NYSE:UTL - Unitil Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Unitil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Wednesday, November 27th. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 12th. View Unitil's Dividend History.

Unitil Co. (NYSE:UTL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $85.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $87 million. Unitil had a return on equity of 9.27% and a net margin of 9.79%. View Unitil's Earnings History.

Unitil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Unitil.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Unitil's stock. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $59.79. On average, they expect Unitil's stock price to reach $55.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Unitil.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unitil in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Unitil.

Media coverage about UTL stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Unitil earned a news sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Unitil.

Unitil saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 82,800 shares, a decrease of 16.3% from the September 30th total of 98,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 56,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Unitil's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Unitil include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Unitil investors own include Boeing (BA), Walmart (WMT), Consolidated Edison (ED), Procter & Gamble (PG), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), PepsiCo (PEP), Tractor Supply (TSCO), American Electric Power (AEP) and Bank of America (BAC).

Unitil's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.50%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.44%), Foundry Partners LLC (1.08%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.60%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.59%) and Man Group plc (0.46%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Unitil.

UTL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Foundry Partners LLC, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Millennium Management LLC and Barclays PLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unitil.

UTL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Advisors LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, State Street Corp, Man Group plc, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Dupont Capital Management Corp and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unitil.

Shares of UTL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UTL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.11.

Unitil has a market capitalization of $927.30 million and generates $444.10 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $33 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.23 on an earnings per share basis. Unitil employs 520 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Unitil.

The official website for Unitil is http://www.unitil.com/.

Unitil's mailing address is 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH, 03842. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 603-772-0775 or via email at [email protected]