Unitil - Chart of the Day

Unitil (UTL) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The utility holding company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 20.00+, Gained 10.52% in the last year and paid a 3.50% dividend.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Unitil (UTL).  I found the utility holding stock by using Barchart to sort the All Time High list first for the highest technical buy signals, then I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 12/23 the sock gained 10.64%

Unitil Corporation is a registered public utility holding company and the parent company of the Unitil System.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 10.79% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.68%
• Technical support level at 38.99
• Recently traded at 39.83 with a 50 day moving average of 37.70

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $556.82 million
• P/E 21.14
• Dividend Yield 3.50%
• Revenue expected to grow 6.20% this year and another 4.90% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 1.60% this year, an additional 6.30% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 4.48% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 holds

On a trading stock so hold and long as revenue and earnings support the dividend.