Unitil (UTL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Unitil's Debt Ratio came in at 0.43 for Q3 2026, up 7.2% from 0.41 a year earlier and up 1.0% from the prior quarter.
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Unitil (UTL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Going back to Q4 2009, Unitil's Debt Ratio data covers 68 quarters.
- Debt Ratio has increased in each of the last four years.
- Going back by year, Debt Ratio was 0.42 in FY2024 (+3.2%), 0.40 in FY2023 (+5.2%), 0.38 in FY2022 (+3.9%) and 0.37 in FY2021 (-6.7%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Debt Ratio since Q1 2012.
- Year-over-year, Debt Ratio increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 3.7%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Debt Ratio over five years came in Q2 2023 (growth of 10.3%), and the weakest in Q4 2021 (a decline of 6.7%).
- Business Quant data shows UTL's Debt Ratio at 0.43 (Q2 2026), 0.43 (Q1 2026) and 0.43 (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 299.49 Bn | 296.88 Bn | - | 0.02 |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 179.92 Bn | 166.66 Bn | - | 0.45 |
| 3 | Southern | 105.56 Bn | 96.61 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 0.47 |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 99.44 Bn | 95.69 Bn | 5.66 Bn | 0.45 |
| 5 | National Grid | 82.69 Bn | 64.32 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 68.52 Bn | 66.31 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 0.43 |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 59.67 Bn | 57.66 Bn | - | 0.44 |
| 8 | Entergy | 52.06 Bn | 38.50 Bn | - | 0.43 |
| 9 | Sempra | 51.32 Bn | 50.45 Bn | 2.89 Bn | 0.32 |
| 10 | Unitil | 1.01 Bn | 953.94 Mn | - | 0.43 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 0.43 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.43 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.43 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.43 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.41 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.43 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.43 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.42 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.41 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.39 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.40 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.40 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.40 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.39 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.39 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.38 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.36 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.36 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.37 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.37 |
API Access
Unitil Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=UTL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "ticker": "UTL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=UTL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();