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UIL (UTL) Competitors

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GBX 147.67 +2.67 (+1.84%)
As of 10/24/2025 11:16 AM Eastern

UTL vs. AEP, NFG, AT, PAM, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, PVR, and CEG

Should you be buying UIL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UIL include Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), Next 15 Group (NFG), Ashtead Technology (AT), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), Providence Resources (PVR), and Challenger Energy Group (CEG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

UIL vs. Its Competitors

UIL (LON:UTL) and Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

UIL has a net margin of 156.15% compared to Anglo-Eastern Plantations' net margin of 17.74%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity of 12.46% beat UIL's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UIL156.15% -16.21% -3.94%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations 17.74%12.46%7.34%

UIL has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations had 1 more articles in the media than UIL. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations and 0 mentions for UIL. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat UIL's score of 0.00 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
UIL Neutral
Anglo-Eastern Plantations Neutral

1.1% of UIL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of UIL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than UIL. Anglo-Eastern Plantations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UIL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UIL£22.15M6.16-£26.39M£11.1813.21
Anglo-Eastern Plantations£436.63M1.18£81.78M£223.745.88

UIL pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 51.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. UIL pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats UIL on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UTL vs. The Competition

MetricUILAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£136.42M£1.48B£4.94B£2.66B
Dividend Yield5.41%4.70%4.40%5.35%
P/E Ratio13.2144.2023.03400.60
Price / Sales6.161,992.641,375.9898,316.81
Price / Cash145.0060.47127.7627.90
Price / Book0.901.372.167.26
Net Income-£26.39M£264.59M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance-0.25%1.12%0.94%1.03%
1 Month Performance8.23%0.93%1.24%1.68%
1 Year Performance42.68%8.85%38.20%111.57%

UIL Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 147.67
+1.8%
N/A+50.7%£136.42M£22.15M13.21520Dividend Announcement
AEP
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
N/AGBX 1,285
flat
N/A+97.1%£502.47M£436.63M574.3312,671News Coverage
NFG
Next 15 Group
3.243 of 5 stars
GBX 368
+1.0%
GBX 498
+35.3%
-3.5%£371.40M£689.95M2,389.612,130
AT
Ashtead Technology
3.8087 of 5 stars
GBX 330.50
-1.3%
GBX 646.25
+95.5%
-37.3%£262.11M£139.68M10.67559News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PAM
Premier Asset Management Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£194.15M£53.26M16.386,286Gap Down
BHI
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£99.66M£3.93M40.952,980Gap Up
GMP
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust
N/AGBX 8.80
+3.5%
N/AN/A£90.94M£540.33M30.26N/AGap Up
CTP
Castleton Technology
N/AN/AN/AN/A£77.42M£25.08M20.60169
ET
Establishment Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£43.40M-£2.92M-10.9612,600Gap Up
PVR
Providence Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£34.84MN/A-3.192Gap Down
CEG
Challenger Energy Group
N/AGBX 11.90
-2.5%
N/A+91.7%£29.67M£1.63M-725.6113,400

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This page (LON:UTL) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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