Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Alpha · vs marketSwitch to Total · NYSE
Our AI ranks Unitil Corp outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.
Unitil Corp is a small-cap company with a market capitalization of $986M. It ranks number 14 by market capitalization among the 16 Electric & Other Services Combined issuers in our coverage with a current forecast. Its Net Margin of 9.5% is the lowest of the 13 peers that report one.
For UTL, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is -1.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 15.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +1.8%, buy ≥ +0.2%, sell < -0.9%, strong sell < -1.2% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)
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Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Electric & Other Services Combined peers listed below that report each metric.
| Metric | UTL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $986M | 14/16 |
| P/E Ratio | 17.22x | 12/15 |
| P/B Ratio | 1.53x | 13/16 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.31% | 6/12 |
| EPS | $3.14 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $35.30 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $32.71 | – |
| FCF/Share | $-2.49 | – |
| Metric | UTL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ROE | 8.8% | 11/15 |
| ROA | 2.5% | 11/16 |
| ROIC | 6.2% | 2/17 |
| Operating Margin | 18.9% | 11/14 |
| Net Margin | 9.5% | 13/13 |
| EBT Margin | 12.5% | 12/14 |
| Tax Rate | 24.2% | – |
| Metric | UTL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 0.49x | 14/17 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.45x | 7/9 |
| D/E Ratio | 1.39x | 13/16 |
| Financial Leverage | 3.45x | 10/16 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.6x | 10/17 |
| Working Capital | -$206M | 8/17 |
| Metric | UTL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $143M | 14/17 |
| Free Cash Flow | -$46M | 2/10 |
| Capital Spending | -$188M | 1/10 |
| OCF Growth YoY | -0.6% | 11/15 |
| FCF/Sales | -7.6% | 3/9 |
| CapEx/Sales | 31.6% | 8/9 |
| Metric | UTL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Turnover | 0.27x | 1/13 |
| Receivables Turnover | 7.9x | 8/11 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 46 days | 4/11 |
| Metric | UTL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $596M | 13/13 |
| Operating Income | $113M | 14/17 |
| Net Income | $57M | 14/16 |
| Metric | UTL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Dividends Per Share | $1.79 | – |
| Payout Ratio | 57.0% | 9/12 |
| Shares Outstanding | 18M | – |
| Net Income Growth | 20.2% | 4/15 |
| EPS Growth | 7.9% | 6/15 |
| Total Current Assets | $198M | 12.9% of assets |
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $9M | 0.6% of assets |
| Accounts Receivable | $75M | 4.9% of assets |
| Inventory | $16M | 1.1% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $897M | 58.2% of assets |
| Short-term Debt | $361M | 23.4% of assets |
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Unitil Corp (Electric & Other Services Combined): 17 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Sign up free| Company | 90-Day AI Forecast (Alpha) | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| UTL Unitil Corp | ▼ | $986M |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp | ▼ | $94.46B |
| XEL Xcel Energy Inc | ▼ | $47.67B |
| EXC Exelon Corp | ▼ | $43.95B |
| ED Consolidated Edison Inc | ▼ | $40.52B |
| PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | ▼ | $35.63B |
| WEC Wec Energy Group, Inc. | ▼ | $35.42B |
| AEE Ameren Corp | ▼ | $29.37B |
| PCG Pg&E Corp | ▶ | $28.83B |
| CMS Cms Energy Corp | ▼ | $21.54B |
| NI Nisource Inc. | ▼ | $20.47B |
| EVRG Evergy, Inc. | ▼ | $19.18B |
| LNT Alliant Energy Corp | ▼ | $17.56B |
| AVA Avista Corp | ▼ | $3.07B |
| GNE Genie Energy Ltd. | ▼ | $434M |
| GRDX Gridai Technologies Corp. | ▼ | $30M |
| CPWR Ocean Thermal Energy Corp | ▲ | N/A |
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Our AI ranks Unitil Corp outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.
For UTL, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is -1.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 15.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Unitil Corp forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.
17 issuers in our coverage, UTL included, share the SEC industry code Electric & Other Services Combined. The largest are: Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Xcel Energy Inc (XEL), Exelon Corp (EXC), Consolidated Edison Inc (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PEG), Wec Energy Group, Inc. (WEC).
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