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United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAL), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is a leading American airline offering services such as transportation, catering, ground handling, and maintenance. Valued at a market cap of $26.5 billion, the company operates air transportation services across the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific.
Shares of UAL have substantially outperformed the broader market over the past year. Over the past 52 weeks, UAL stock has risen 131.1%, while the S&P 500 Index ($SPX) returned 35.2% over the same time frame. In 2024, UAL soared 95% compared to SPX’s 20.1% gain on a YTD basis.