United Utilities Group (UU.)

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Utilities

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776.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.20p
  • 52 Week High: 873.60
  • 52 Week Low: 682.40
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 681.90m
  • Volume: 59,830
  • Market Cap: £5,296m
  • RiskGrade: 104
  • Beta: 0.03

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 5.3% 5.4%
Div Cover 1.3 1.4
Op Mrgn 34.9% 25.8%
ROCE 5.4%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 14.0 13.5
PEG 0.6 3.7
Pr/Revenue 2.9 2.8
Pr/Book 1.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 4.8% 2.8%
PBT 0.9% 10.4%
EPS 24.2% 3.7%
DPS 3.9% 3.1%

United Utilities Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
31-Mar-19 1,818.50 436.20 55.50p 14.7 0.6 +24% 41.28p 5.1%

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-20 1,870.28 481.60 57.54p 13.5 3.7 +4% 42.54p 5.4%
31-Mar-21 1,744.72 364.04 45.07p 17.3 n/a -22% 41.42p 5.3%

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United Utilities Company Announcements

Director Declaration 19-Aug-2019 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 13-Aug-2019 11:11 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 02-Aug-2019 12:06 RNS

United Utilities ShareCast News

United Utilities COO stepping down to become Cad... 14-Jun-2019 ShareCast
United Utilities profit constrained by long hot ... 23-May-2019 ShareCast
United Utilities appoints chairman designate as ... 13-May-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
12-Aug-19 Buy Steven L Mogford 760.93p 24 £182.62
12-Aug-19 Buy Russ Houlden 760.93p 24 £182.62
01-Aug-19 Buy Dividends Steven L Mogford 798.40p 99 £790.42

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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 776.60p
Change Today -1.20p
% Change -0.15 %
52 Week High 873.60
52 Week Low 682.40
Volume 59,830
Shares Issued 681.90m
Market Cap £5,296m
Beta 0.03
RiskGrade 104

United Utilities Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average
75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average
Price Trend
0.55% above the market average0.55% above the market average0.55% above the market average0.55% above the market average0.55% above the market average
14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average
Income
59.30% above the market average59.30% above the market average59.30% above the market average59.30% above the market average59.30% above the market average
60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average60% below the sector average
Growth
38.77% below the market average38.77% below the market average38.77% below the market average38.77% below the market average38.77% below the market average
71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 1
Neutral 4
Sell 2
Strong Sell 1
Total 13
buy
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United Utilities Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 20-Jun-19 20-Dec-18
Paid 01-Aug-19 01-Feb-19
Amount 27.52p 13.76p

Trades for 22-Aug-2019

Time Volume / Share Price
08:38 467 @ 776.60p
08:38 62 @ 777.00p
08:35 147 @ 777.20p
08:35 400 @ 777.20p
08:35 70 @ 777.20p

United Utilities Key Personnel

CFO Russ Houlden
CEO Steven L Mogford
COO Steven Fraser

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