Company data sheet · United Airlines
United Airlines: leaders came and went.
- Industry
- Air Transportation, Scheduled
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ticker
- UAL (Nasdaq)
- Sources
- SEC filings (1994–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- Leaders came and went. United Airlines filed 44 leadership changes since 2016, more than 94% of large transportation and utility companies (the median is 20). The day after each, its shares moved a median 0.1 points against its sector. The news was rarely news.
- Three decisions on record. Stratrix has verified three of United Airlines's big decisions, each with what happened next. The hardest year after: "United's Two Worst Days Turned on the First Sentence of Each Apology", with its shares 81 points behind the S&P 500 over the next three years.
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $36.6 billion | $2.2 billion | |
| 2017 | $37.8 billion | $2.1 billion | |
| 2018 | $41.3 billion | $2.1 billion | |
| 2019 | $43.3 billion | $3 billion | |
| 2020 | $15.4 billion | −$7.1 billion | |
| 2021 | $24.6 billion | −$2 billion | |
| 2022 | $45 billion | $0.7 billion | |
| 2023 | $53.7 billion | $2.6 billion | |
| 2024 | $57.1 billion | $3.1 billion | |
| 2025 | $59.1 billion | $3.4 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
Stratrix Decision Cases
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- Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 77 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the S&P 500 the next day and the next year (46 with market data).
- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 123 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
- Methods and sources, so each number can be checked and cited.
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