United Utilities Group (UU.)

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637.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      17.00p
  • 52 Week High: 642.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 560.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 681.81m
  • Volume: 3,608,166
  • Market Cap: £4,343.12m
  • RiskGrade: 77
  • Beta: 0.42

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 5.0% 5.5%
Div Cover 1.1 1.2
Op Mrgn 37.8% 21.2%
ROCE 6.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 18.0 16.1
PEG 31.7 1.3
Pr/Revenue 2.8 2.6
Pr/Book 2.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 3.4% 5.5%
PBT -14.3% 24.7%
EPS 0.6% 12.2%
DPS 6.7% 6.4%

United Utilities Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-08 2,362.90 478.30 61.20p 11.1 0.2 +50% 46.67p 6.8%
31-Mar-09 2,427.20 529.30 26.50p 18.2 n/a -57% 32.67p 6.8%
31-Mar-10 1,573.10 408.70 50.80p 11.0 0.1 +92% 34.30p 6.1%
31-Mar-11 1,513.30 327.10 35.10p 16.9 n/a -31% 30.00p 5.1%
31-Mar-12 1,564.90 280.40 35.30p 17.0 17.0 +1% 32.01p 5.3%

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-13 1,651.53 349.68 39.62p 16.1 1.3 +12% 34.07p 5.5%
31-Mar-14 1,706.04 370.28 42.08p 15.1 2.4 +6% 35.75p 5.7%

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United Utilities Company Announcements

Final Results 24-May-2012 07:00 PR Newswire
Director/PDMR Shareholding 18-May-2012 15:26 PR Newswire
Director/PDMR Shareholding 18-Apr-2012 14:54 PR Newswire

United Utilities ShareCast News

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London midday: Stocks shrug off gloomy economic ... 24-May-2012 ShareCast

United Utilities Top Newspaper Links

Leak targets met despite the weather 27-May-2011 The Scotsman
United praises 'extraordinary efforts' of staff ... 27-May-2011 The Independent
United Utilities profits fall 36pc on £55m inter... 25-Nov-2010 Telegraph

Latest United Utilities Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
17-May-12 Buy Steven L Mogford 628.00p 24 £150.72
17-May-12 Buy Russ Houlden 628.00p 24 £150.72
17-Apr-12 Buy Steven L Mogford 599.50p 25 £149.87

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

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 637.00p
Change Today 17.00p
% Change 2.74 %
52 Week High 642.00p
52 Week Low 560.00p
Volume 3,608,166
Shares Issued 681.81m
Market Cap £4,343.12m
Beta 0.42
RiskGrade 77

United Utilities Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
90.89% below the market average90.89% below the market average90.89% below the market average90.89% below the market average90.89% below the market average
Sector averageSector averageSector averageSector averageSector average
Price Trend
65.60% above the market average65.60% above the market average65.60% above the market average65.60% above the market average65.60% above the market average
20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average
Income
64.20% above the market average64.20% above the market average64.20% above the market average64.20% above the market average64.20% above the market average
42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average
Growth
76.34% below the market average76.34% below the market average76.34% below the market average76.34% below the market average76.34% 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 6
Buy 0
Neutral 8
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 15
buy
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United Utilities Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 20-Jun-12 14-Dec-11
Paid 03-Aug-12 01-Feb-12
Amount 21.34p 10.67p

Trades for 24-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:52 23,500 @ 637.16p
16:46 30,000 @ 636.48p
16:40 142,204 @ 635.81p
16:40 3,500 @ 638.55p
16:37 10,000 @ 637.00p

United Utilities Key Personnel

CFO Russ Houlden
CEO Steven L Mogford

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