UGI Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for UGI in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" UGI stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UGI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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UGI saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,150,000 shares, an increase of 41.3% from the May 13th total of 2,230,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 981,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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UGI is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 2nd 2021.
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UGI Co. (NYSE:UGI) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 5th. The utilities provider reported $1.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.72 by $0.27. The utilities provider earned $2.58 billion during the quarter. UGI had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.86% and a net margin of 12.97%.
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UGI's stock was trading at $32.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UGI stock has increased by 39.7% and is now trading at $45.31.
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UGI announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.345 per share on Thursday, July 1st. This represents a $1.38 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.05%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 14th. This is a boost from UGI's previous quarterly dividend of $0.33.
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UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.95%. UGI has been increasing its dividend for 25 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of UGI is 51.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UGI will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.59% next year. This indicates that UGI will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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UGI's stock split on Monday, September 8th 2014. The 3-2 split was announced on Tuesday, July 29th 2014. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, September 5th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of UGI stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

UGI updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.900-3.000 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.850. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

3 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for UGI's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate UGI's share price to reach $41.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.5%.
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29 employees have rated UGI CEO John L. Walsh on Glassdoor.com. John L. Walsh has an approval rating of 98% among UGI's employees. This puts John L. Walsh in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to UGI include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Southwest Gas (SWX), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK) and Northwest Natural (NWN).
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UGI trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UGI."

UGI's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.39%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (4.41%), State of Michigan Retirement System (1.51%), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp (1.50%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.41%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.38%). Company insiders that own UGI stock include Frank S Hermance, John L Walsh, Joseph L Hartz, Laurie Bergman, M Shawn Bort, Roger Perreault, Ted A Dosch and Thaddeus J Jastrzebski.
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UGI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Man Group plc, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc.. Company insiders that have sold UGI company stock in the last year include Joseph L Hartz, Laurie Bergman, and M Shawn Bort.
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UGI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Eagle Investment Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Pinnacle Advisory Group Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have bought UGI stock in the last two years include Frank S Hermance, John L Walsh, Laurie Bergman, Roger Perreault, Ted A Dosch, and Thaddeus J Jastrzebski.
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One share of UGI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.31.

UGI has a market capitalization of $9.46 billion and generates $6.56 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $532 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.67 on an earnings per share basis.

UGI employs 6,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for UGI is www.ugicorp.com.

UGI is headquartered at 460 NORTH GULPH ROAD, KING OF PRUSSIA PA, 19406.

UGI's mailing address is 460 NORTH GULPH ROAD, KING OF PRUSSIA PA, 19406. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 610-337-1000 or via email at [email protected]