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UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.05

Symbol: UU.

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Overview

Core Data
Latest Dividend Information

Ex-Dividend Date 19 Jun 2025
Pay Date 1 Aug 2025
Total Dividends - Year to Date50.47
Dividend Yield (%)4.5654

Historical Data & Ratios

Avg Volume Over 10 Days2.2925
Market Cap (M)7582.5990
Price/Earnings (PE)66.6767
Earnings Per Share16.58
Revenue Per Share2.8522
Return on Equity %5.5599

1 Month Performance Chart

One Month Chart

Broker View
Data shown is based on the past 75 days of broker views.

ActionBrokers

Strong Buy6

Buy3

Neutral4

Sell0

Strong Sell0
Brokers 6 3 4 0 0
Consensus

ConsensusBuy

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Cost and Charges Information

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Annual charges

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Our annual fee

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      Company

      Business Summary

      United Utilities Group PLC is a water and wastewater company. The Company is engaged in providing water and wastewater services in the Northwest of England. It collects its water from a range of different sources, but predominantly from its reservoirs in the Pennines and the Lake District. It extracts water from Lake Vyrnwy in Wales for customers in Merseyside and Cheshire, while the rest is taken from the River Dee, boreholes and streams. It collects and treats wastewater from three million homes and 200,000 businesses from as far north as Carlisle all the way down to Crewe. Cumbria’s Thirlmere and Haweswater are its reservoirs. Haweswater holds more than 84,800 million liters of water. It owns and manages over 56,000 hectares of land. The majority of this land surrounds its reservoirs. It operates over 79,000 kilometers of wastewater pipes to transport wastewater from sewers to one of its 584 wastewater treatment works. It supplies about 1.8 billion liters of water every day.

      Financial Summary

      BRIEF: For the six months ended 30 September 2024, United Utilities Group PLC revenues increased 10% to £1.08B. Net income decreased 12% to £103.1M. Revenues reflect Wholesale wastewater charges increase of 12% to £559.1M, Wholesale water charges increase of 9% to £450.1M. Dividend per share remained flat at £0.17. Basic Earnings per Share excluding Extraordinary Items decreased from £0.17 to £0.15.

      Financials


      Income Statement - All values are in GBP (M).

      Year Ending

      31/03/2024

      31/03/2023

      31/03/2022

      31/03/2021

      31/03/2020

      31/03/2019

      Total Revenue 1,949.50 1,824.40 1,862.70 1,808.00 1,859.30 1,818.50
      Gross profit NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
      Operating Profit/Loss 480.20 472.00 610.00 638.80 630.30 634.90
      Profit Before Tax 170.00 256.30 439.90 551.00 303.20 436.20
      Profit After Tax 126.90 204.90 -56.80 453.40 106.80 363.40
      Equity Holders of Parent Company 126.90 204.90 -56.80 453.40 106.80 363.40
      Minority Interest NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL


      Balance Sheet - All values are in GBP (M).

      Year Ending

      31/03/2024

      31/03/2023

      31/03/2022

      31/03/2021

      31/03/2020

      31/03/2019

      Total Non-Current Assets 13,884.40 13,835.80 13,823.20 13,166.20 13,215.70 12,466.40
      Total Current Assets 1,769.00 691.40 613.80 1,012.90 828.40 721.40
      Total Assets 15,653.40 14,527.20 14,437.00 14,179.10 14,044.10 13,187.80
      Total Liabilities 13,597.30 12,018.50 11,479.60 11,148.10 11,082.00 10,077.00
      Total Net Assets 2,056.10 2,508.70 2,957.40 3,031.00 2,962.10 3,110.80
      Shareholders Funds 2,056.10 2,508.70 2,957.40 3,031.00 2,962.10 3,110.80
      Minority Interests NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
      Total Equity 2,056.10 2,508.70 2,957.40 3,031.00 2,962.10 3,110.80

      Outlook

      Broker View
      Data shown is based on the past 75 days of broker views.

      ActionBrokers

      Strong Buy6

      Buy3

      Neutral4

      Sell0

      Strong Sell0
      Brokers 6 3 4 0 0
      Consensus

      ConsensusBuy

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      Forecasts

      Year 2025 2026 2027
      Revenue £2,138.52mn £2,545.88mn £2,756.36mn
      Pre-tax-Profit £657.99mn £955.69mn £1,055.30mn
      EPS £0.50p £0.90p £0.99p
      EPS Growth 48.80% 80.92% 10.80%
      P/E 22.22 12.28 11.08
      PEG Ratio 0.46 0.15 1.03
      Dividend 51.63p 53.02p 54.19p
      Yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

      Upgrades & Downgrades (Latest)

      DateBrokerRecommendationPriceOld TargetNew TargetChange
      5th Jul 2024JP Morgan CazenoveReiteration1025p0p0pOverweight
      21st May 2024JefferiesReiteration1086p0p1230pBuy
      14th May 2024Morgan StanleyReiteration1107p0p0pOverweight
      11th Apr 2024JefferiesReiteration994p0p1230pBuy
      3rd Oct 2023DeutscheReiteration913p0p0pHold
      28th Sep 2023BarclaysDownGrade911p1310p1290pEqual-weight
      6th Jul 2023Morgan StanleyReiteration947p1040p1220pOverweight

      Time & Sales

      All prices are in GBX and times are in GMT. Last 20 trades shown. Trade type is estimated and should be treated as indicative only.

      Date Time Price Volume Type
      25 Apr 2025 16:53 1,104.4431 13,731 Sell
      25 Apr 2025 16:35 1,104.5 600 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:35 1,104.5 673 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:35 1,104.5 920 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:35 1,104.5 927,250 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100 2 Sell
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,101 107 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,101 107 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,101 338 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100.5 132 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100.5 153 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100.5 905 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100.5 41 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100 12 Sell
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100.5 355 Sell
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100.5 533 Sell
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100.5 171 Sell
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100.5 119 Buy
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100 118 Sell
      25 Apr 2025 16:29 1,100 510 Sell

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