United Utilities Group PLC Announces Dividend of GBX 17.28 (LON:UU)

United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) announced a dividend on Thursday, November 14th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be paid a dividend of GBX 17.28 ($0.22) per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

United Utilities Group Trading Up 3.4 %

Shares of LON UU opened at GBX 1,084 ($13.95) on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 1,051.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 1,034.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 486.43, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The company has a market capitalization of £7.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5,705.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.41.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Louise Beardmore sold 8,471 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,058 ($13.61), for a total value of £89,623.18 ($115,330.30). Insiders bought a total of 52 shares of company stock worth $54,799 over the last three months. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About United Utilities Group

United Utilities Group PLC provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom. It is involved in the renewable energy generation, corporate trustee, financing, and property management activities; and provision of consulting, and project management services. The company operates 43,000 kilometers of water pipes; and 79,000 kilometers of wastewater pipes.