United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU – Get Rating) has been assigned an average recommendation of "Hold" from the six brokerages that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and two have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,145 ($13.82).

UU has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 1,000 ($12.07) price objective on shares of United Utilities Group in a report on Thursday, November 24th. Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a GBX 1,250 ($15.08) target price on shares of United Utilities Group in a research note on Thursday, November 24th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of United Utilities Group from GBX 1,025 ($12.37) to GBX 1,100 ($13.27) and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Monday, February 13th.

United Utilities Group Stock Performance

Shares of United Utilities Group stock opened at GBX 993.40 ($11.99) on Friday. United Utilities Group has a 52 week low of GBX 813.20 ($9.81) and a 52 week high of GBX 1,186.88 ($14.32). The business's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 1,039.13 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,014.15. The firm has a market cap of £6.77 billion, a PE ratio of 1,324.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 138.87 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 264.63.

About United Utilities Group

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United Utilities Group PLC provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom. It is also involved in the renewable energy generation, corporate trustee, financing, and property management activities; and provision of consulting, and project management services. The company operates 42,000 kilometers of water pipes; and 78,000 km of wastewater pipes.

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