UTL Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

The AES Corp. has a net margin of -0.3% compared to UNITIL Corp.'s net margin of 16.38%. UNITIL Corp.'s return on equity of 8.74% beat The AES Corp.'s return on equity of 6.12%.

UNITIL Corp. has a consensus price target of $59.00, signalling upside risk potential of 22.18%. On the other hand The AES Corp. has an analysts' consensus of $15.29 which suggests that it could grow by 9.78%. Given that UNITIL Corp. has higher upside potential than The AES Corp., analysts believe UNITIL Corp. is more attractive than The AES Corp..

UNITIL Corp. has a beta of 0.516, which suggesting that the stock is 48.45% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison The AES Corp. has a beta of 1.015, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 1.456%.

UNITIL Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.73%. The AES Corp. offers a yield of 5.05% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share. UNITIL Corp. pays 58.14% of its earnings as a dividend. The AES Corp. pays out 29.33% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

UNITIL Corp. quarterly revenues are $101.1M, which are smaller than The AES Corp. quarterly revenues of $3.4B. UNITIL Corp.'s net income of -$300K is lower than The AES Corp.'s net income of $549M. Notably, UNITIL Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 16.68x while The AES Corp.'s PE ratio is 8.48x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for UNITIL Corp. is 1.58x versus 0.82x for The AES Corp.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has a net margin of -0.3% compared to UNITIL Corp.'s net margin of 14.74%. UNITIL Corp.'s return on equity of 8.74% beat CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s return on equity of 9.56%.

UNITIL Corp. has a consensus price target of $59.00, signalling upside risk potential of 22.18%. On the other hand CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $42.60 which suggests that it could grow by 10.54%. Given that UNITIL Corp. has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, Inc., analysts believe UNITIL Corp. is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy, Inc..

UNITIL Corp. has a beta of 0.516, which suggesting that the stock is 48.45% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has a beta of 0.565, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 43.54%.

UNITIL Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.73%. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. offers a yield of 2.28% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share. UNITIL Corp. pays 58.14% of its earnings as a dividend. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. pays out 51.2% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

UNITIL Corp. quarterly revenues are $101.1M, which are smaller than CenterPoint Energy, Inc. quarterly revenues of $2B. UNITIL Corp.'s net income of -$300K is lower than CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s net income of $293M. Notably, UNITIL Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 16.68x while CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s PE ratio is 24.34x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for UNITIL Corp. is 1.58x versus 2.77x for CenterPoint Energy, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NRG Energy, Inc. has a net margin of -0.3% compared to UNITIL Corp.'s net margin of 2.01%. UNITIL Corp.'s return on equity of 8.74% beat NRG Energy, Inc.'s return on equity of 59.88%.

UNITIL Corp. has a consensus price target of $59.00, signalling upside risk potential of 22.18%. On the other hand NRG Energy, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $208.14 which suggests that it could grow by 22.9%. Given that NRG Energy, Inc. has higher upside potential than UNITIL Corp., analysts believe NRG Energy, Inc. is more attractive than UNITIL Corp..

UNITIL Corp. has a beta of 0.516, which suggesting that the stock is 48.45% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NRG Energy, Inc. has a beta of 1.262, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 26.158%.

UNITIL Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.73%. NRG Energy, Inc. offers a yield of 1.04% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share. UNITIL Corp. pays 58.14% of its earnings as a dividend. NRG Energy, Inc. pays out 32.66% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

UNITIL Corp. quarterly revenues are $101.1M, which are smaller than NRG Energy, Inc. quarterly revenues of $7.6B. UNITIL Corp.'s net income of -$300K is lower than NRG Energy, Inc.'s net income of $152M. Notably, UNITIL Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 16.68x while NRG Energy, Inc.'s PE ratio is 24.75x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for UNITIL Corp. is 1.58x versus 1.13x for NRG Energy, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. has a net margin of -0.3% compared to UNITIL Corp.'s net margin of 9.88%. UNITIL Corp.'s return on equity of 8.74% beat NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s return on equity of 7.57%.

UNITIL Corp. has a consensus price target of $59.00, signalling upside risk potential of 22.18%. On the other hand NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. has an analysts' consensus of $61.00 which suggests that it could fall by -7.55%. Given that UNITIL Corp. has higher upside potential than NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., analysts believe UNITIL Corp. is more attractive than NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc..

UNITIL Corp. has a beta of 0.516, which suggesting that the stock is 48.45% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. has a beta of 0.348, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 65.219%.

UNITIL Corp. has a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.73%. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. offers a yield of 4.01% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.66 per share. UNITIL Corp. pays 58.14% of its earnings as a dividend. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. pays out 71.2% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

UNITIL Corp. quarterly revenues are $101.1M, which are smaller than NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. quarterly revenues of $387M. UNITIL Corp.'s net income of -$300K is lower than NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s net income of $38.2M. Notably, UNITIL Corp.'s price-to-earnings ratio is 16.68x while NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s PE ratio is 18.59x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for UNITIL Corp. is 1.58x versus 2.57x for NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.