Stocks · Utilities · Diversified Utilities

Unitil Corporation UTL

$50.65 -1.07% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $921.1M

Strong trendInexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. At 16.1× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
  2. The diluted share count rose 10.5% in a year.
  3. Net debt is 4.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Utilities sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.

Growth73Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 17%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 28%
Quality76Positive

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 50%
  • Gross marginTop 42%
  • Operating marginBottom 35%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 27%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 26%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 31%
  • Interest coverTop 39%
Value87Strong

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 35%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 48%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 21%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 22%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 13%
Momentum93Exceptional

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 8%
  • 6-month returnTop 26%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 8%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 14%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 24%
Revisions49Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 5%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 12%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 11%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 19%
Stability75Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 34%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 39%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 19%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 31%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)19.6%20.8%↑
EPS growth (YoY)7.3%8.4%↑
Gross margin41.8%49.3%↑
Operating margin18.9%18.9%↑
FCF margin-8.5%-7.6%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)20.8%19.6%↑Top 10%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)8.4%7.3%↑Top 40%
Gross margin49.3%41.8%↑Top 42%
Operating margin18.9%18.9%↑Bottom 35%
Net margin9.5%9.5%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-7.6%-8.5%↑—
Return on invested capital4.1%—Top 50%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-1.6%—Bottom 17%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.52×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+72.4 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
4.49×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.5×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.54%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-8.99%
Shareholder yield
-5.45%
Share count change, 1 year
+10.5%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+3.8%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
5
Beats in the last 8 reports
6 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+55.2%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.5%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$56.50
Target vs current price
+11.5%
Analysts with a rating
9
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
22%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 3, 2026+10.1%-0.8%-0.4%-1.6%—
May 4, 2026+1.1%+1.2%-2.1%-6.2%+6.1%
Feb 9, 2026+9.7%+0.4%+5.1%+5.4%-0.3%
Nov 3, 2025+200.0%+0.7%-1.8%+2.4%+3.7%
Aug 4, 2025+3.6%+0.6%-4.1%-9.4%-3.4%
May 6, 2025-2.2%+0.9%-7.4%-8.0%-13.0%
Feb 10, 2025+2.1%+0.4%+3.8%+2.5%+9.5%
Nov 4, 2024-75.0%+0.8%+6.2%+6.4%-4.9%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 3, 2026$0.29$0.26+10.1%$117.0M
May 4, 2026$1.88$1.86+1.1%$198.6M
Feb 9, 2026$1.13$1.03+9.7%$161.5M
Nov 3, 2025$0.03-$0.03+200.0%$101.1M
Aug 4, 2025$0.29$0.28+3.6%$102.6M
May 6, 2025$1.74$1.78-2.2%$170.8M
Feb 10, 2025$0.97$0.95+2.1%$127.5M
Nov 4, 2024$0.02$0.08-75.0%$494.8M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)16.1×18.8×0thTop 35%
P/E (forward)15.4×———
EV / EBITDA8.9×——Top 21%
EV / Sales3.13×——Top 22%
Free-cash-flow yield-4.94%——Bottom 48%
Earnings yield6.20%——Top 35%

P/E over the past five years

Range 16.8× – 22.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+8.5%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+8.4%
Change in P/E multiple
-5.3%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-1.3%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.5%
Distance from 50-day average
-4.6%
Distance from 200-day average
-2.6%
RSI (14)
37.4
Relative volume
0.97×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
15.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
0th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.02
Correlation with S&P 500
0.02
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-9.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-28.2%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jul 1, 2022Oct 2, 2023-30.6%314 days207 days (Jul 30, 2024)
Apr 29, 2021Dec 1, 2021-29.3%150 days120 days (May 24, 2022)
Sep 17, 2024Sep 8, 2025-28.2%243 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 12, 2020Nov 6, 2020-20.0%19 days16 days (Dec 1, 2020)
Dec 31, 2020Jan 26, 2021-11.5%16 days28 days (Mar 8, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$921.1M
P/E (TTM)
16.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.14
Revenue (TTM)
$596.5M
Dividend yield
3.70%
52-week range
$46.40 – $57.26
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$473.3M$563.2M$557.1M$494.8M$536.0M
Gross profit$161.8M$169.0M$183.0M$196.6M$221.2M
Operating income$77.8M$80.5M$87.1M$90.6M$101.2M
Net income$36.1M$41.4M$45.2M$47.1M$50.2M
EPS (diluted)$2.35$2.59$2.82$2.93$2.97
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$92.9M$127.5M$170.8M$102.6M$101.1M$161.5M$216.9M$117.0M
Net income$0$15.6M$27.5M$4.0M-$300,000$19.0M$33.2M$4.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.00$0.96$1.69$0.25-$0.02$1.05$1.85$0.26
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$107.8M$97.7M$107.0M$125.9M$131.3M
Capital expenditure-$115.0M-$122.1M-$141.0M-$169.9M-$185.1M
Free cash flow-$7.2M-$24.4M-$34.0M-$44.0M-$53.8M
Dividends paid-$23.6M-$25.1M-$26.2M-$27.5M-$30.1M
Net share buybacks$45.5M$1.0M$1.1M$1.1M$73.5M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$9.2M
Total assets
$2.22B
Total liabilities
$1.58B
Total debt
$956.0M
Net debt
$946.8M
Shareholders’ equity
$643.7M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 17, 2026$0.48Aug 31, 2026
May 14, 2026$0.48May 29, 2026
Feb 12, 2026$0.48Feb 27, 2026
Nov 13, 2025$0.45Nov 28, 2025
Aug 14, 2025$0.45Aug 28, 2025
May 15, 2025$0.45May 30, 2025
Feb 13, 2025$0.45Feb 28, 2025
Nov 14, 2024$0.43Nov 29, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
714,417
Days to cover
6.02
Change vs previous report
+2.3%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Dec 14, 1992
2-for-1
Apr 27, 1992
111-for-100