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United Airlines Holdings (United Airlines Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 15.38% (As of Dec. 2023)
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United Airlines Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $33,563 Mil. United Airlines Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,160 Mil. United Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 15.38%.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

UAL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -23.76   Med: 9.37   Max: 22.18
Current: 15.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of United Airlines Holdings was 22.18%. The lowest was -23.76%. And the median was 9.37%.

UAL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
81.87% of 1004 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.905 vs UAL: 15.29

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. United Airlines Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


United Airlines Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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United Airlines Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.12 -22.68 -2.79 8.23 15.38

United Airlines Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.23 12.59 14.95 17.42 15.38

Competitive Comparison

For the Airlines subindustry, United Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


United Airlines Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, United Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Airlines Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



United Airlines Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

United Airlines Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=5161/33563.06394
=15.38 %

United Airlines Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5,160 Mil.



United Airlines Holdings  (NAS:UAL) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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United Airlines Holdings (United Airlines Holdings) Business Description

Address
233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
United Airlines is a major U.S. network carrier with hubs in San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, and Washington, D.C. United operates a hub-and-spoke system that is more focused on international and long-haul travel than its large U.S. peers.
Executives
Kennedy James A C director T ROWE PRICE GROUP INC, 100 E PRATT ST, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Michael D. Leskinen officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 233 S. WACKER DRIVE, WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gerald Laderman officer: EVP and CFO 233 S. WACKER DRIVE 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gregory L Hart officer: EVP & Chief Growth Officer 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 11TH FLOOR HDQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Edward M Philip director C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861
Carolyn Corvi director 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Barney Harford director C/O ORBITZ WORLDWIDE, INC., 500 W. MADISON STREET, SUITE 1000, CHICAGO IL 60661
Michele J Hooper director C/O PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., ONE PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH PA 15272
Edward Shapiro director 275 GROVE STREET, NEWTON MA 02466
Chris Kenny officer: Vice President & Controller 233 S. WACKER DRIVE 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Andrew P Nocella officer: EVP & Chief Commercial Officer 233 S. WACKER DR. 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Torbjorn J Enqvist officer: EVP & Chief Operations Officer 233 S. WACKER DRIVE, 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Linda P Jojo officer: EVP & Chief Customer Officer 233 S. WACKER DRIVE 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Kate Gebo officer: EVP HR and Labor Relations 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 11TH FL - WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Brett J Hart officer: President 233 S. WACKER DRIVE, 11TH FL - WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606