NYSE:UTLUnitil Stock Price, Forecast & News

Unitil's stock was trading at $58.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UTL shares have decreased by 18.3% and is now trading at $48.01. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Unitil.

Unitil is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Unitil.

Unitil Co. (NYSE:UTL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The utilities provider reported $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $130.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $160 million. Unitil had a return on equity of 8.73% and a net margin of 7.90%. View Unitil's earnings history.

Unitil declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.375 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.12%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View Unitil's dividend history.

2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Unitil's stock. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect Unitil's stock price to reach $57.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Unitil.

Media headlines about UTL stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Unitil earned a daily sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutUnitil.

Unitil saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 191,200 shares, an increase of 10.9% from the April 30th total of 172,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 76,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Unitil's Current Options Chain.

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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), Southern (SO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Walmart (WMT), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV) and Boeing (BA).

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

Unitil's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.00%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (4.80%), Aristotle Capital Boston LLC (3.75%), State Street Corp (2.59%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.86%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.42%). View institutional ownership trends for Unitil.

UTL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, Morgan Stanley, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, BlackRock Inc., Aperio Group LLC, UBS Group AG, and AQR Capital Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Unitil.

UTL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Principal Financial Group Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $48.01.

Unitil has a market capitalization of $718.18 million and generates $438.20 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $44.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.31 on an earnings per share basis. Unitil employs 520 workers across the globe.

The official website for Unitil is 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]