How does U1B's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

U1B is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.7x) compared to the peer average (29.3x).

How does U1B's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Residential REITs Industry?

U1B is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.7x) compared to the Global Residential REITs industry average (27.2x).

What is U1B's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate U1B's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of U1B when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

U1B (€10.2) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (€0.74)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

Unite Group (DB:U1B) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

U1B Stock Overview

Owns, manages, and develops purpose-built student accommodation facilities for the higher education sector in the United Kingdom. More details

U1B fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (15.7x) is below the German market (15.8x)

Earnings are forecast to grow 15.47% per year

Earnings grew by 107.7% over the past year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 26.1%

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 4.12% is not well covered by free cash flows

Shareholders have been diluted in the past year

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Unite Group PLC Competitors

Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

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CA$7.7b

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust

TSX:BEI.UN

CA$3.9b

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JP¥424.9b

Hamborner REIT

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€521.4m

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Unite Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£10.20
52 Week High	UK£12.10
52 Week Low	UK£9.60
Beta	1.24
11 Month Change	-4.67%
3 Month Change	-8.93%
1 Year Change	-8.11%
33 Year Change	-18.40%
5 Year Change	-29.17%
Change since IPO	71.43%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	U1B	DE Residential REITs	DE Market
7D	2.5%	0%	0%
1Y	-8.1%	0%	0%

Return vs Industry: U1B underperformed the German Residential REITs industry which returned -1% over the past year.

Return vs Market: U1B underperformed the German Market which returned 8.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is U1B's price volatile compared to industry and market?
U1B volatility
U1B Average Weekly Movement	2.9%
Residential REITs Industry Average Movement	0%
Market Average Movement	0%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	0%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	0%

Stable Share Price: U1B has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: U1B's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1991	1,801	Joe Lister	www.unitegroup.com

Unite Group PLC, owns, manages, and develops purpose-built student accommodation facilities for the higher education sector in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Operations and Property segments. It manages rental properties, as well as offers asset management services.

Unite Group PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do Unite Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
U1B fundamental statistics
Market cap	€5.11b
Earnings (TTM)	€326.29m
Revenue (TTM)	€428.79m

15.7x

P/E Ratio

11.9x

P/S Ratio

Is U1B overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
U1B income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£358.10m
Cost of Revenue	UK£83.40m
Gross Profit	UK£274.70m
Other Expenses	UK£2.20m
Earnings	UK£272.50m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Feb 25, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.56
Gross Margin	76.71%
Net Profit Margin	76.10%
Debt/Equity Ratio	36.7%

How did U1B perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

4.1%

Current Dividend Yield

76%

Payout Ratio

U1B Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Unite Group PLC Competitors

TSX:CAR.UN

CA$7.7b

TSX:BEI.UN

CA$3.9b

TSE:3269

JP¥424.9b

XTRA:HABA

€521.4m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Now 20% overvalued

United Group in Advance Stages to Acquire Property from USAF

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.12 per share

Now 21% overvalued

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

First half dividend of UK£0.12 announced

Recent updates

Now 20% overvalued

United Group in Advance Stages to Acquire Property from USAF

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.12 per share

Now 21% overvalued

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

First half dividend of UK£0.12 announced

Now 23% overvalued after recent price rise

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Unite Group PLC has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering.

Unite Group PLC has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £450 million.

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.25 (vs UK£0.88 in FY 2022)

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.24 per share

Now 21% overvalued

Now 22% overvalued

Final dividend of UK£0.24 announced

Unite Group PLC Proposes Final Dividend, Payable on 24 May 2024

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.25 (vs UK£0.89 in FY 2022)

Unite Group PLC, Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

Unite Group PLC to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 08, 2024

Unite Group PLC to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 27, 2024

Unite Group plc Announces CEO Changes

Unite Group plc Announces Interim Dividend for the Year 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.12 per share at 3.7% yield

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.29 (vs UK£0.83 in 1H 2022)

Unite Group PLC has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £300.000007 million.

Unite Group PLC to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jul 25, 2023

Unite Group plc Elects Nicola Dulieu to Its Board of Directors

Unite Group PLC Appoints Angela Jain Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective 1 August 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.22 per share at 3.3% yield

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.89 (vs UK£0.86 in FY 2021)

Unite Group plc Announces Directorate Changes

Unite Group Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Feb 28, 2023

Unite Group Plc Announces Retirement of Elizabeth Mcmeikan, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee on 28 February 2023

High number of new directors

High number of new directors

Unite Group Plc (LSE:UTG) entered into an agreement to acquire 178-unit Scheme in Stratford for £71 million.

High number of new directors

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Clearbell Property Partners III LP the fund managed by Clearbell Capital LLP acquired Portfolio of six properties in Aberdeen for £33 million.

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.11 per share

The Unite Group plc Appoints Nicky Dulieu as Independent Non-Executive Director

First half 2022 earnings released

Unite Group plc Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on 28 October 2022

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Unite Group Plc(LSE:UTG) dropped from FTSE 250 Index

Unite Group Plc to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Jul 27, 2022

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

The Unite Group plc Announces Final Dividend for 2021

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.16 per share

Lone Star Americas Acquisitions, Inc. agreed to acquire Portfolio of 11 properties from Unite Group Plc (LSE:UTG) and others for approximately £310 million.

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Unite Group Plc, Annual General Meeting, May 12, 2022

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.065 per share

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.33 (vs UK£0.20 loss in 1H 2020)

London Student Accommodation Joint Venture (LSAV) acquired Two London Properties from The Unite Group plc (LSE:UTG) for approximately £340 million.

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought €108k worth of stock