UTL Stock — UNITIL Corporation

UNITIL Corporation (UTL)

Updated October 16, 2026.

UTL is a Stock. its distribution rate is 3.51%, its trailing-12-month yield is 3.47%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 97/100 (Safe). Total return is 7213.7% over the past 41.6 years.

Unitil Corporation is a public utility holding company that distributes electricity and natural gas to customers across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine, serving approximately 110,100 electric and 105,000 natural gas customers across its service territories; it also operates interstate natural gas transmission pipelines and provides real estate management services. The company pays quarterly distributions at a modest current distribution rate. Unitil appeals to income investors seeking steady returns from essential utility services in the northeastern United States.

UTL performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 7213.7% over the past 41.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 16.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 10.8%.

UTL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

97 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

3.40%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/07/1985

Distribution rate

3.51%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

3.47%

5-year average yield

3.18

Last close

$54.07 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$986,056,963

Average volume

113984.0

Dividend

$0.475

Ex-dividend date

08/17/2026

Payment date

08/31/2026

Beta

0.253

Payout ratio

57.7%

P/E ratio

17.06

Forward P/E

19.8807

EPS

$3.17

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (3.51%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (3.47%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

UTL risks and drawbacks

UTL's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 10.8%.

Who may consider UTL — and who may not

UTL may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (UTL pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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