United Utilities Group PLC (UU.L) – What Are Analysts Thinking About This Stock?

United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the six ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,419.17.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on United Utilities Group from GBX 1,320 to GBX 1,350 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd.

United Utilities Group Trading Up 0.3%

LON:UU opened at GBX 1,506 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 1,409.08 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 1,348.91. The firm has a market cap of £10.32 billion, a PE ratio of 81.29, a P/E/G ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 512.65, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 2.55.

United Utilities Group Company Profile

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 was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Warrington, the United Kingdom.