United Continental Holdings Inc. (UAL) on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit of $588 million.
On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had net income of $1.78. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $2.61 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.57 per share.
The airline posted revenue of $9.4 billion in the period.
United shares have fallen 16 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $47.85, a fall of 14 percent in the last 12 months.
_____
This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on UAL at http://www.zacks.com/ap/UAL
_____
Keywords: United Continental, Earnings Report, Priority Earnings
This article was from The Associated Press and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.