United Utilities Group

UU. · LSE · GBp

1,417.00 GBpChange from previous close: +0.93%Absolute change: +13.00 GBp

Close · October 2, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 4, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
£10.53B
Enterprise value
£20.22B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
16.5
Forward P/E
13.4
PEG
3.11
Price/book
4.70
Price/sales
4.02
EV/EBITDA
12.7
EV/revenue
7.73

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
98.5%
Operating margin
42.1%
Net margin
22.4%
ROE
27.7%
ROA
3.9%
ROIC
5.2%

Financial health

Total cash
£1.79B
Total debt
£11.49B
Debt/equity
5.13
Current ratio
2.55
Quick ratio
2.52
Piotroski F-Score
6.00

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
0.54 GBp
Dividend yield
3.8%
Payout ratio
60.9%
Ex-dividend date
June 25, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
1,510.21 GBp
Analysts with a price target
14
Consensus
Buy

Shares and trading

Beta
0.56
Average volume
1.63M
Shares outstanding
742.86M
Float
736.56M
Institutional ownership
88.0%
Insider ownership
0.0%