%, up 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.9% (fiscal 2020) to 21.0% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Airlines industry median of 3.19% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.44%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 10.5% (1.35)
FY2024 11.9% 1.96
FY2023 9.90% 3.18
FY2022 6.72% 9.76
FY2021 −3.04% 15.88
FY2020 −18.9% (29.14)
FY2019 10.2% 2.16
FY2018 8.06% (3.72)
FY2017 11.8% (5.38)
FY2016 17.2% (3.81)

Against its own ten years

Low −18.9% High 21.0%
Ten-year median 10.2%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings PLC compare 22.2%
CPA Copa Holdings, S.A. compare 12.4%
UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc 11.5%
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. compare 11.1%
LUV Southwest Airlines Co. compare 7.04%
AAL American Airlines Group Inc. compare 3.82%
ZNH China Southern Airlines Company Limited compare 0.00%
LTM LATAM Airlines Group S.A. compare 0.00%
ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc. compare −1.94%
Airlines industry median 3.19%
Industrials sector median 2.44%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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