UU N Stock Overview

Provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom. More details

UU N fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	1/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 15.01% per year

Became profitable this year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Dividend of 4.73% is not well covered by earnings or cash flows

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

My Notes

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United Utilities Group PLC Competitors

Essential Utilities

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US$10.1b

Severn Trent

LSE:SVT

UK£7.6b

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP

BOVESPA:SBSP3

R$60.5b

Guangdong Investment

SEHK:270

HK$42.6b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for United Utilities Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£243.19
52 Week High	UK£251.38
52 Week Low	UK£243.19
Beta	0.47
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-3.26%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	UU N	MX Water Utilities	MX Market
7D	0%	0%	0%
1Y	n/a	0%	0%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how UU N performed against the MX Water Utilities industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how UU N performed against the MX Market.

Price Volatility

Is UU N's price volatile compared to industry and market?
UU N volatility
UU N Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Water Utilities Industry Average Movement	0%
Market Average Movement	0%
10% most volatile stocks in MX Market	0%
10% least volatile stocks in MX Market	0%

Stable Share Price: UU N has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine UU N's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2008	6,179	Louise Beardmore	www.unitedutilities.com

United Utilities Group PLC provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom. It is involved in the renewable energy generation, corporate trustee, financing, and property management activities; and provision of consulting, and project management services. The company operates 43,000 kilometers of water pipes; and 79,000 kilometers of wastewater pipes.

United Utilities Group PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do United Utilities Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
UU N fundamental statistics
Market cap	Mex$142.55b
Earnings (TTM)	Mex$4.45b
Revenue (TTM)	Mex$39.66b

32.0x

P/E Ratio

3.6x

P/S Ratio

Is UU N overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
UU N income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£1.82b
Cost of Revenue	UK£193.50m
Gross Profit	UK£1.63b
Other Expenses	UK£1.43b
Earnings	UK£204.90m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2023

Next Earnings Date

Nov 16, 2023

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.30
Gross Margin	89.39%
Net Profit Margin	11.23%
Debt/Equity Ratio	333.9%

How did UU N perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

4.7%

Current Dividend Yield

151%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2023/07/03 00:47
End of Day Share Price	2023/04/05 00:00
Earnings	2023/03/31
Annual Earnings	2023/03/31

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

United Utilities Group PLC is covered by 33 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Myriam Cohen	AlphaValue
Harry Wyburd	Barclays
Dominic Nash	Barclays