Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. UAL scored 60.9, FDX scored 59.9 — UAL leads.
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UAL
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Airlines · Quality-Growth
60.9
$107.45 · $34.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
1.0
UAL leads
FDX
FedEx Corporation
Integrated Freight & Logistics · Quality-Growth
59.9
$291.71 · $69.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestUAL10.1x
Fastest growthUAL+8.5%
Strongest balance sheetFDX1.36
Highest qualityUAL59 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
UAL
stronger →← stronger
FDX
59
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
56
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
56
77
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
69
UAL is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
UAL
FDX
$2.5bB
FCF
$5.1bB+
+8.5%B
Rev
+7.7%B
2.02C
D/E
1.36C
10.1xA
P/E
15.7xA-
6.50D
PEG
1.23B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
UAL
FDX
0% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
7% above
~7%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~7%/yr
-8%
1-yr DCF upside
-10%
0%
5-yr DCF upside
-7%
+11%
10-yr DCF upside
-2%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
UAL
Why this score
Cyclical growth
FDX
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
UALUnited Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Airlines · $107.45 · beta 1.30
Why now
Airlines · market cap $34.9b. Down 23% from 52-week high of $138.77 — deep drawdown territory. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $152.78 (implying +42% upside).
Moat
ROE 21% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
D/E 2.02 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Integrated Freight & Logistics · market cap $69.0b. 16% off the 52-week high of $345.37. 26 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $355.50 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 115% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $69.0b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Net margin 4.7% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where UAL and FDX diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.0 points in favor of UAL. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueUAL 76.7 · FDX 68.7UAL +8.0
GrowthUAL 50.0 · FDX 55.7FDX +5.7
QualityUAL 59.0 · FDX 56.1level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is UAL or FDX the better stock?
UAL scores higher: UAL 60.9, FDX 59.9 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do UAL and FDX differ most?
The widest gap is value, where UAL leads by 8 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are UAL and FDX scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.