Financials United Utilities Group PLC

Equities

UU.

GB00B39J2M42

Water Utilities

Market Closed - London S.E. 11:35:29 2024-04-26 am EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
1,038 GBX +0.83% Intraday chart for United Utilities Group PLC +0.44% -1.98%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: März 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 5,553 6,156 6,313 7,668 7,228 7,081 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 13,030 13,991 14,021 15,238 15,429 15,687 16,037 16,798
P/E ratio 15.3 x 57.9 x 14 x -135 x 35.3 x 42.7 x 22.5 x 16.4 x
Yield 5.07% 4.72% 4.67% 3.87% 4.29% 4.76% 4.94% 5.03%
Capitalization / Revenue 3.05 x 3.31 x 3.49 x 4.12 x 3.96 x 3.57 x 3.4 x 2.99 x
EV / Revenue 7.17 x 7.52 x 7.75 x 8.18 x 8.46 x 7.92 x 7.69 x 7.08 x
EV / EBITDA 12.1 x 12.2 x 13.7 x 14.8 x 17.8 x 16.4 x 14.5 x 12.6 x
EV / FCF 76.6 x 107 x 56.3 x 46.8 x 138 x 143 x 107 x -81 x
FCF Yield 1.31% 0.93% 1.78% 2.14% 0.72% 0.7% 0.94% -1.23%
Price to Book 1.79 x 2.08 x 2.08 x 2.59 x 2.88 x 3.01 x 3.05 x 2.91 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 681,888 681,888 681,888 681,888 681,888 681,888 - -
Reference price 2 8.144 9.028 9.258 11.24 10.60 10.38 10.38 10.38
Announcement Date 5/23/19 5/22/20 5/27/21 5/26/22 5/25/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: Marzo 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 1,818 1,859 1,808 1,863 1,824 1,981 2,086 2,372
EBITDA 1 1,078 1,144 1,024 1,028 864.4 958.4 1,104 1,329
EBIT 1 684.8 743.9 602.1 610 440.8 519.7 634.7 832.1
Operating Margin 37.66% 40.01% 33.3% 32.75% 24.16% 26.23% 30.43% 35.09%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 436.2 303.2 551 439.9 256.3 195.4 362.4 502.2
Net income 1 363.4 106.8 453.4 -56.8 204.9 174.2 316.8 426.1
Net margin 19.98% 5.74% 25.08% -3.05% 11.23% 8.79% 15.19% 17.97%
EPS 2 0.5320 0.1560 0.6630 -0.0830 0.3000 0.2434 0.4623 0.6343
Free Cash Flow 1 170.1 130.3 249 325.4 111.6 109.3 150 -207.3
FCF margin 9.35% 7.01% 13.77% 17.47% 6.12% 5.52% 7.19% -8.74%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 15.78% 11.39% 24.31% 31.65% 12.91% 11.41% 13.59% -
FCF Conversion (Net income) 46.81% 122% 54.92% - 54.47% 62.78% 47.35% -
Dividend per Share 2 0.4128 0.4260 0.4324 0.4350 0.4551 0.4939 0.5134 0.5222
Announcement Date 5/23/19 5/22/20 5/27/21 5/26/22 5/25/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: März 2020 S1 2020 S2 2021 S1 2021 S2 2022 S1 2022 S2 2023 S1 2023 S2 2024 S1 2024 S2
Net sales 1 935.5 923.8 894.4 913.6 932.3 930.4 919.3 905.1 982 981.8
EBITDA 591 - - - 540.4 487.8 465.3 - 484.5 -
EBIT 391.7 - 319.1 - 332.8 277.2 258.5 - 271.1 -
Operating Margin 41.87% - 35.68% - 35.7% 29.79% 28.12% - 27.61% -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) - - - - - 227.2 426.3 - - -
Net income 158.6 - - - -216.2 159.4 353 - - -
Net margin 16.95% - - - -23.19% 17.13% 38.4% - - -
EPS 0.2320 - - - -0.3170 - 0.5180 - - -
Dividend per Share 0.1420 - 0.1441 - 0.1450 - 0.1517 - 0.1659 -
Announcement Date 11/20/19 5/22/20 11/25/20 5/27/21 11/24/21 5/26/22 11/23/22 5/25/23 11/16/23 -
1GBP in Million
Estimates

Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: März 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 7,477 7,835 7,708 7,570 8,201 8,606 8,956 9,717
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 6.936 x 6.848 x 7.524 x 7.362 x 9.488 x 8.98 x 8.111 x 7.314 x
Free Cash Flow 1 170 130 249 325 112 109 150 -207
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 12.5% 14.1% 12.8% 12.3% -0.32% 7.96% 15.7% 23.4%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 2.89% 3.16% 2.71% 2.57% 1.41% 1.72% 2.61% 2.66%
Assets 1 12,566 3,385 16,705 -2,214 14,482 10,124 12,141 16,012
Book Value Per Share 2 4.560 4.340 4.440 4.340 3.680 3.450 3.410 3.560
Cash Flow per Share 2 1.220 1.190 1.260 1.370 1.150 0.9900 1.290 1.450
Capex 1 662 680 610 609 676 774 835 1,463
Capex / Sales 36.41% 36.57% 33.76% 32.69% 37.05% 39.06% 40.06% 61.71%
Announcement Date 5/23/19 5/22/20 5/27/21 5/26/22 5/25/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B+
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
10.38 GBP
Average target price
11.28 GBP
Spread / Average Target
+8.61%
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