Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. UAL scored 60.9, PBI scored 62.7 — PBI leads.
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UAL
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Airlines · Quality-Growth
60.9
$107.45 · $34.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
1.8
PBI leads
PBI
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Integrated Freight & Logistics · Quality-Growth
62.7
$16.80 · $2.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestUAL10.1x
Fastest growthUAL+8.5%
Highest qualityPBI82 / 100
Largest discount to fair valuePBI-31%
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
PBI
59
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
82
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
39
77
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
77
UAL and PBI split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
UAL
PBI
$2.5bB
FCF
$415mC
+8.5%B
Rev
-5.3%D
2.02C
D/E
Negative equity
10.1xA
P/E
13.8xA-
6.50D
PEG
0.63A-
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
PBI
0% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
31% below
~7%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
-8%
1-yr DCF upside
+62%
0%
5-yr DCF upside
+45%
+11%
10-yr DCF upside
+26%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
UAL
Why this score
Cyclical growth
PBI
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
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 $2.3b. 12% off the 52-week high of $19.07. Revenue -5% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. PEG 0.63 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $19.56 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($120m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Revenue contracting -5% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Beta 1.65 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where UAL and PBI diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.8 points in favor of PBI. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityUAL 59.0 · PBI 82.1PBI +23.1
GrowthUAL 50.0 · PBI 38.8UAL +11.2
ValueUAL 76.7 · PBI 77.2level
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 PBI or UAL the better stock?
PBI scores higher: PBI 62.7, UAL 60.9 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 PBI and UAL differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where PBI leads by 23 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 PBI and UAL 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.