Unitil (UTL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Unitil Corporation (NYSE: UTL) is a regulated public utility holding company that provides electric and natural gas distribution services to customers in New England. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company delivers energy to residential, commercial and industrial customers and maintains the local utility infrastructure needed to support those services.

Unitil Energy Systems provides electric distribution service in southeastern New Hampshire. Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company serves customers in north-central Massachusetts with electric and natural gas distribution, while Northern Utilities provides natural gas distribution in parts of New Hampshire and southern Maine.

Headquartered in Hampton, New Hampshire, Unitil traces its history to the consolidation of smaller New England utilities and has operated as a publicly traded utility company since 1984. Its business is primarily conducted in geographically focused service territories under state-regulated utility frameworks.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $50.09 to $50.90
• 50-Day Range: $50.80 to $56.14
• 52-Week Range: $46.40 to $57.26
• Volume: 37,660 shs
• Average Volume: 126,124 shs
• Market Capitalization: $922.94 million
• P/E Ratio: 15.96
• Dividend Yield: 3.75%
• Price Target: $58.67
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Unitil Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Unitil scored higher than 76% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 59th out of 95 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Unitil has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.17, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Unitil has a consensus price target of $58.67, representing about 16.8% upside from its current price of $50.23.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Unitil has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.04%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Unitil are expected to grow by 6.04% in the coming year, from $3.31 to $3.51 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Unitil is 15.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Unitil is 15.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 23.81.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Unitil has a P/B Ratio of 1.48. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.01% of the float of Unitil has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Unitil has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.02.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Unitil has recently increased by 2.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Unitil is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.73%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Unitil has been increasing its dividend for 12 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Unitil is 59.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Unitil will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.13% next year. This indicates that Unitil will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: N/A
• News Sentiment: N/A

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Unitil insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.20% of the stock of Unitil is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

76.76% of the stock of Unitil is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Record date for 8/31 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/31 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/31/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Multi - Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Multi-Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:UTL
• CIK: 755001
• Web: www.unitil.com
• Phone: (603) 772-0775
• Fax: 603-773-6605
• Employees: 614
• Year Founded: 1984

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Unitil: $58.67
• High Price Target: $63.00
• Low Price Target: $56.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.17
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.91
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.24
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $50.20 million
• Net Margins: 9.49%
• Pretax Margin: 12.52%
• Return on Equity: 9.53%
• Return on Assets: 2.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.06
• Current Ratio: 0.49
• Quick Ratio: 0.45

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $536 million
• Price / Sales: 1.72
• Cash Flow: $7.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.43
• Book Value: $34.02 per share
• Price / Book: 1.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 18,240,000
• Free Float: 17,836,000
• Market Cap: $920.34 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.32