Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for UTL in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeUnitil receives a consensus "Hold" rating from brokerages, with five of the covering firms rating the stock a hold and one a buy, according to recent brokerage commentary. This follows the company's reaffirmed 2026 guidance of $3.20 to $3.36 per share from its last earnings call, alongside completed integration of Bangor Natural Gas and Maine Natural Gas, which management says has increased rate base and gas margin.
UTL closed at $53.02, up 1.5%, sitting above both its 50-day average of $52.81 and 200-day average of $52.07, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 54.9, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, down from a higher level five sessions ago. Price sits just 0.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $53.30, a narrow gap. The 52-week range spans $46.91 to $57.26, with one-year return at 10.5% despite flat three- and six-month returns.
Unitil's next earnings report is scheduled for 2 November, 20 days out and within a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter's EPS of $1.85 missed the $1.86 estimate and produced a -2.8% reaction, against a track record of 3 beats in the last 8 quarters. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 4.4% gain over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the respective windows. The consensus analyst target stands at $54, implying 1.8% upside.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
UNITIL price vs fair value
Close $53.02200-day averageGekko Fair Value $53.30
UNITIL quick facts
- Market cap
- $953.9M
- P/E ratio
- 16.5
- Forward P/E
- 19.9
- EPS, TTM
- $3.17
- Revenue, TTM
- $596.5M
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Dividend yield
- 3.57%
- Beta
- 0.25
- Volume
- 75,786 avg 154,867
- 1-year return
- +10.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.7%
- 50-day average
- $52.81
- 200-day average
- $52.07
- Next earnings
- Nov 2
- Shares outstanding
- 18.24M
UNITIL swing-trade checklist
UNITIL scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $53.02 is above the 50-day ($52.81) and 200-day ($52.07) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
54.9, Neutral
Reading 54.9 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
0.5% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (0.5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 21 days
Reports on Nov 2, 2026, 21 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+4.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +4.4% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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UNITIL stock chart and price history
UNITIL closed at $53.02 on Oct 12, 2026, +10.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $46.91 to $57.26.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −0.1%
- 3 months
- −1.1%
- 6 months
- −1.2%
- 1 year
- +10.5%
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About UNITIL
UNITIL is a holding company whose business centers on supplying electricity and natural gas to households and businesses. It carries power to customers in the southeastern coastal and capital areas of New Hampshire, as well as the Fitchburg area of north-central Massachusetts, and pipes natural gas across southeastern New Hampshire, parts of southern and central Maine including Portland and the Lewiston-Auburn region, and that same Fitchburg area. It also runs a buried interstate gas pipeline, roughly 86 miles long, that moves and delivers gas supplies mainly within Maine and New Hampshire.
The company is structured around three segments: electric utility operations, gas utility operations, and non-regulated activities. Outside its regulated utility work, it offers energy brokering and consulting to commercial and industrial customers and handles real estate holdings. Its regulated customer base totals about 107,700 electricity users and 86,600 natural gas customers.
UNITIL was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Hampton, New Hampshire. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker UTL.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Electric utilities
- Website
- unitil.com
UNITIL GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
UNITIL’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 54.9, in the Neutral zone, down 12 points over five sessions.
54.9Neutral
Down 12 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 19 | +0.7% | −0.3% | ||
| Accumulation | 220 | +0.4% | +1.1% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 427 | −0.1% | 0.0% | ||
| Distribution | 14 | −1.2% | −1.7% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average UTL share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is UNITIL stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
UNITIL trades 0.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $53.30, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what UNITIL shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$53.30
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
0.5% below fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 2.2% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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UNITIL insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for UNITIL, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in UTL were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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UNITIL earnings: next date and track record
UNITIL reports on Nov 2, 2026 (21 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 2, 2026
21 days away
- EPS estimate
- −$0.05
- Revenue estimate
- $119.5M
3 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.3%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, May 4, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Unitil reported adjusted net income of $33.8 million and adjusted EPS of $1.88 for Q1 2026, an 8% increase year-over-year. Management reaffirmed 2026 guidance of $3.20 to $3.36 per share (midpoint $3.28) and long-term earnings growth of 5-7%. Integration of Bangor Natural Gas and Maine Natural Gas is substantially complete and has meaningfully increased rate base and incremental gross gas margin. The company received approval of its New Hampshire electric rate case settlement and has filed additional gas rate cases for Northern Utilities in New Hampshire and Maine. Results were supported by higher distribution rates and customer growth but partially offset by higher operating expenses and a modest charge (~$0.9 million) related to a FERC transmission formula rate proceeding that reduced ROE for transmission assets. Management emphasized execution on strategic initiatives and stable, regulated asset investments as the company’s value proposition.
- Guidance
- Reaffirmed 2026 adjusted EPS guidance of $3.20 to $3.36 (midpoint $3.28); reaffirmed long-term earnings growth target of 5% to 7%.
- Risks flagged
- FERC transmission ROE reduction (retroactive return equity reduction from 10.57% to 9.57%) resulting in a ~$0.9M charge and modest interest; uncertainty around the Aquarion transaction (dependent on Eversource/Aquarion approvals and state-level orders, with a CT appeal period through mid-June and Massachusetts order conditions that could prevent the Massachusetts operations closing); higher operating expenses partially offsetting margin gains.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | $1.85 est $1.86 | $198.6M est $179.1M | −2.8% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $1.08 est $0.99 | $161.5M est $142.9M | +0.9% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.03 est −$0.03 | $101.1M est $144.5M | 0.0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.25 est $0.29 | $102.6M est $99.00M | −5.4% |
| May 6, 2025 | $1.74 est $1.75 | $170.8M est $193.0M | −2.6% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $0.97 est $0.95 | $127.5M est $173.5M | +2.9% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.02 est $0.08 | $494.8M est $145.0M | +0.2% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | $0.27 est $0.29 | $95.70M est $94.00M | −3.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
UNITIL stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for UNITIL is $54.00, +1.8% from the last close, from 1 firm rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$54.00consensus 12-month target, +1.8% from the last close
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 1 firm.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22 | Wells Fargo | $55 | +3.7% |
0.0%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+4.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.1%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
UNITIL seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, UNITIL averaged +4.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.1% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +3.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +4.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +5.1% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, UTL’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.7%.
UNITIL market cap and key statistics
UNITIL’s market cap is $953.9M, with a P/E ratio of 16.5 and revenue of $596.5M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $953.9M
- P/E ratio
- 16.5
- Forward P/E
- 19.9
- EPS, TTM
- $3.17
- Gekko Fair Value
- $53.30
Trading
- Volume
- 75,786
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 154,867
- 52-week high
- $57.26
- 52-week low
- $46.91
- Shares outstanding
- 18.24M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $596.5M
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Return on equity
- 9.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +5.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.25
- Typical daily move
- ±2.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.7%
- Dividend yield
- 3.57%
UNITIL stock news this week
2 headlines about UNITIL from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- UNITIL Corporation (UTL) Stock ForecastsYahoo Finance, Oct 8
- Unitil Corporation (NYSE:UTL) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from BrokeragesDefense World, Oct 8
UNITIL peers
UNITIL’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| NEENextEra Energy | Accumulation | 20.2% below |
| CEGConstellation Energy | Neutral | 16.5% above |
| SOSouthern | Neutral | 8.8% above |
| DUKDuke Energy | Neutral | 4.8% above |
| AEPAmerican Electric Power | Neutral | 12.1% above |
| DDominion Energy | Accumulation | 8.0% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
UNITIL stock FAQ
What is UNITIL’s market cap?
UNITIL’s market cap is $953.9M at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $53.02, with 18.24M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 16.5.
What is the UNITIL stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for UNITIL is $54.00, +1.8% from the last close. Of the 1 firm that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is UNITIL stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate UNITIL is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $53.02 is 0.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $53.30. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does UNITIL report earnings next?
UNITIL is expected to report on Nov 2, 2026 (21 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.05 per share on revenue of $119.5M. UNITIL beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.3% on average across the report.
What is UNITIL’s 52-week high and low?
UNITIL’s 52-week high is $57.26 and its 52-week low is $46.91; it closed at $53.02 on Oct 12, 2026, +10.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $63.52 on Sep 18, 2024.
Is UNITIL stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend and seasonality), 2 as mixed (gekkoindex and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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