UNITIL CORP (UTL)
Utilities · Regional regulated electric and natural gas utility · NYSE
Unitil is a New England-based utility holding company providing regulated electric and natural gas distribution to over 200,000 customers across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine.
What UNITIL CORP does
Unitil Corporation is a public utility holding company that operates five distribution utilities providing electric and natural gas service to approximately 215,100 customers across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. The company serves about 110,100 electric customers and 105,000 natural gas customers through its subsidiaries Unitil Energy, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Northern Utilities, Bangor Natural Gas Company, and Maine Natural Gas Corporation. Additionally, Unitil operates Granite State Gas Transmission, an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline company, and has pending acquisitions of water utility assets to expand its service portfolio.
Themes: Electric distribution utilities, Natural gas distribution, Utility infrastructure investments, New England energy markets
Fundamentals
- Price$53.17 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$970M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+13.9% 2025-08-21 close $46.69 → 2026-08-21 close $53.17
- P/E17.79 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+9.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+30.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+9.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity1.49 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+20.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-1.6% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.26 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2015-01-28 most recent in our data — SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02); no newer announcement filed
Dividend: yield +3.2%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How UTL compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 67 covered Utilities peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginbottom 25% 71 covered Utilities peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 71 covered Utilities peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 25% 53 covered Utilities peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 72 covered Utilities peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 70 covered Utilities peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 67 covered Utilities peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 57 covered Utilities peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Utilities companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, UTL's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 60%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout60% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payoutnot assessable free cash flow was not positive that year
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How UNITIL CORP looks technically
UNITIL CORP (UTL) is trading 3.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 123 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 44, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 10 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 3.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +3.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $53.42 | $53.42 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $51.39 | $51.39 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 17 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 17 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 52.025. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 123 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 123 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 13.6 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 44, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 43.9 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($52.02 to $54.96) — its "stochastic" reading is 39 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 39.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 16 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $57.26 | $57.26 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 7.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -7.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 19.2% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +19.2% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 7.1% below its highest point of the past year | 7.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 10 trading days ago | 10 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 19 trading days ago | 19 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $65.76 (set on 2020-02-18) | $65.76 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($44.83 to $55.99), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 25% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $48.74 to $49.09. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 25.3% |
| From the all-time high | it is 19.1% below its all-time high | -19.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.8% below a resistance level at $53.58 — a price it turned at 11 times since 2024-11-05, most recently on 2026-07-02. Since 2024-08-21 it has 4 such levels below the current price and 5 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $17.50 (set on 2009-03-03) | $17.50 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 203.8% above its all-time low | +203.8% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 86% of it) | 14th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.22 between its high and its low — about 2.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.22 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $52.66 and $55.55 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $52.66 – $54.11 – $55.55 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.3% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (3.5% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.91× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 4 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 4 sessions ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | today it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | today |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.1% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.1% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.8% gap up opened on 2026-06-11 has been "filled" 45 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 3 sessions to close | 45 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 3.7 percentage points (the stock lost 1.4% while the market gained 2.3%) | -3.7% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock has tracked the market almost exactly (the stock gained 3.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | +0.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 8.2 percentage points (the stock gained 2.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | -8.2% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 6.6 percentage points (the stock gained 13.9% while the market gained 20.5%) | -6.6% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 1.4% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.8% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +1.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 2% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $52.15 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.0% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-03 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $53.76 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 15 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.1% |
Price levels it has turned at before
UTL last closed at $53.17 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 4 prices below its last close and 5 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $53.58 | Resistance | 0.8% above the last close | turned there 11 times · 2024-11-05 to 2026-07-02 |
| $52.15 | Support | 1.9% below the last close | turned there six times · 2025-01-24 to 2026-08-14 |
| $54.99 | Resistance | 3.4% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-12-31 to 2026-04-09 |
| $50.73 | Support | 4.6% below the last close | turned there 13 times · 2025-01-13 to 2026-05-15 |
| $57.34 | Resistance | 7.8% above the last close | turned there 7 times · 2024-09-11 to 2026-07-28 |
| $48.57 | Support | 8.7% below the last close | turned there six times · 2025-08-07 to 2026-06-02 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $52.02.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $60.83 and $66.26 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $52.02.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Printed a bearish engulfing pair · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud · Near a resistance level (pressing into a price that has capped it before) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (3.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$55.33 range $54.00 – $57.00; median $55.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Regulatory and legislative risk regarding rate recovery and environmental compliance","Operational hazards and risks associated with severe weather and catastrophic events","Interest rate sensitivity and potential increases in financing costs for capital-intensive operations"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of UTL's 10-Q filed 2026-05-04 against the prior one filed 2025-11-03.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Reworded:
- Page range for Item 2 (MD&A) changed from '3 - 14' (filed 2025-11-03) to '3 - 13' (filed 2026-05-04)
- Page number for Item 3 (Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk) changed from '50' (filed 2025-11-03) to '45' (filed 2026-05-04)
- Page number for Item 4 (Controls and Procedures) changed from '50' (filed 2025-11-03) to '45' (filed 2026-05-04)
- Page number for Part II Item 1 (Legal Proceedings) changed from '50' (filed 2025-11-03) to '45' (filed 2026-05-04)
- Notes:
- This comparison is based on table of contents page numbers only; the actual content of these sections was not provided for analysis
- Changes reflect pagination differences between the two filings but do not indicate substantive content modifications without reviewing the full section text
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Reference to 'pending acquisitions' of Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts, Inc., Aquarion Water Company of New Hampshire, Inc., and Abenaki Water Co., Inc. (newer filing 2026-05-04)
- Reworded:
- Acquisition language changed from 'the acquisitions of Maine Natural Gas Company' (older filing 2025-11-03) to 'the pending acquisitions of Aquarion Water Company of Massachusetts, Inc., Aquarion Water Company of New Hampshire, Inc., and Abenaki Water Co., Inc.' (newer filing 2026-05-04)
- Maine Natural Gas Company status changed from 'acquisitions of' to 'completed acquisitions of' (newer filing 2026-05-04)
- Page reference for Financial Statements changed from 'page 15' (older filing 2025-11-03) to 'page 14' (newer filing 2026-05-04)
- Annual Report reference year changed from '2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K' (older filing 2025-11-03) to '2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K' (newer filing 2026-05-04)
- Number of wholly owned distribution utilities changed from 'four' (older filing 2025-11-03) to 'five' (newer filing 2026-05-04)
- Notes:
- Older filing text appears truncated at end of OVERVIEW section, limiting full comparison of company structure details
- Page numbers differ between filings which may reflect document length changes unrelated to Risk Factors content
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for UTL — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding UTL as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 4,198,304
- Reported value $219,319,433
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
UTL had 674,881 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
UTL had 3.70% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 6.82 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 674,881
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.70%
- Prior settlement (shares) 662,159
- Reported change 1.92%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.82
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Eversource Energy (ES)
- National Grid
- Avangrid (AGR)
- Liberty Utilities
- Unitil's regulated peers in New England region
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Frequently asked questions
What does UNITIL CORP (UTL) do?
Unitil Corporation is a public utility holding company that operates five distribution utilities providing electric and natural gas service to approximately 215,100 customers across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. The company serves about 110,100 electric customers and 105,000 natural gas customers through its subsidiaries Unitil Energy, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Northern Utilities, Bangor Natural Gas Company, and Maine Natural Gas Corporation.
What sector is UNITIL CORP (UTL) in?
UNITIL CORP (UTL) is classified in the Utilities sector. Its industry is Regional regulated electric and natural gas utility. It trades on NYSE.
Does UTL pay a dividend?
Yes — UNITIL CORP (UTL) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 3.24% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are UNITIL CORP's (UTL) competitors?
Notable peers of UNITIL CORP (UTL) include Eversource Energy, National Grid, Avangrid, Liberty Utilities and Unitil's regulated peers in New England region. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is UNITIL CORP (UTL) overbought or oversold right now?
UNITIL CORP (UTL) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 44, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on UTL come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.