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Unitil UTL

US equityMarket cap rank #3281Utilities - Diversified
$51.77 +$0.59 (+1.15%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $51.77 0.00%
Open$51.10
Prev close$51.18
Day range$50.88 – $51.97
Volume107.3K
Market cap$944.11M
P/E (TTM)16.5
Dividend yield3.57%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership85.5%+0.20 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding293-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)47 buys / 0 sellsNet buying
Short interest3.92% of floatDays to cover 6.0 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share23.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

16%24%33%41%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$2.78M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$2.2MSuper+$613.5KBig+$349.8KMid−$575.8KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 31.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock15.86%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.06%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.29%
  • Frontier Capital Management3.03%
  • Manulife Asset Management2.80%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.78%
  • Wellington Management Group2.69%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.56%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund72.02%
  • Hedge Fund6.60%
  • Public Company2.75%
  • Individual/Insider2.27%
  • Government Pension Fund1.46%
  • Private Company1.02%
  • Insurance Company0.81%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.36%

Reported short interest has risen from 3.66% to 3.92% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +60,254 0.8%
Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +243,573 1.3%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +128,733 0.9%
Heartland Advisors, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +82,349 1.3%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +73,584 1.1%
Two Sigma Investments, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +69,675 1.9%
Norges Bank Investment Management Sovereign Wealth Fund 2026/Q3 +62,300 0.3%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +59,635 15.9%
Morgan Stanley Public Company 2026/Q3 +55,232 1.0%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +51,221 0.8%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +47,268 4.3%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +40,031 0.5%
Parametric SAS Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +36,740 0.3%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +34,459 2.6%
Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +28,993 0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
30 Sep 2026 Mark Collin Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,272 – 61,109
30 Sep 2026 David Whiteley Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,272 – 13,305
30 Sep 2026 Winfield Brown Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +2,272 – 5,598
30 Sep 2026 Jane Lewis-Raymond Director Other Derivative Acquisition +2,272 – 4,707
30 Sep 2026 Katherine Kountze-Tatum Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,272 – 3,896
30 Sep 2026 Anne Alonzo Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +2,272 – 6,289
30 Sep 2026 Suzanne Foster Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,272 – 14,406
30 Sep 2026 Justine Vogel Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,272 – 14,406
30 Sep 2026 Neveen Awad Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +2,272 – 4,707
26 Jan 2026 Robert Hevert President & Chief Administrative Officer Other Acquisition +7,570 $50.00 35,465
26 Jan 2026 Robert Hevert President & Chief Administrative Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +1,870 – 5,120
26 Jan 2026 Thomas Meissner Chairperson & CEO Other Acquisition +16,490 $50.00 148,738
26 Jan 2026 Thomas Meissner Chairperson & CEO Other Derivative Acquisition +4,045 – 11,140
26 Jan 2026 Todd Diggins Chief Accounting Officer, Controller & Investor Relations Officer Other Acquisition +2,170 $50.00 8,263
26 Jan 2026 Todd Diggins Chief Accounting Officer, Controller & Investor Relations Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +540 – 1,520
26 Jan 2026 Christopher LeBlanc Vice President of Gas Operations Other Acquisition +2,200 $50.00 22,372
26 Jan 2026 Christopher LeBlanc Vice President of Gas Operations Other Derivative Acquisition +540 – 1,520
26 Jan 2026 Daniel Hustak Chief Financial Officer Other Acquisition +4,900 $50.00 20,089
26 Jan 2026 Daniel Hustak Chief Financial Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +1,215 – 3,330
26 Jan 2026 Carleton Simpson General Counsel Other Acquisition +3,180 – 5,100

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 714,417 3.9% 6.0
31 Aug 2026 698,232 3.8% 5.5
14 Aug 2026 707,948 3.9% 6.9
31 Jul 2026 674,881 3.8% 6.8
15 Jul 2026 662,159 3.7% 5.5
30 Jun 2026 658,118 3.7% 2.8

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