United Utilities Group’s (UU) “Neutral” Rating Reiterated at UBS Group

United Utilities Group (LON:UU)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reiterated by equities research analysts at UBS Group in a research report issued on Friday, Marketbeat.com reports. They presently have a GBX 1,275 price objective on the stock. UBS Group’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 4.42% from the stock’s current price.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of United Utilities Group from GBX 1,261 to GBX 1,327 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Barclays raised shares of United Utilities Group to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the company from GBX 1,280 to GBX 1,535 in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 1,379.

United Utilities Group Trading Up 0.2%

UU traded up GBX 2.50 during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 1,221. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,663,258 shares, compared to its average volume of 328,047. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 551.89. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 1,159.55 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 1,141.66. The company has a market cap of £8.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.41.

About United Utilities Group

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.