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How Unitil Corporation stacks up
UTL · against 102 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
46/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #47 of 103 · scores higher than 54% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score15 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 102 reported | 5.6% | 5.0% | 59% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 102 reported | 18.9% | 15.1% | 63% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 101 reported | 2.5% | 2.5% | 50% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 101 reported | 9.6% | 6.8% | 70% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 104 reported | 40.2% | 27.2% | 71% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UTLScores 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