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United Airlines forward PE UAL

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2006.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
10.8×
10-year median
8.3×
Against its 10-year history
73rd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
3.7× to 23.4×
Peer median
12.6×

United Airlines' forward PE is 10.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 8.3×, higher than on 73% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.7× in Aug 2024 to 23.4× in Feb 2022.

The median for 3 airline and airport stocks of a similar size is 12.6×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far10.8×9.2×20.0×
202513.5×5.7×13.5×
20249.7×3.7×9.8×
20235.0×4.1×6.8×
20224.3×4.2×23.4×
2021n/m a value too high to mean anything
2020n/m a value too high to mean anything
201911.2×6.8×11.2×
20187.8×7.6×10.2×
20178.8×7.6×12.9×
201610.8×4.9×11.2×
20156.2×4.4×6.6×
20146.2×4.7×11.8×
20139.2×7.8×27.6×
201224.5×7.6×25.7×
20117.9×5.7×10.9×
20107.4×4.0×13.7×
200913.3×6.7×13.5×
2008n/m a value too high to mean anything
200726.9×16.1×32.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Airlines, Airports & Air Services nearest United Airlines' size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
UALUnited Airlines10.8×
LUVSouthwest Airlines13.6×
DALDelta Air Lines11.7×
SKYWSkywestn/m
Peer median12.6×

Where United Airlines ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.