United Utilities Group (UU.)

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Utilities

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863.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -8.60p
  • 52 Week High: 874.22
  • 52 Week Low: 656.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 681.90m
  • Volume: 2,100,286
  • Market Cap: £5,889m
  • RiskGrade: 88
  • Beta: 0.00

United Utilities Overview

United manages and operates the regulated electricity distribution, water and wastewater networks in north west England.

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United Utilities Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.6% 4.8%
Div Cover 1.1 1.3
Op Mrgn 36.7% 24.1%
ROCE 5.4%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 19.3 16.4
PEG n/a 0.9
Pr/Revenue 3.4 3.2
Pr/Book 2.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.9% 4.7%
PBT -2.3% 1.4%
EPS -2.8% 17.6%
DPS 2.2% 3.6%

United Utilities Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-14 1,688.80 543.30 44.70p 17.6 1.1 +16% 36.04p 4.6%
31-Mar-15 1,720.20 341.60 51.90p 18.0 1.1 +16% 37.70p 4.0%
31-Mar-16 1,730.00 353.50 47.70p 19.4 n/a -8% 38.45p 4.2%
31-Mar-17 1,704.00 442.40 46.00p 21.6 n/a -4% 38.87p 3.9%
31-Mar-18 1,735.80 432.10 44.70p 16.0 n/a -3% 39.73p 5.6%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

United Utilities Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-19 1,818.23 438.08 52.58p 16.4 0.9 +18% 41.17p 4.8%
31-Mar-20 1,881.34 469.54 56.89p 15.2 1.9 +8% 42.49p 4.9%
31-Mar-21 1,781.37 366.76 45.14p 19.1 n/a -21% 41.14p 4.8%

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United Utilities Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 12-Mar-2019 11:29 RNS
Replacement: Publication of Final Terms 15-Feb-2019 18:01 RNS
Publication of Final Terms 12-Feb-2019 14:53 RNS

United Utilities ShareCast News

Citi downgrades 'fairly valued' United Utilities 05-Mar-2019 ShareCast
Ofwat fast-tracks plans from United Utilities, S... 31-Jan-2019 ShareCast
National Grid the pick of utilities sector, reck... 30-Jan-2019 ShareCast

United Utilities Top Newspaper Links

MARKET REPORT: Bid hopes lift United 07-Nov-2014 Express & Star
United Utilities pledges to raise water bills on... 28-Nov-2013 Guardian
United Utilities refrains from price hike as pro... 28-Nov-2013 The Independent

Latest United Utilities Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
11-Mar-19 Buy Steven L Mogford 860.96p 20 £172.19
11-Mar-19 Buy Russ Houlden 860.96p 20 £172.19
11-Mar-19 Buy Steven Fraser 860.96p 21 £180.80

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

United Utilities Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 863.60p
Change Today -8.60p
% Change -0.99 %
52 Week High 874.22
52 Week Low 656.00
Volume 2,100,286
Shares Issued 681.90m
Market Cap £5,889m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 88

United Utilities Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
30.74% above the market average30.74% above the market average30.74% above the market average30.74% above the market average30.74% above the market average
25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average
Price Trend
64.29% above the market average64.29% above the market average64.29% above the market average64.29% above the market average64.29% above the market average
25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average
Income
42.24% above the market average42.24% above the market average42.24% above the market average42.24% above the market average42.24% above the market average
66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average
Growth
75.52% below the market average75.52% below the market average75.52% below the market average75.52% below the market average75.52% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 13
neutral
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United Utilities Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 20-Dec-18 21-Jun-18
Paid 01-Feb-19 03-Aug-18
Amount 13.76p 26.49p

Trades for 22-Mar-2019

Time Volume / Share Price
16:42 8,600 @ 866.15p
16:42 8,600 @ 866.15p
16:42 8,600 @ 872.17p
16:42 8,600 @ 872.17p
16:35 830,878 @ 863.60p

United Utilities Key Personnel

CFO Russ Houlden
CEO Steven L Mogford
COO Steven Fraser

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