How Unitil Corporation stacks up

UTL · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

46/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #50 of 93 · scores higher than 45% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

13 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including UTL · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 46?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Its metrics sit close to the Utilities norm.

Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.5% vs peer median 2.7%
Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 18.9% vs peer median 18.6%
Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.6% vs peer median 5.2%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = UTL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	UTL	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	5.6%	5.1%	69%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	18.9%	21.3%	41%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	2.5%	2.6%	47%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	9.6%	9.3%	60%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	40.2%	43.6%	39%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around UTL

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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48	Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.HE · US-listed	1.5B USD	49	67
49	CenterPoint Energy, Inc.CNP · US-listed	28.0B USD	47	46
50	Eversource EnergyES · US-listed	26.0B USD	46	52
50	Entergy CorporationETR · US-listed	52.0B USD	46	39
50	Unitil CorporationUTL · US-listed	1.0B USD	46	54
53	Exelon CorporationEXC · US-listed	46.9B USD	45	53
53	Northwest Natural Holding CompanyNWN · US-listed	2.1B USD	45	50
55	Emera IncorporatedEMA · US-listed	15.4B USD	44	54
55	Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.SPH · US-listed	1.1B USD	44	51

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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