United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL): Today's Featured Transportation Winner

United Continental Holdings was a winner within the transportation industry, rising 25 cents (1.3%) to $19.73 on light volume.
By TheStreet Wire ,

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United Continental Holdings

(

UAL

) pushed the Transportation industry higher today making it today's featured transportation winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, United Continental Holdings rose 25 cents (1.3%) to $19.73 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2.9 million shares of United Continental Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $19.34-$19.96 after having opened the day at $19.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.48. Other companies within the Transportation industry that increased today were:

Overseas Shipholding Group

(

OSG

), up 17.8%,

Sino-Global Shipping America

(

SINO

), up 13.1%,

FreightCar America

(

RAIL

), up 8.8%, and

FreeSeas

(

FREE

), up 8.7%.

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United Continental Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of passenger and cargo air transportation services. United Continental Holdings has a market cap of $6.39 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -30, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 1.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate United Continental Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates United Continental Holdings as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, unimpressive growth in net income and generally higher debt management risk.

On the negative front,

Patriot Transportation Holdings

(

PATR

), down 9%,

Golar LNG Partners

(

GMLP

), down 5.6%,

GasLog

(

GLOG

), down 5.4%, and

Ultrapetrol Bahamas

(

ULTR

), down 5.3%, were all laggards within the transportation industry with

Kansas City Southern

(

KSU

) being today's transportation industry laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the transportation industry could consider

iShares Dow Jones Transportation

(

IYT

) while those bearish on the transportation industry could consider

ProShares UltraShort Industrials

(

SIJ

).

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