UGI - UGI Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 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 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "sell" UGI shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for UGI's shares. Their UGI share price forecasts range from $40.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $41.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price.
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UGI's stock was trading at $37.07 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, UGI shares have decreased by 6.2% and is now trading at $34.76.
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UGI saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,510,000 shares, an increase of 29.2% from the February 28th total of 3,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,180,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Approximately 2.2% 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, May 3rd 2023.
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UGI Co. (NYSE:UGI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $1.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.06 by $0.08. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.81 billion. UGI had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.76% and a net margin of 2.12%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share.

UGI declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Saturday, April 1st. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.14%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of UGI (NYSE:UGI) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (RDIV), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Value ETF (NUMV), KFA Value Line Dynamic Core Equity Index ETF (KVLE) and SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY).

UGI (NYSE:UGI) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.30%. UGI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 35 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 163.64%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, UGI will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of UGI split on the morning of Monday, September 8th 2014. The 3-2 split was announced on Tuesday, July 29th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, September 5th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Eagle Investment Management LLC (4.14%), Deutsche Bank AG (3.70%), Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (2.62%), LSV Asset Management (1.83%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.46%) and Edmp Inc. (1.45%). 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 $34.76.

UGI (NYSE:UGI) has a market capitalization of $7.28 billion and generates $10.11 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.07 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.88 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.