United Utilities Group (LON:UU) Insider Phil Aspin Purchases 13 Shares of Stock

United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) insider Phil Aspin acquired 13 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,298 per share, with a total value of £168.74.

Phil Aspin also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, December 2nd, Phil Aspin sold 23,367 shares of United Utilities Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,233, for a total value of £288,115.11.

United Utilities Group Stock Up 2.0%

Shares of UU opened at GBX 1,309.50 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,215.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 1,182.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 551.89, a current ratio of 1.79 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The firm has a market capitalization of £8.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 70.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.41.

United Utilities Group (LON:UU) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 13th. The company reported GBX 52.80 earnings per share for the quarter. United Utilities Group had a net margin of 6.51% and a return on equity of 6.35%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that United Utilities Group PLC will post 50.9730539 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Citigroup raised their price objective on United Utilities Group from GBX 1,261 to GBX 1,327 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 1,275 target price on shares of United Utilities Group in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 1,379.

United Utilities Group Company Profile

United Utilities Group PLC provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom. It is involved in the renewable energy generation, corporate trustee, financing, and property management activities; and provision of consulting, and project management services. The company operates 43,000 kilometers of water pipes; and 79,000 kilometers of wastewater pipes. United Utilities Group PLC was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Warrington, the United Kingdom.