Where Will United Airlines Be in 1 Year?

To buy or not to buy airline stocks in 2025? It's a good question because, at the time of writing, shares in premier airlines United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) were up by 145% and 55%, respectively, in 2024. Such remarkable performances are seldom repeated the following year, yet United trades at 8.1 times earnings estimates for 2025, and Delta at 8.4 times. Let's look closer at United and what investors might expect from the airline in 2025.The share price charts of United and Delta might surprise investors. They tracked each other until the summer, but United outperformed from then onward. Understanding the reasons helps shed light on the current operational momentum behind the stock.There are two reasons for their stock performance. First, United was relatively less impacted than Delta by the CrowdStrike software update issue, which caused significant flight disruptions in the summer. Second, and arguably much more importantly from a long-term perspective, United benefited more from the airline industry's rational decision to remove unprofitable capacity in the summer.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool