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UIL (UTL) Competitors

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GBX 120 -5.00 (-4.00%)
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UTL vs. AEP, AT, NFG, PAM, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, PVR, and CLP

Should you be buying UIL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UIL include Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), Ashtead Technology (AT), Next 15 Group (NFG), 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 Clear Leisure (CLP). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UIL-£16.90M-6.28-£26.39M-£29.84-4.02
Anglo-Eastern Plantations£461.13M0.95£81.78M£129.216.81

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%

6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.0% of UIL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, UIL and UIL both had 1 articles in the media. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat UIL's score of 0.50 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UIL
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

UIL pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. UIL pays out -26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% 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. UIL is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats UIL on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UTL vs. The Competition

MetricUILAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£106.13M£1.26B£6.15B£3.01B
Dividend Yield7.08%4.38%4.20%5.02%
P/E Ratio-4.0222.1013.30160.66
Price / Sales-6.282,382.351,749.95293,821.70
Price / Cash145.0060.8149.5227.97
Price / Book0.731.221.924.68
Net Income-£26.39M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.42%0.49%4.66%7.26%
1 Month Performance1.06%3.24%7.45%12.68%
1 Year Performance15.38%5.49%17.88%62.03%

UIL Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 120
-4.0%
N/A+20.2%£106.13M-£16.90M-4.02520Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AEP
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
N/AGBX 846
+0.5%
N/A+32.5%£422.96M£461.13M6.5512,671
AT
Ashtead Technology
2.2108 of 5 stars
GBX 458
+0.5%
GBX 830
+81.2%
-45.0%£363.23M£139.68M14.79559High Trading Volume
NFG
Next 15 Group
2.9659 of 5 stars
GBX 263
+2.7%
GBX 580
+120.5%
-68.7%£265.43M£741.75M4.322,130Gap Down
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 9.05
flat
N/AN/A£93.53M£540.33M31.12N/A
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-10.9612,600Positive News
Gap Up
PVR
Providence Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£34.84MN/A-3.192Gap Down
CLP
Clear Leisure
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.23M£39K-13.504Gap Up

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This page (LON:UTL) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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