United Utilities Group PLC

LSE:UU. Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£7.3b

United Utilities Group Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:UU. Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
20 Sep 24SellUK£52,444Simon GardinerIndividual4,954UK£10.59
11 Apr 24BuyUK£180Gaynor KenyonIndividual18UK£9.98
11 Apr 24BuyUK£180Simon GardinerIndividual18UK£9.98
11 Apr 24BuyUK£180Philip AspinIndividual18UK£9.98
11 Apr 24BuyUK£180Louise BeardmoreIndividual18UK£9.98
21 Feb 24BuyUK£19,898Simon GardinerIndividual1,894UK£10.51
19 Feb 24SellUK£69,632Simon GardinerIndividual6,697UK£10.40

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: UU. insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of UU.?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders167,6880.0246%
Public Companies206,6700.0303%
Private Companies895,8120.131%
State or Government973,2200.143%
Employee Share Scheme3,575,5440.524%
General Public102,876,63215.1%
Institutions573,192,85284.1%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 61.41% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
11.3%
BlackRock, Inc.
77,044,454UK£824.4m8.54%0.02%
8.85%
Lazard Asset Management LLC
60,369,661UK£646.0m0.62%0.71%
4.97%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
33,918,933UK£362.9m0.62%0.01%
4.93%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
33,614,108UK£359.7m-3.6%0.09%
4.28%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
29,183,079UK£312.3m1.27%0.07%
2.75%
Impax Asset Management Group Plc
18,781,303UK£201.0m-8.51%0.68%
2.69%
Magellan Asset Management Limited
18,335,831UK£196.2m51.1%1.09%
2.25%
Norges Bank Investment Management
15,323,003UK£164.0m-2.19%0.02%
2.14%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
14,578,326UK£156.0m1.46%0.01%
1.95%
Atlas Infrastructure Holdings Pty Ltd.
13,304,066UK£142.4m-0.87%28.37%
1.8%
Pictet Asset Management SA
12,267,295UK£131.3m0%0.31%
1.37%
Northern Trust Global Investments
9,364,143UK£100.2m-1.43%0.02%
1.32%
BNP Paribas Asset Management Europe
8,990,752UK£96.2m0.13%0.3%
1.28%
Invesco Ltd.
8,747,291UK£93.6m130%0.03%
1.12%
Nuance Investments, LLC
7,630,474UK£81.6m-6%3.39%
1.09%
ATLAS Infrastructure Partners (UK) Ltd
7,425,269UK£79.5m-31.7%5.01%
0.99%
UBS Asset Management AG
6,742,385UK£72.1m-7.23%0.01%
0.97%
Pictet & Cie (Europe) S.A., Asset Management Arm
6,638,951UK£71.0m82.3%1.39%
0.89%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
6,071,721UK£65.0m-3.33%0.6%
0.88%
ClearBridge Investments Limited
5,977,925UK£64.0m-20.6%1.59%
0.85%
Eurizon Capital SGR SpA
5,777,921UK£61.8m238%0.22%
0.72%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
4,898,419UK£52.4m9.69%0.03%
0.72%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
4,880,004UK£52.2m17.7%0.03%
0.68%
Maple-Brown Abbott Limited
4,605,554UK£49.3m7.8%3.59%
0.63%
Janus Henderson Group plc
4,266,215UK£45.6m-4.25%0.02%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/17 15:00
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

United Utilities Group PLC is covered by 32 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Myriam CohenAlphaValue
Dominic NashBarclays
Harry WyburdBarclays