United Airlines Ownership | Who Owns United Airlines?


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United Airlines Ownership Summary


United Airlines is owned by 73.45% institutional investors, 0.52% insiders, and 26.03% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.43% of UAL shares. Capital Group Growth Fnd of Amer Comp is the top mutual fund, with 3.42% of its assets in United Airlines shares.

UAL Ownership Benchmark


TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockUnited Airlines73.45%0.52%26.03%
SectorIndustrials Stocks 47.47%12.65%39.88%
IdeaTravel Stocks List37.20%13.87%48.94%

Institutional Shareholders


Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group37.38M11.43%$4.18B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de20.89M6.39%$1.92B
Blackrock17.97M5.47%$874.50M
Primecap management co/ca/15.75M4.82%$1.45B
Sanders capital15.20M4.65%$1.40B
Fmr14.56M4.45%$1.40B
State street11.46M3.50%$1.11B
Capital world investors11.11M3.40%$1.02B
Geode capital management9.01M2.76%$1.02B
Capital investors6.44M1.97%$592.75M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Clearfield capital management lp369.70K21.35%$35.68M
Par capital management4.97M14.04%$479.49M
Sonic gp111.78K11.23%$5.44M
U s global investors784.60K8.42%$72.24M
Lansdowne partners (uk) llp1.53M7.55%$140.95M
Bwcp, lp452.87K6.36%$41.70M
Senator investment group lp1.43M6.04%$131.63M
Candlestick capital management lp2.24M5.24%$216.07M
Gmt capital1.09M4.78%$105.37M
Cobalt capital management85.00K4.38%$7.83M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Fmr14.56M0.07%5.77M
Capital world investors11.11M0.14%3.85M
D. e. shaw4.31M0.31%2.83M
Norges bank2.09M0.03%2.09M
Vanguard fiduciary trust1.82M0.04%1.82M

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Capital investors6.44M0.14%-11.76M
Susquehanna advisors group---1.78M
Senator investment group lp1.43M6.04%-1.70M
Diameter capital partners lp---1.50M
Squarepoint ops122.38K0.01%-1.27M

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank2.09M0.03%2.09M$234.24M
Vanguard fiduciary trust1.82M0.04%1.82M$167.90M
Capital research global investors1.30M0.02%1.30M$119.56M
Toms capital investment management lp760.00K1.70%760.00K$73.34M
Vanguard global advisers712.25K0.04%712.25K$65.58M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Ross\johnson & associates-1.00
West branch capital-1.00
Main street group-3.00
Cnb bank-3.00
Olistico wealth-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends


DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Dec 31, 2025900-9.55%240,189,578-17.10%730.94%476-249-17.55%
Sep 30, 20259612.45%288,727,2692.55%881.19%454-5.81%2939.74%
Jun 30, 20259110.55%281,527,441-1.35%861.17%471-2.48%2587.50%
Mar 31, 2025899-3.54%285,109,436-0.74%851.15%480-8.05%2405.26%
Dec 31, 202485416.83%271,748,9161.08%811.22%47668.79%201-19.60%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders


HolderShares% HoldingChange
Capital Group Growth Fnd of Amer Comp11.12M3.42%-
American Funds Growth Fund of Amer A11.12M3.42%-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv10.41M3.21%52.50K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF10.40M3.17%7.36K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust9.35M2.86%65.34K
Vanguard PRIMECAP Inv8.75M2.70%-155.90K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor8.24M2.54%-91.80K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional7.08M2.18%-43.33K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF4.18M1.29%12.29K
Fidelity 500 Index4.13M1.27%10.47K

Recent Insider Transactions


DateNameRoleActivityValue
May 01, 2026Nocella Andrew P EVP & Chief Commercial OfficerSell$631.33K
Feb 02, 2026Hart Brett J PresidentSell$2.02M
Dec 03, 2025KIRBY J SCOTT Chief Executive OfficerSell$12.94M
Aug 12, 2025Gebo Kate EVP HR and Labor RelationsSell$620.42K
Aug 12, 2025Gebo Kate EVP HR and Labor RelationsSell$2.92M

Insider Transactions Trends


DateBuySell
2026 Q1-1
2025 Q4-1
2025 Q3-8
2025 Q2--
2025 Q1--

UAL Ownership FAQ


Who owns the most shares of United Airlines?

United Airlines’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (37.38M shares, 11.43%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (20.89M shares, 6.39%), and Blackrock (17.97M shares, 5.47%). Together, they hold 23.29% of United Airlines’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own United Airlines?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.47% of United Airlines, totaling 17.97M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.02% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 874.5M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 83.3K shares, a 0.47% change.

Who is United Airlines’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Clearfield capital management lp is United Airlines’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 21.35% of its assets in 369.7K United Airlines shares, valued at 35.68M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of United Airlines shares?

Capital Group Growth Fnd of Amer Comp is the top mutual fund holder of United Airlines shares, with 3.42% of its total shares outstanding invested in 11.12M United Airlines shares.

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