Insider Buying: United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) Insider Acquires £162.82 in Stock

United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) insider Phil Aspin acquired 14 shares of United Utilities Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 11th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 1,163 ($15.79) per share, for a total transaction of £162.82 ($221.07).

United Utilities Group Price Performance

UU stock opened at GBX 1,165.50 ($15.82) on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £7.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.41. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 1,115.07 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 1,050.18. The company has a current ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 551.89.

United Utilities Group (LON:UU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 15th. The company reported GBX 49.60 ($0.67) EPS for the quarter. United Utilities Group had a net margin of 6.51% and a return on equity of 6.35%. As a group, analysts expect that United Utilities Group PLC will post 50.9730539 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.