Growth Metrics

Unitil (UTL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Unitil (UTL) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.12% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 11.0% to 0.12% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.09% through Dec 2025, down 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.09% for FY2025, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.12% in Q4 2025 for Unitil, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.23% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.0% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.09% across 5 years, with a median of 0.11% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: increased 10bps in 2021 and later decreased -11bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.1% in 2021, then surged by 52bps to 0.16% in 2022, then rose by 12bps to 0.18% in 2023, then grew by 28bps to 0.23% in 2024, then tumbled by -48bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for UTL at 0.12% in Q4 2025, 0.0% in Q3 2025, and 0.04% in Q2 2025.