United Utilities Share Discussion Threads

[lord gnome] 10/12/2013 09:18

Joined you with a few this morning at 646 on the basis that the 650 level will once again prove supportive, together with that tasty yield of 5.3%

[maurillac] 09/12/2013 10:45

well i had some at 644 this am so im looking for a bounce here.
good yield so limited downside hopefully !
gla
m

[zeppo] 27/11/2013 12:23

Seem to be appeasing the regulator and the politicians.

I continue to hold for income.


z

[collier partnership] 27/11/2013 11:45

United Utilities Group PLC is the UKs largest listed water company.

PE - Low
DEBT - High
CURRENT PRICE - Good Value

[wisteria2] 22/11/2013 15:53

Well at 5% yield @ £7.00 a chuck...not a bad place for yu dosh, 666 at the mo so yield is slightly better! might jump on-board, lol

[wad collector] 20/11/2013 20:25

Ah , I see I managed to trigger a buy at just under 673 ; the lowest buy of the day ; I always like that.
I will be happy to see this sitting at say 700 in a yrs time , earning me 5% yield in the meantime , once the politicians have stopped posturing for a while.

[wad collector] 20/11/2013 12:46

Agreed , but one other factor is the background takeover possibility , though the politics will prob scare away foreign predators at the moment , unless they take a long term view.

[careful] 20/11/2013 11:42

trouble is that milliband is doing well by bashing utilities.
regulator will be in this political dog fight just around the time of the election.

things could get ugly.

[wad collector] 20/11/2013 11:40

Doesn't look a bad time to buy : 5 yrs ago I concluded that the best option in retrospect would have been to put everything into UU from 5 yrs earlier.
Clearly the market is different to 5 yrs ago , and the relative safety of utilities is less reassuring than then , but the stagnation in UU share price looks like an opportunity to me. I guess it is all about politics not economics.
I have a buy order for 673 , looks a plausible limit.

[birdsedgeuk] 19/11/2013 17:18

Traderdiary bought today. I've followed suit

[holts] 20/9/2013 08:48

Unfortunately last time divi cut was mooted it came along albeit poorly disguised after sale of other parts , I guess you toss a coin for takeover or cut.

[philo124] 20/9/2013 08:15

Hopefully takeover by 2015.

[trader2] 20/9/2013 07:46

The Daily Telegraph's Questor is concerned about what will happen after 2015, when the regulator will reset the water firm's regulated allowed price increases. The shares, trading on 18 times 2013 forecast earnings, are looking expensive for a utility and the share price has reached a peak on a number of other measures. Utility companies have had a great run, United Utilities is no exception, up more than 40% since 2010. However, investors now look increasingly exposed to both capital losses and a shaky dividend in the future, sell.

[trader2] 19/9/2013 15:40

Short term chart looking much better from this week - so far! Clear that falling resistance and we are looking at a target of 740p by my reckoning!

[phoenix1234] 19/9/2013 14:19

United Utilities: these shares are attractive

[zeppo] 19/9/2013 07:40

Positive trading statement IMHO.

No bid mention.

Interims 27th Nov. 2013.


z

[wad collector] 18/9/2013 10:23

Ahh that one again . Bid rumour number 572

[philo124] 17/9/2013 19:28

660p top up out the window.

[zeppo] 17/9/2013 19:13

Rise could be 'cos of lower bond yields.

Or yet another water co. bid rumour.

z

[wad collector] 17/9/2013 11:52

Always good to see a pre-statement rise .