United Utilities (UK) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

UU Stock   1,130  11.78  1.05%   
Assuming the 90 days trading horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding United Utilities Group is 'Strong Sell'. Macroaxis provides United Utilities buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding UU positions.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell United UtilitiesBuy United Utilities
Strong Sell

Market Performance

GoodDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Moves indifferently to market movesDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon United Utilities Group has a Mean Deviation of 0.9469, Semi Deviation of 0.9085, Standard Deviation of 1.27, Variance of 1.61, Downside Variance of 1.33 and Semi Variance of 0.8254
Macroaxis provides recommendation on United Utilities to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on United Utilities Group. Our trade recommendation engine determines the firm's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure United Utilities is not overpriced, please validate all United Utilities fundamentals, including its book value per share, and the relationship between the revenue and number of employees .

United Utilities Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

United Utilities is unlikely to experience financial distress in the next 2 years
About 66.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors
Latest headline from news.google.com: United Utilities Group Stock Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Should You Sell - MarketBeat

United Utilities Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of United Utilities' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of United Utilities' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of United Utilities daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use United Utilities Group price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of United Utilities returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for United Utilities.
Mean Return
0.20
Value At Risk
-1.92
Potential Upside
2.62
Standard Deviation
1.27
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of United Utilities historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

United Utilities Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to United Utilities or Water Utilities sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that United Utilities' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a United stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.20
β
Beta against Dow Jones-0.1
σ
Overall volatility
1.29
Ir
Information ratio 0.06

United Utilities Volatility Alert

United Utilities Group has relatively low volatility with skewness of 0.37 and kurtosis of 0.38. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure United Utilities' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact United Utilities' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

United Utilities Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing United Utilities' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze United Utilities' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between United Utilities and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as United Utilities or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of United Utilities' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing United Utilities by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare United Utilities to competition
FundamentalsUnited UtilitiesPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0556-0.31
Return On Asset0.0202-0.14
Profit Margin0.07 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.25 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation16.62 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding681.89 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.04 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions66.17 %39.21 %
Price To Book3.99 X9.51 X
Price To Sales3.95 X11.42 X
Revenue1.95 B9.43 B
Gross Profit1.69 B27.38 B
EBITDA992.7 M3.9 B
Net Income126.9 M570.98 M
Total Debt10 B5.32 B
Book Value Per Share3.02 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations745.1 M971.22 M
Earnings Per Share0.17 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth0.78 X4.89 X
Target Price1167.5
Number Of Employees6.18 K18.84 K
Beta0.4-0.15
Market Capitalization7.7 B19.03 B
Total Asset15.65 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings1.24 B9.33 B
Working Capital661.2 M1.48 B
Annual Yield0.05 %
Net Asset15.65 B

United Utilities Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as United . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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