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Return on assets at other companies

Delta Air Lines logo
Delta Air LinesDAL
5.5%+0.7pp
Southwest Airlines logo
Southwest AirlinesLUV
2.6%+1.0pp
United Parcel Service, Inc. logo
United Parcel Service, Inc.UPS
7.5%-1.1pp
Uber Technologies logo
Uber TechnologiesUBER
15.2%-11.4pp
Expeditors International of Washington logo
Expeditors International of WashingtonEXPD
17.5%-0.7pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$14.6B+10.6%
Operating income$997.0M+64.3%
Net income$699.0M+80.6%
EPS (diluted)$2.14+84.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$8.0B-17.7%
Total debt$31.0B-5.9%
Total equity$15.9B+25.8%
Total assets$80.9B+6.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$4.8B+29.4%
CapEx$1.7B+35.6%
Free cash flow$3.1B+26.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$38.4B+31.7%
Enterprise value$61.36B+15.2%
P/E10.5×+2.5×
P/S0.6×+0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin8.4%-1.3pp
Net margin6.1%-0.3pp
FCF margin7%+6.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity25.7%-7.8pp
Debt / equity-0.7×
Current ratio0.7×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from United Airlines Holdings’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: United Airlines Holdings’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is United Airlines Holdings's return on assets?
United Airlines Holdings (UAL) reported return on assets of 4.7% in Q1 2026.
How has United Airlines Holdings's return on assets changed year-over-year?
United Airlines Holdings's return on assets decreased by 5.6% year-over-year, from 4.9% to 4.7%.
What is the long-term trend for United Airlines Holdings's return on assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), United Airlines Holdings's return on assets has grown at a -18.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -12.6% to 4.5%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.