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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · United Airlines (UAL)

United Airlines Q4 net income rises to $985 million; EPS $2.95 vs. $1.81 a year earlier

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

United Airlines Holdings reported fourth-quarter 2024 diluted earnings per share of $2.95, up from $1.81 a year earlier, on total operating revenue of $14.7 billion, up 7.8%. Full-year 2024 diluted EPS was $9.45 versus $7.89 in 2023, and the company said it sees robust demand in the first quarter of 2025, with forward guidance provided in a separate Investor Update.

Key points

  • Q4 2024 net income of $985 million and diluted EPS of $2.95, versus $600 million and $1.81 in Q4 2023
  • Q4 2024 pre-tax margin of 8.9%; full-year 2024 pre-tax earnings of $4.2 billion and diluted EPS of $9.45
  • Full-year adjusted diluted EPS of $10.61, at the better end of the 2024 guidance range of $9.00 to $11.00
  • Investor Update posted January 21, 2025 with business outlook; earnings call scheduled for January 22, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. CST

The filing

CompanyUnited Airlines (UAL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 21, 2025, 3:59 PM ET
Accession number0000100517-25-000013

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 21, 2025.

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