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

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

Unitil declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share on Thursday, August 29th. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 14th. View Unitil's Dividend History.

Unitil Co. (NYSE:UTL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $84.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $85 million. Unitil had a net margin of 9.84% and a return on equity of 9.57%. View Unitil's Earnings History.

Unitil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Unitil.

Unitil will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets 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 11.2%. 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 negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Unitil earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Unitil.

Unitil saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 82,400 shares, a decline of 19.9% from the August 30th total of 102,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 55,900 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 Avista (AVA), Innergex Renewable Energy (INGXF), Spark Energy (SPKE), Genie Energy (GNE), EuroSite Power (EUSP) and Endesa (ELE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Unitil investors own include Boeing (BA), Walmart (WMT), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), Procter & Gamble (PG), AT&T (T), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Okta (OKTA), Universal Display (OLED) and Workday (WDAY).

Unitil's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.44%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.59%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.25%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.05%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.04%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Unitil.

UTL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Tributary Capital Management LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Hennessy Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Unitil.

UTL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. 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 $62.38.

Unitil has a market capitalization of $930.77 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]