Unitil Corp expected to post earnings of 20 cents a share - Earnings Preview

Unitil

30/07/2021 16:54

* Unitil Corp  UTL.N   UTL  is expected to show a rise in
quarterly revenue when it reports results on August 3. 
* The Hampton, New Hampshire-based company is expected to report
  a 8.0% increase in revenue to $90.64 million from $83.9
million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 2
analysts, based on Refinitiv data. 
​* Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for Unitil Corp is for
earnings of 20 cents per share. For the same quarter last year,
the company reported earnings of 21 cents per share.
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and
the breakdown of recommendations is 1 "strong buy" or "buy," 1
"hold" and 1 "sell" or "strong sell." 
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in the
last three months. ​
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Unitil Corp is
$51​, about 4.1% below​ its last closing price of $53.08. ​​​
* Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINE    REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        SMARTESTIM  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               ATE®        ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Mar. 31 2021  1.16        1.16       1.26      Beat    8.3
 Dec. 31 2020  0.82        0.81       0.90      Beat    11.1
 Sep. 30 2020  0.14        0.14       0.02      Missed  -85.4​
 Jun. 30 2020  0.22        0.22       0.21      Missed  -3.1
 Mar.          1.04​       1.08       1.02      Missed  -5.8​
 31​ 2020​                                              
 Dec. 31 2019  0.76        0.77       0.77      Met     -0.4​
 Sep. 30 2019  0.13        0.14       0.15      Beat    11.1
 Jun. 30 2019  0.02        -0.03      0.27      Beat    1,000
 This summary was machine generated July 30 at 15:54 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated