5 Best Long Term Stocks To Invest In 2016

5 Best Long Term Stocks To Invest In 2016: United Continental Holdings Inc.(UAL)

United Continental Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of passenger and cargo air transportation services. As of February 24, 2011, it operated a total of approximately 5,675 flights a day to 372 airports on 6 continents from their hubs in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Guam, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Tokyo, as well as in Washington, D.C. The company was formerly known as UAL Corporation and changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc. on October 1, 2010. United Continental Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By WWW.DAILYFINANCE.COM]

  Justin Sullivan/Getty Images United Airlines is the one U.S. carrier that can't seem to get its act together. While all the other major airlines made money in the first quarter, United lost $609 million during the first three months of this year. United attributed $200 million of its loss to the "historic severe" winter weather that impacted much of the U.S. this past winter. But by comparison, Delta Air Lines (DAL) made $213 million in the same quarter while dealing with the same ice and snow storms. Chicago-based United (UAL) is still struggling to combine systems and see financial benefits following its 2010 merger with Continental Airlines. In the first quarter, its cost for each mile passengers flew rose 1 percent but its related revenue fell 2 percent. It simply isn't able to charge high enough airfares. United lost $1.66 a share, worse than the $1.26 a share it lost during the same period last year. Excluding special items, the loss was $1.33 a share, barely beating the $1.35 loss expected by Wall Street analysts surveyed by FactSet. United's revenue slipped 0.3 percent to $8.7 billion, just short of the $8.71 billion Wall Street analysts had expected. The one brig! ht spot for United was that it paid less for fuel: $3.18 a gallon, down from $3.28 during last year's first quarter. Considering that the airline used 916 million gallons during the period, that added up to $133 million in savings. "While we are not pleased with our first-quarter financial results, we are building a strong foundation that will result in improved financial performance," John Rainey, chief financial officer for United Continental Holdings, Inc., said in a statement. United also lost $21 million during the quarter due to an exchange rate loss in Venezuela. Approximately $100 million of the company's unrestricted cash balance was held as Venezuelan bolivars as of March 31, 2014. All international airlines flying there have struggled with a quickly devaluing currency an

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  We expect domestic [available seat miles, or] ASMs, to increase below 3%, led by a 4-5% growth rate from Southwest Airlines (LUV). We expectSouthwest Airlines will grow its seat count in the 2-3% range, with the difference coming from longer stage length flying. We believe United Continental (UAL) will continue to trim domestic capacity slightly as management downgauges 757s to 737-900ERs and rapidly puts down its 50-seat fleet. We expect modest growth from Delta Air Lines (DAL) and American Airlines (AAL) due to upgauging of domestic aircraft and as Delta Air Lines grows in Seattle andAmerican Airlines defends itsDallas/Fort Worth International Airport hub from Southwest Airlines Wright Amendment flying. Were ok with all of that.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  (1) The announcement of a permanent CEO removes lingering uncertainty around the role for investors and the organization. (2) Brian MacDonald, who impressed in his short tenure as interim CEO, returns to focus on HERC which also needs strong leadership. (3) Hertz’s issues in 2014, in our view, highlight the dire need for improved revenue and yield management. Mr Tague’s background in revenue optimization ! at United! Airlines (UAL) should be strongly suited to addressing this need. (4) John Tague’s experience with mergers is important for dealing with legacy issues around the Dollar Thrifty integration.

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