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Unitil (Unitil) Dividend Yield %

: 3.27% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-23), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Unitil is 3.27%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Unitil's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

UTL' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.28   Med: 3.22   Max: 4.95
Current: 3.27

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Unitil was 4.95%. The lowest was 2.28%. And the median was 3.22%.

UTL's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
62.3% of 427 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.95 vs UTL: 3.27

Unitil's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.42.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Unitil was 0.77. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 0.68.

As of today (2024-04-23), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Unitil is 3.39%.

Unitil's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.41.

During the past 12 months, Unitil's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Unitil was 18.20% per year. The lowest was -0.20% per year. And the median was 1.50% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Unitil Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unitil's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Unitil Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.39 3.39 3.31 3.00 3.08

Unitil Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 2.76 3.14 3.76 3.08

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Unitil's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Unitil Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Unitil's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Unitil's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Unitil Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Unitil Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.4252024-02-132024-02-142024-02-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4052023-11-132023-11-142023-11-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4052023-08-112023-08-142023-08-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4052023-05-152023-05-162023-05-30Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Unitil's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.64/50.17
=3.27 %

Current Share Price is $50.17.
Unitil's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.64.

Unitil's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.7/50.17
=3.39 %

Current Share Price is $50.17.
Unitil's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.425 * 4 = $1.7.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Unitil  (NYSE:UTL) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Unitil (Unitil) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
6 Liberty Lane West, Hampton, NH, USA, 03842-1720
Unitil Corp is a holding company, through its subsidiaries it is engaged in the local distribution of electricity and natural gas throughout its service territories in the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. It reports three segments namely utility gas operations, utility electric operations, and non-regulated.
Executives
Todd R Diggins officer: Controller and CAO 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Anne L. Alonzo director 601 WEST FIRST AVENUE, SUITE 1600, SPOKANE WA 99201
Neveen F Awad director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Justin Eisfeller officer: VP, IT & CTO 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Todd R Black officer: SR. VICE PRESIDENT 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Robert B Hevert officer: Senior Vice President 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Meissner Thomas P Jr officer: Sr. Vice President 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Daniel J Hurstak officer: Controller 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Winfield S Brown director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Justine Vogel director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03857
Suzanne Foster director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Christine L Vaughan officer: SVP, Fin. & Regulatory Svcs 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Christopher J Leblanc officer: Vice President 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Elfner Albert H Iii director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
David P Brownell director 6 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842

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