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United Utilities Group PLC

United Utilities Group PLC

UU · LSE · Utilities / Utilities - Regulated Water

1,581.00GBX+11.00 (+0.70%)

Price History

Full chart

Market Stats

Previous Close1,570.00
Open1,567.00
Day Range1,560.00 – 1,584.00
52-Week Range1,106.63 – 1,456.58
Volume958.93K
Market Cap10.64B
P/E (TTM)16.65
Forward P/E12.94
EPS0.86
Dividend Yield3.81%
Beta0.56
50-Day Avg1,392.90
200-Day Avg1,336.62

About

United Utilities Group PLC provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom. It is also involved in the energy generation, corporate trustee, financing, and property management activities. The company operates approximately 122,000 kilometers of water and wastewater pipes. United Utilities Group PLC was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Warrington, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

  • SectorUtilities
  • IndustryUtilities - Regulated Water
  • CEOMs. Louise Beardmore
  • Employees7.36K
  • HeadquartersHaweswater House, Warrington, United Kingdom, WA5 3LP, UK
  • Websitehttps://www.unitedutilities.com

Leadership

  • Ms. Louise BeardmoreCEO & Director · b. 1974
  • Mr. Philip Anthony AspinCFO & Director · b. 1968
  • Mr. Matthew HemmingsChief Operating Officer
  • Mr. Mike GauterinCustomer, Technology & Security Director
  • Mr. Robert LeeHead of Investor Relations
  • Mr. Simon Roger GardinerGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary · b. 1967
  • Mr. James BullockRegulation & Compliance Director
  • Ms. Adrienne McFarlandPeople and Health & Safety Director · b. 1968
  • Ms. Ruth HenshawHead of Reward & Pensions
  • Mr. Brendan Francis MurphyTreasurer · b. 1970

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP2004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-312015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Total Revenue2.06B2.10B2.09B1.99B2.36B2.43B1.57B1.51B1.56B1.64B1.69B1.72B1.73B1.70B1.74B1.82B1.86B1.81B1.86B1.82B1.95B2.15B2.62B
Growth (%)-+2.12%-0.84%-4.76%+18.94%+2.72%-35.19%-3.80%+3.41%+4.54%+3.23%+1.86%+0.57%-1.50%+1.87%+4.76%+2.24%-2.76%+3.03%-2.06%+6.86%+10.04%+21.96%
Cost of Revenue495.60M528.60M746.37M101.20M120.10M117.80M113.70M130.40M154.40M161.20M165.10M148.20M169.30M148.30M147.10M165.00M950.90M933.70M978.40M1.07B291.40M144.10M1.35B
Gross Profit1.56B2.10B2.09B1.99B2.36B2.43B1.57B1.51B1.56B1.47B1.52B1.57B1.56B1.56B1.59B1.65B908.40M874.30M884.30M754.10M1.66B2.00B1.27B
Gross Margin75.94%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%90.15%90.22%91.38%90.21%91.30%91.53%90.93%48.86%48.36%47.47%41.33%85.05%93.28%48.59%
Operating Expense994.30M1.45B1.36B1.34B1.70B1.70B805.30M933.10M973.40M862.30M881.40M909.10M989.40M929.50M936.80M965.20M220.40M233.30M242.80M312.70M1.18B1.37B180.50M
Operating Income570.10M651.40M729.50M642.10M663.20M729.50M767.80M580.20M591.50M612.50M642.30M662.90M571.30M626.20M651.90M688.30M688.00M641.00M641.50M441.40M480.20M631.50M1.09B
Operating Margin27.67%30.96%34.97%32.32%28.07%30.06%48.81%38.34%37.80%37.44%38.03%38.54%33.02%36.75%37.56%37.85%37.00%35.45%34.44%24.19%24.63%29.44%41.69%
EBITDA979.10M1.02B1.01B1.01B1.02B1.04B896.00M888.90M847.20M890.10M1.12B895.20M910.30M1.03B1.07B1.06B1.02B1.16B1.19B1.18B992.70M1.19B1.59B
EBITDA Margin47.53%48.51%48.39%50.72%42.97%42.84%56.96%58.74%54.14%54.41%66.11%52.04%52.62%60.48%61.79%58.37%54.74%63.88%63.92%64.55%50.92%55.58%60.82%
Net Income361.00M260.30M207.90M433.50M909.20M179.10M403.50M458.20M316.50M296.90M738.60M271.20M397.50M433.90M354.60M363.40M106.80M453.40M-56.80M204.90M126.90M264.70M586.80M
Net Income Margin17.52%12.37%9.97%21.82%38.48%7.38%25.65%30.28%20.22%18.15%43.74%15.77%22.98%25.46%20.43%19.98%5.74%25.08%-3.05%11.23%6.51%12.34%22.43%
R&D800.00K800.00K1.90M1.10M1.20M900.00K800.00K900.00K1.60M1.30M2.40M2.10M2.30M2.30M1.20M1.20M1.00M1.00M1.20M1.20M700.00K--
R&D as % of Total Revenue0.04%0.04%0.09%0.06%0.05%0.04%0.05%0.06%0.10%0.08%0.14%0.12%0.13%0.13%0.07%0.07%0.05%0.06%0.06%0.07%0.04%--
Interest Expense273.60M322.10M281.60M284.10M288.90M246.60M228.80M275.10M272.30M249.10M241.20M206.10M198.10M227.00M265.90M232.00M231.70M181.70M330.70M497.70M379.80M372.30M415.70M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue13.28%15.31%13.50%14.30%12.23%10.16%14.54%18.18%17.40%15.23%14.28%11.98%11.45%13.32%15.32%12.76%12.46%10.05%17.75%27.28%19.48%17.36%15.89%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP2000-03-312001-03-312002-03-312003-03-312004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-312015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Total Assets6.90B7.50B7.68B8.39B9.52B10.15B11.30B12.26B10.34B9.75B9.66B9.34B10.03B10.41B10.47B11.30B11.91B12.43B13.00B13.19B14.04B14.18B14.44B14.53B15.65B16.77B18.13B
Total Liabilities4.38B4.66B5.13B5.84B6.42B8.00B8.67B9.53B7.13B8.31B8.15B7.66B8.27B8.54B8.26B8.87B9.20B9.60B10.05B10.08B11.08B11.15B11.48B12.02B13.60B14.77B15.89B
Total Equity2.52B2.83B2.54B2.53B3.08B2.14B2.63B2.73B3.21B1.44B1.51B1.68B1.76B1.87B2.22B2.43B2.71B2.82B2.95B3.11B2.96B3.03B2.96B2.51B2.06B2.00B2.24B
Cash30.50M50.70M18.90M38.50M42.10M902.70M1.51B2.40B1.81B298.60M301.50M255.20M321.20M201.70M115.80M244.00M213.60M1.50M1.00M4.70M528.10M744.10M240.90M2.60M1.40B1.67B1.79B
Total Debt----4.47B5.18B5.70B6.36B4.67B5.68B5.48B5.31B5.86B6.17B6.04B6.65B6.98B7.38B7.91B7.82B8.36B8.45B7.98B8.44B10.00B10.79B11.49B
Net Debt----4.43B4.28B4.19B3.96B2.86B5.38B5.17B5.06B5.53B5.97B5.93B6.40B6.76B7.38B7.91B7.81B7.83B7.71B7.74B8.43B8.60B9.11B9.70B

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP2004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-312015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating Cash Flow489.10M360.90M530.00M624.70M475.70M644.50M884.90M782.90M559.40M629.70M796.40M706.50M685.60M820.80M815.60M832.30M810.30M859.40M934.40M787.50M745.10M918.10M1.38B
Investing Cash Flow-1.40B-772.50M-606.50M-220.30M678.40M-619.90M-524.70M-572.90M-497.50M-643.80M-678.60M-704.90M-676.80M-804.60M-723.20M-627.70M-593.90M-549.30M-639.70M-593.40M-731.40M-987.20M-1.48B
Financing Cash Flow922.90M237.30M654.80M492.40M-1.79B-1.52B-315.60M-219.30M5.80M-115.50M-211.50M139.20M-46.40M22.00M184.70M-377.40M-27.80M-89.70M-809.70M-85.00M1.04B358.80M221.40M
Capital Expenditure1.01B862.00M629.70M553.50M669.80M714.10M534.30M495.60M519.50M625.60M661.70M665.70M634.20M672.40M698.60M622.30M652.80M610.40M609.00M675.90M764.10M998.00M1.49B
Free Cash Flow-521.40M-501.10M-99.70M71.20M-194.10M-69.60M350.60M287.30M39.90M4.10M134.70M40.80M51.40M148.40M117.00M210.00M157.50M249.00M325.40M111.60M-19.00M-79.90M-110.20M
Dividends Paid513.53M317.50M344.70M387.30M400.40M349.90M226.20M225.80M209.00M223.50M237.90M249.40M258.70M263.10M267.00M274.40M284.50M291.90M295.50M301.20M320.00M344.10M357.60M
FCF to OCF-106.60%-138.85%-18.81%11.40%-40.80%-10.80%39.62%36.70%7.13%0.65%16.91%5.77%7.50%18.08%14.35%25.23%19.44%28.97%34.82%14.17%-2.55%-8.70%-7.97%
Dividend Paid to FCF-98.49%-63.36%-345.74%543.96%-206.29%-502.73%64.52%78.59%523.81%5451.22%176.61%611.27%503.31%177.29%228.21%130.67%180.63%117.23%90.81%269.89%-1684.21%-430.66%-324.50%

Earnings

Report DateNov 25, 2015May 26, 2016Nov 23, 2016May 25, 2017Nov 22, 2017May 24, 2018Aug 29, 2018Nov 21, 2018Jan 30, 2019May 23, 2019Aug 28, 2019Nov 20, 2019Jan 29, 2020May 22, 2020Sep 2, 2020Nov 25, 2020Jan 27, 2021May 27, 2021Sep 1, 2021Nov 24, 2021Jan 26, 2022May 26, 2022Aug 31, 2022Nov 23, 2022Jan 25, 2023May 25, 2023Aug 30, 2023Nov 16, 2023Feb 14, 2024May 16, 2024Nov 14, 2024May 15, 2025Jul 8, 2025Nov 12, 2026
EPS Estimate25.430.0023.840.0021.9029.370.000.000.0023.720.0031.000.0027.530.0029.360.0024.030.0025.210.0021.700.0026.700.000.640.00-1.550.0017.8513.850.210.21-
EPS Actual0.000.330.300.340.290.230.000.310.000.220.000.230.00-0.080.000.240.000.430.00-0.320.000.230.000.520.00-0.130.000.000.000.000.150.230.24-
Surprise-100.00%--98.74%--98.68%-99.22%----99.07%--99.26%--100.29%--99.18%--98.21%--101.27%--98.94%--98.05%--120.31%-100.00%--100.00%-98.92%6.84%12.46%-
Timing---------------------Pre-market-Pre-market-Pre-market-Pre-market-----Pre-market

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap10.64B
Enterprise Value19.98B
Trailing P/E16.65
Forward P/E12.94
PEG Ratio1.12
Price / Sales4.07
Price / Book4.59
EPS0.86
Book Value3.29
Revenue (TTM)2.62B
Gross Profit (TTM)2.58B
EBITDA1.60B
Profit Margin22.43%
Operating Margin41.18%
Return on Equity27.67%
Return on Assets3.94%
Shares Outstanding742.86M
Shares Float736.56M
Beta0.56
Dividend Yield3.81%
Dividend Rate0.54
Payout Ratio61.13%

Dividends

20261×
0.36Jun 25, 2026
20252×
0.18Dec 18, 20250.35Jun 19, 2025
20243×
0.17Dec 19, 20240.17Nov 28, 20240.33Jun 20, 2024
20232×
0.17Dec 21, 20230.30Jun 22, 2023
20222×
0.15Dec 22, 20220.29Jun 23, 2022
20212×
0.14Dec 16, 20210.29Jun 24, 2021
20202×
0.14Dec 17, 20200.28Jun 25, 2020
20192×
0.14Dec 19, 20190.28Jun 20, 2019
20182×
0.14Dec 20, 20180.26Jun 21, 2018
20172×
0.13Dec 21, 20170.26Jun 22, 2017
20162×
0.13Dec 15, 20160.26Jun 23, 2016
20152×
0.13Dec 17, 20150.25Jun 25, 2015