Unitil Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:UTL)

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unitil in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" UTL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UTL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Unitil's shares. Their UTL share price targets range from $51.00 to $51.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $51.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%.
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Unitil's stock was trading at $51.36 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UTL shares have decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $51.17.
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Unitil saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 113,700 shares, an increase of 50.8% from the October 31st total of 75,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 58,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 13th 2024.
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Unitil Co. (NYSE:UTL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $103.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $116 million. Unitil had a net margin of 7.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.22%.

Unitil announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.405 per share on Tuesday, November 28th. This represents a $1.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 13th.
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Unitil (NYSE:UTL) pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.19%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 58.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UTL will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Unitil (NYSE:UTL) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF (PSCU) and Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (XSHD).ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF (SIXS).

4 employees have rated Unitil Chief Executive Officer Bob Schoenberger on Glassdoor.com. Bob Schoenberger has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Bob Schoenberger in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Unitil investors own include Consolidated Edison (ED), AT&T (T), Altria Group (MO), Pfizer (PFE), Southern (SO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walmart (WMT), AbbVie (ABBV), Boeing (BA) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP).

Unitil's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.20%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (2.51%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (2.37%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.38%), Northern Trust Corp (1.28%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert B Hevert, Thomas P Meissner Jr and Todd R Black.
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