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

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

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

Unitil Co. (NYSE:UTL) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $84.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $85 million. Unitil had a return on equity of 9.57% and a net margin of 9.84%. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Unitil's shares. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $59.79. On average, they anticipate Unitil's share price to reach $55.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.4%. 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 stories about UTL stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Unitil earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Unitil.

Unitil saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 82,400 shares, a decrease of 19.9% from the August 30th total of 102,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 55,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company 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), Procter & Gamble (PG), Walmart (WMT), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), Lockheed Martin (LMT), AT&T (T), United Parcel Service (UPS), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Marks and Spencer Group (MKS).

Unitil's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.04%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. 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 $62.53.

Unitil has a market capitalization of $932.95 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]