United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

DB:UAL1 Stock Report

Market Cap: €16.6b

United Airlines Holdings Valuation

Is UAL1 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of UAL1 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: UAL1 (€50.75) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€371.06)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UAL1 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UAL1?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

UAL1 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA4.9x
PEG Ratio0.8x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does UAL1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for UAL1 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.2x
LHA Deutsche Lufthansa
5.1x9.3%€8.1b
HLAG Hapag-Lloyd
10x-65.9%€29.4b
FRA Fraport
10.8x3.9%€4.7b
INDIGO InterGlobe Aviation
23x-1.9%₹1.7t
UAL1 United Airlines Holdings
6.7x8.6%€18.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UAL1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.7x) compared to the peer average (12.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UAL1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Airlines Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a6.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UAL1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.7x) compared to the Global Airlines industry average (9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UAL1's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

UAL1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.7x
Fair PE Ratio22x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UAL1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst UAL1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€50.75
€61.70
+21.6%
19.5%€90.96€32.49n/a19
May ’25€48.46
€61.63
+27.2%
19.8%€91.57€32.70n/a19
Apr ’25€43.32
€57.49
+32.7%
19.5%€90.01€34.90n/a20
Mar ’25€41.55
€57.49
+38.4%
19.1%€91.51€35.48n/a20
Feb ’25€37.79
€56.71
+50.1%
18.8%€90.41€35.06n/a20
Jan ’25€38.01
€52.76
+38.8%
24.0%€89.07€31.81n/a20
Dec ’24€36.04
€52.97
+47.0%
24.6%€89.81€32.07n/a20
Nov ’24€32.95
€55.90
+69.7%
26.1%€92.52€33.04n/a19
Oct ’24€39.99
€64.19
+60.5%
22.1%€87.97€33.11n/a19
Sep ’24€45.79
€64.27
+40.3%
19.7%€85.42€32.15n/a19
Aug ’24€49.09
€63.72
+29.8%
19.2%€84.36€31.75n/a18
Jul ’24€49.30
€57.67
+17.0%
19.7%€73.36€33.01n/a18
Jun ’24€44.23
€57.97
+31.1%
16.5%€73.80€39.67n/a18
May ’24€38.52
€57.15
+48.4%
17.4%€73.73€39.14€48.4618
Apr ’24€40.42
€56.53
+39.9%
18.8%€74.72€36.90€43.3218
Mar ’24€48.90
€53.98
+10.4%
20.1%€75.74€33.66€41.5518
Feb ’24€44.70
€52.90
+18.3%
20.4%€74.54€33.13€37.7917
Jan ’24€35.34
€49.65
+40.5%
24.1%€76.43€33.03€38.0118
Dec ’23€42.05
€52.78
+25.5%
23.9%€80.91€34.96€36.0417
Nov ’23€43.51
€52.98
+21.8%
25.1%€82.04€31.40€32.9517
Oct ’23€33.02
€53.61
+62.4%
28.5%€84.16€32.21€39.9917
Sep ’23€34.23
€52.40
+53.1%
26.0%€76.41€33.18€45.7918
Aug ’23€35.90
€51.95
+44.7%
26.2%€74.34€32.28€49.0917
Jul ’23€34.13
€56.90
+66.7%
23.3%€82.96€36.45€49.3017
Jun ’23€44.40
€57.66
+29.9%
18.7%€81.93€35.99€44.2320
May ’23€48.27
€56.65
+17.4%
19.5%€81.30€35.72€38.5220

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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