United Utilities Group Stock Beta

UU Stock   1,134  2.00  0.18%   
United Utilities Group fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to United Utilities' financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of United Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure United Utilities' intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to United Utilities stock.
  
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United Utilities Group Company Beta Analysis

United Utilities' Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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Current United Utilities Beta

    
  0.4  
Most of United Utilities' fundamental indicators, such as Beta, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, United Utilities Group is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.
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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, United Utilities Group has a Beta of 0.402. This is 10.67% lower than that of the Water Utilities sector and significantly higher than that of the Utilities industry. The beta for all United Kingdom stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

United Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses United Utilities' direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of United Utilities could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing United Utilities by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
United Utilities is currently under evaluation in beta category among its peers.

United Utilities ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, United Utilities' sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to United Utilities' managers, analysts, and investors.
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As returns on the market increase, United Utilities' returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss of holding United Utilities is expected to be smaller as well.

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About United Utilities Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze United Utilities Group's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of United Utilities using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of United Utilities Group based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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United Utilities financial ratios help investors to determine whether United Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in United with respect to the benefits of owning United Utilities security.