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How United Airlines Holdings, Inc. stacks up
UAL · against 135 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
57/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #96 of 136 · scores higher than 29% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score11 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including UAL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 57?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Its metrics sit close to the Industrials norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.7% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.1% vs peer median 3.1%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 69% of peers. Return on invested capital: 11.7% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UAL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | UAL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 129 reported | 11.7% | 13.5% | 41% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 137 reported | 7.7% | 13.3% | 21% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 133 reported | 4.1% | 5.4% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 127 reported | 23.3% | 15.9% | 75% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 137 reported | 31.8% | 32.0% | 49% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UAL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 68.5B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 5 | 45.2B USD | 98 | 47 | |
| 93 | 18.4B USD | 59 | 46 | |
| 93 | 30.7B SGD (≈$23.3B) | 59 | 46 | |
| 95 | 54.8B USD | 58 | 49 | |
| 96 | 368.8B MXN (≈$19.9B) | 57 | 48 | |
| 96 | 34.8B USD | 57 | 52 | |
| 98 | 6.21T JPY (≈$42.2B) | 56 | 53 | |
| 99 | 345.9B DKK (≈$51.9B) | 55 | 47 | |
| 100 | 173.2B CNY (≈$24.2B) | 53 | 58 | |
| 101 | 247.0B HKD (≈$31.6B) | 52 | 43 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score