United Airlines Financial Ratios
NASDAQ: UALConsumer DiscretionaryAir Freight/Delivery ServicesUSD
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United Airlines ratio analysis
United Airlines earned a net margin of 5.7% in FY 2025, up from 5.5% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 21.9%, meaning United Airlines generated 0.22 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 1.39 versus 1.95 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.65.
At the end of FY 2025, UAL traded at 11.1 times earnings; across the 8 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 5.2 to 16.9, with a median of 10.5. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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United Airlines financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 11.08 | 10.12 | 5.23 | 16.91 | — | — | 7.59 | 10.78 | 9.55 | 10.78 |
| Price / sales | 0.62 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.57 | 0.79 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.66 |
| Price / book | 2.40 | 2.48 | 1.45 | 1.78 | 2.80 | 2.03 | 1.97 | 2.27 | 2.32 | 2.80 |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 5.2% | -4.1% | -41.4% | 9.9% | 7.8% | 9.6% | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 1.6% | -8.0% | -46.0% | 7.0% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 6.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.3% | 6.7% | -0.5% | 2.8% | -0.2% | -38.2% | 5.5% | 5.1% | -1.0% | 6.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 21.9% | 24.8% | 28.1% | 10.7% | -39.1% | -118.6% | 26.1% | 21.1% | 24.4% | 26.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.4% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 1.1% | -2.9% | -11.9% | 5.7% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 5.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.39 | 1.95 | 3.12 | 4.52 | 6.63 | 4.49 | 1.26 | 1.34 | 1.51 | 1.26 |
| Current ratio | 0.65 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 1.00 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.59 |
| Revenue growth | 3.5% | 6.2% | 19.5% | 82.5% | 60.4% | -64.5% | 4.7% | 9.5% | 3.2% | -3.5% |
| EPS growth | 7.9% | 19.8% | 253.8% | — | — | -318.5% | 51.0% | 8.6% | 4.4% | -65.3% |