Unitil Valuation

Is UTL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: UTL ($58.45) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($36.37)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UTL is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UTL?

Key metric: As UTL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UTL. This is calculated by dividing UTL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UTL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.1x
EarningsUS$47.00m
Market CapUS$957.59m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for UTL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.9x
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group
15x4.4%US$3.4b
AVA Avista
15.5x6.7%US$3.0b
BKH Black Hills
17.7x9.8%US$4.5b
NI NiSource
23.2x11.6%US$17.1b
UTL Unitil
20.1x8.3%US$957.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the peer average (17.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UTL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Integrated Utilities Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UTL 20.1xIndustry Avg. 17.5xNo. of Companies8PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the Global Integrated Utilities industry average (17.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UTL'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.

UTL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.1x
Fair PE Ratio20x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20x).


Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst UTL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$58.45
US$58.00
-0.8%
6.5%US$62.00US$53.00n/a3
Nov ’25US$56.32
US$58.00
+3.0%
6.5%US$62.00US$53.00n/a3
Oct ’25US$60.02
US$58.00
-3.4%
6.5%US$62.00US$53.00n/a3
Sep ’25US$60.30
US$58.00
-3.8%
6.5%US$62.00US$53.00n/a3
Aug ’25US$62.05
US$53.33
-14.0%
6.4%US$58.00US$50.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$52.04
US$53.33
+2.5%
6.4%US$58.00US$50.00n/a3
Jun ’25US$53.49
US$53.33
-0.3%
6.4%US$58.00US$50.00n/a3
May ’25US$52.75
US$53.33
+1.1%
6.4%US$58.00US$50.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$51.71
US$53.33
+3.1%
6.4%US$58.00US$50.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$51.72
US$53.33
+3.1%
6.4%US$58.00US$50.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$49.78
US$53.33
+7.1%
6.4%US$58.00US$50.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$52.57
US$51.67
-1.7%
10.3%US$58.00US$45.00n/a3
Dec ’24US$49.34
US$51.67
+4.7%
10.3%US$58.00US$45.00n/a3
Nov ’24US$45.79
US$54.50
+19.0%
6.4%US$58.00US$51.00US$56.322
Oct ’24US$42.71
US$54.50
+27.6%
6.4%US$58.00US$51.00US$60.022
Sep ’24US$49.00
US$54.00
+10.2%
8.0%US$58.00US$48.00US$60.303
Aug ’24US$50.37
US$56.00
+11.2%
11.7%US$64.00US$48.00US$62.053
Jul ’24US$50.71
US$56.00
+10.4%
11.7%US$64.00US$48.00US$52.043
Jun ’24US$51.97
US$56.00
+7.8%
11.7%US$64.00US$48.00US$53.493
May ’24US$55.89
US$56.00
+0.2%
11.7%US$64.00US$48.00US$52.753
Apr ’24US$57.04
US$56.00
-1.8%
11.7%US$64.00US$48.00US$51.713
Mar ’24US$53.29
US$56.00
+5.1%
11.7%US$64.00US$48.00US$51.723
Feb ’24US$52.33
US$55.67
+6.4%
11.8%US$64.00US$48.00US$49.783
Jan ’24US$51.36
US$54.67
+6.4%
12.4%US$64.00US$48.00US$52.573
Dec ’23US$53.67
US$54.67
+1.9%
12.4%US$64.00US$48.00US$49.343
Nov ’23US$54.88
US$56.33
+2.6%
9.7%US$64.00US$52.00US$45.793

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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