UGI (UGI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for UGI in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" UGI shares. 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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4 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for UGI's shares. Their UGI share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $42.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $39.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.6% from the stock's current price.
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UGI's stock was trading at $37.07 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UGI stock has decreased by 24.7% and is now trading at $27.90.
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UGI saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,130,000 shares, an increase of 29.9% from the April 30th total of 3,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,440,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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UGI Co. (NYSE:UGI) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.16. The utilities provider earned $3.11 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.10 billion. UGI had a negative net margin of 6.17% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.38%. The firm's revenue was down 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.91 earnings per share.

UGI declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.375 per share on Saturday, July 1st. This represents a $1.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36.
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ETFs with the largest weight of UGI (NYSE:UGI) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (RDIV), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Value ETF (NUMV) and KFA Value Line Dynamic Core Equity Index ETF (KVLE).

UGI (NYSE:UGI) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.13%. UGI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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UGI shares split on Monday, September 8th 2014. The 3-2 split was announced on Tuesday, July 29th 2014. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, September 5th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

UGI updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.75-$2.90 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.91.

29 employees have rated UGI Chief Executive Officer John L. Walsh on Glassdoor.com. John L. Walsh has an approval rating of 98% among the company's employees. This puts John L. Walsh in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other UGI investors own include AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Chevron (CVX), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Boeing (BA) and Main Street Capital (MAIN).

UGI trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UGI."

UGI's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.79%), State Street Corp (8.40%), Deutsche Bank AG (3.64%), Snyder Capital Management L P (2.09%), LSV Asset Management (1.75%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.44%). Insiders that own company stock include Frank S Hermance, John L Walsh, Joseph L Hartz, Laurie Bergman, M Shawn Bort, Monica M Gaudiosi, Roger Perreault, Ted A Dosch and Thaddeus J Jastrzebski.
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Shares of UGI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UGI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.90.

UGI (NYSE:UGI) has a market capitalization of $5.84 billion and generates $10.11 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.07 billion in net income (profit) each year or ($2.93) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,850 workers across the globe.

UGI's mailing address is 460 NORTH GULPH ROAD, KING OF PRUSSIA PA, 19406. The official website for the company is www.ugicorp.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (610) 337-1000, via email at investors@ugicorp.com, or via fax at 610-992-3259.