United Utilities
United Utilities
UU
LSE
1079.00
GBX
-0.74%
About
United Utilities Group PLC is a water and wastewater company. The Company is engaged in providing water and wastewater services in the Northwest of England. It collects its water from a range of different sources, but predominantly from its reservoirs in the Pennines and the Lake District. It extracts water from Lake Vyrnwy in Wales for customers in Merseyside and Cheshire, while the rest is taken from the River Dee, boreholes and streams.
It collects and treats wastewater from three million homes and 200,000 businesses from as far north as Carlisle all the way down to Crewe. Cumbria’s Thirlmere and Haweswater are its reservoirs. Haweswater holds more than 84,800 million liters of water. It owns and manages over 56,000 hectares of land.
The majority of this land surrounds its reservoirs. It operates over 79,000 kilometers of wastewater pipes to transport wastewater from sewers to one of its 584 wastewater treatment works. It supplies about 1.8 billion liters of water every day..
Financials Amount (in millions)
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| Price and Volume | |
|---|---|
| Volume | |
| Ten Day Average Volume | 1.8M |
| Three Month Average Volume | 42.6M |
| High Low | |
| Fifty-Two Week High | 11.395 GBX |
| Fifty-Two Week Low | 9.044 GBX |
| Fifty-Two Week High Date | 14 Dec 2023 |
| Fifty-Two Week Low Date | 29 Sep 2023 |
| Price and Volume | |
| Current Price | 10.235 GBX |
| Beta | 0 |
| Relative Price Change | |
| Four Week Relative Price Change | -2.19% |
| Thirteen Week Relative Price Change | 0.62% |
| Twenty-Six Week Relative Price Change | -8.02% |
| Fifty-Two Week Relative Price Change | -2.16% |
| Year-to-Date Relative Price Change | -10.49% |
| Price Change | |
| One Day Price Change | 0.39% |
| Thirteen Week Price Change | 1.74% |
| Twenty-Six Week Price Change | 0.64% |
| Five Day Price Change | 2.60% |
| Fifty-Two Week Price Change | 9.82% |
| Year-to-Date Price Change | -3.40% |
| Month-to-Date Price Change | 0.39% |
| Per Share Data | |
|---|---|
| Book Value | |
| Book Value Per Share (Last Fiscal Year) | 3.01525 GBX |
| Book Value Per Share (Most Recent Quarter) | 3.01525 GBX |
| Tangible Book Value Per Share (Last Fiscal Year) | 2.83267 GBX |
| Tangible Book Value Per Share (Most Recent Quarter) | 2.83267 GBX |
| EBITD | |
| EBITD Per Share (Trailing Twelve Months) | 1.35435 GBX |
| Revenue | |
| Revenue Per Share (Last Fiscal Year) | 2.85223 GBX |
| Revenue Per Share (Trailing Twelve Months) | 2.85223 GBX |
| Dividend | |
| Dividend Per Share (Last Fiscal Year) | 0.4978 GBX |
| Dividend Per Share (Trailing Twelve Months) | 0.4978 GBX |
| Dividend Per Share (5 Year) | 0.44926 GBX |
| Earnings Per Share | |
| Excluding Extraordinary Items (Last Fiscal Year) | 0.18566 GBX |
| Excluding Extraordinary Items (Trailing Twelve Months) | 0.18573 GBX |
| Normalized (Last Fiscal Year) | 0.19647 GBX |
| Basic Excluding Extraordinary Items (Last Fiscal Year) | 0.1861 GBX |
| Basic Excluding Extraordinary Items (Trailing Twelve Months) | 0.1861 GBX |
| Including Extraordinary Items (Last Fiscal Year) | 0.18566 GBX |
| Including Extraordinary Items (Trailing Twelve Months) | 0.18573 GBX |
| Cash | |
| Cash Per Share (Last Fiscal Year) | 2.05206 GBX |
| Cash Per Share (Most Recent Quarter) | 2.05206 GBX |
| Cash Flow Per Share (Last Fiscal Year) | 0.82765 GBX |
| Cash Flow Per Share (Trailing Twelve Months) | 0.82765 GBX |
| Free Cash Flow Per Share (Trailing Twelve Months) | -0.49598 GBX |
| Margins | |
|---|---|
| Cash Flow Revenue | |
| Cash Flow Revenue (5 Year) | -8 |
| Cash Flow Revenue (Trailing Twelve Months) | -17 |
| Pretax Margin | |
| Pretax Margin (Trailing Twelve Months) | 8.72% |
| Pretax Margin (Last Fiscal Year) | 8.72% |
| Pretax Margin (5 Year) | 18.49% |
| Gross Margin | |
| Gross Margin (Last Fiscal Year) | -99,999.99% |
| Gross Margin (Trailing Twelve Months) | 76.80% |
| Gross Margin (5 Year) | -99,999.99% |
| Operating Margin | |
| Operating Margin (Last Fiscal Year) | 24.63% |
| Operating Margin (Trailing Twelve Months) | 24.63% |
| Operating Margin (5 Year) | 30.43% |
| Net Profit Margin | |
| Net Profit Margin (Last Fiscal Year) | 6.51% |
| Net Profit Margin (Trailing Twelve Months) | 6.51% |
| Net Profit Margin (5 Year) | 8.98% |
| Growth | |
|---|---|
| Book Value | |
| Book Value Per Share (5 Year) | -7.95% |
| Tangible Book Value (5 Year) | -7.86% |
| Free Operating Cash Flow | |
| Free Operating Cash Flow (5 Year) | -99,999.99% |
| Revenue | |
| Revenue Change MRQ vs 1 Year Ago | 6.89% |
| Revenue Growth (3 Year) | 1.40% |
| Revenue Change (Trailing Twelve Months) | 6.86% |
| Revenue Per Share Growth | 1.40% |
| Revenue Growth (5 Year) | 2.54% |
| Capital Spending Debt | |
| Capital Spending (5 Year) | 2.90% |
| Total Debt (5 Year) | 5.06% |
| Dividends | |
| Dividend Growth (3 Year) | 4.81% |
| Earnings Per Share | |
| EPS Change MRQ vs 1 Year Ago | 106.80% |
| EPS Change (Trailing Twelve Months) | -37.83% |
| EPS Growth (3 Year) | -18.98% |
| EPS Growth (5 Year) | -34.59% |
| EBITDA | |
| EBITDA (5 Year) | -2.91% |
| EBITDA (5 Year Interim) | -2.98% |
| Net Profit Margin | |
| Net Profit Margin Growth (5 Year) | -20.10% |
| Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Total Price to Book | |
| Price to Tangible Book (Last Fiscal Year) | 4 |
| Price to Tangible Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 4 |
| Price to Free Cash Flow | |
| Price to Free Cash Per Share (Last Fiscal Year) | -100,000 |
| Price to Free Cash Per Share (Trailing Twelve Months) | -100,000 |
| Net Debt | |
| Net Debt (Most Recent Quarter) | 8.6B |
| Net Debt (Last Fiscal Year) | 8.6B |
| Price to Sales | |
| Price to Sales (Last Fiscal Year) | 4 |
| Price to Sales (Trailing Twelve Months) | 4 |
| Price to Earnings | |
| PE Excluding Extraordinary Items (Last Fiscal Year) | 55 |
| PE Normalized (Last Fiscal Year) | 52 |
| PE Basic Excluding Extraordinary Items (Trailing Twelve Months) | 55 |
| PE Excluding Extraordinary Items High (Trailing Twelve Months) | 89 |
| PE Excluding Extraordinary Items Low (Trailing Twelve Months) | 12 |
| PE Including Extraordinary Items (Trailing Twelve Months) | 55 |
| Dividends | |
| Dividend Yield (5 Year) | 4.46% |
| Dividend Yield | 4.86% |
| Current Dividend Yield | 4.86% |
| Price to Book | |
| Price to Book (Last Fiscal Year) | 3 |
| Price to Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 3 |
| Financial Strength | |
|---|---|
| Debt to Equity | |
| Long Term Debt to Equity (Last Fiscal Year) | 455 |
| Long Term Debt to Equity (Most Recent Quarter) | 455 |
| Payout Ratio | |
| Payout Ratio (Last Fiscal Year) | 267.45% |
| Payout Ratio (Trailing Twelve Months) | 267.45% |
| Quick Ratio | |
| Quick Ratio (Last Fiscal Year) | 2 |
| Quick Ratio (Most Recent Quarter) | 2 |
| Enterprise Value | |
| Current Enterprise Value to Free Cash Flow (Last Fiscal Year) | -100,000 |
| Current Enterprise Value to Free Cash Flow (Trailing Twelve Months) | -100,000 |
| Current Ratio | |
| Current Ratio (Last Fiscal Year) | 2 |
| Current Ratio (Most Recent Quarter) | 2 |
| Free Cash Flow | |
| Free Cash Flow (Last Fiscal Year) | -339,000,000 |
| Free Cash Flow (Trailing Twelve Months) | -339,000,000 |
| Net Interest Coverage | |
| Net Interest Coverage (Last Fiscal Year) | 1 |
| Net Interest Coverage (Trailing Twelve Months) | 1 |
| Total Debt to Equity | |
| Total Debt to Equity (Last Fiscal Year) | 486 |
| Total Debt to Equity (Most Recent Quarter) | 486 |
| Management Effectiveness | |
|---|---|
| Return on Assets | |
| Return on Assets (Last Fiscal Year) | 0.84% |
| Return on Assets (Trailing Twelve Months) | 0.84% |
| Return on Assets (5 Year) | 1.17% |
| Return on Equity | |
| Return on Equity (Last Fiscal Year) | 5.56% |
| Return on Equity (Trailing Twelve Months) | 5.56% |
| Return on Equity (5 Year) | 5.95% |
| Return on Investment | |
| Return on Investment (Last Fiscal Year) | 0.89% |
| Return on Investment (Trailing Twelve Months) | 0.89% |
| Return on Investment (5 Year) | 1.25% |