What is Scotiabank’s Estimate for UGI FY2026 Earnings?

UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI) – Equities research analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of UGI in a note issued to investors on Thursday, October 1st. Scotiabank analyst I. Rapp expects that the utilities provider will earn $2.81 per share for the year. Scotiabank currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for UGI’s current full-year earnings is $2.81 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for UGI’s FY2027 earnings at $3.22 EPS.

UGI (NYSE:UGI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The utilities provider reported ($0.20) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.08) by ($0.12). UGI had a net margin of 9.20% and a return on equity of 12.80%. The business had revenue of $1.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.50 billion.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on UGI. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of UGI from $45.00 to $42.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of UGI from a “buy (b)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of UGI from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 29th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of UGI from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $40.00 to $43.00 in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Finally, Huntington began coverage on shares of UGI in a research report on Monday, September 14th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $54.00 target price on the stock. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, UGI currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $45.80.

UGI Trading Up 0.9%

NYSE:UGI opened at $37.10 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $37.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $36.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.41 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.44. UGI has a 1 year low of $31.62 and a 1 year high of $41.34.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On UGI

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of UGI. MSH Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of UGI in the second quarter worth approximately $1,961,000. Private Management Group Inc. increased its position in UGI by 10.8% during the second quarter. Private Management Group Inc. now owns 1,057,888 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $36,539,000 after purchasing an additional 103,470 shares during the last quarter. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. acquired a new position in UGI during the second quarter worth approximately $1,949,000. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new position in UGI during the second quarter worth approximately $1,665,000. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company purchased a new position in UGI during the second quarter worth approximately $73,069,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.34% of the company’s stock.

UGI Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.3750 per share. This represents a $1.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.0%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 15th. UGI’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.17%.

About UGI

UGI Corporation is a diversified energy company headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Through its subsidiaries, the company distributes and markets natural gas, propane, electricity and related energy products to residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers.

UGI Utilities operates regulated natural gas and electric distribution businesses in Pennsylvania and provides natural gas, electric and related services to customers in the region. The company also owns AmeriGas, one of the largest retail propane distributors in the United States, serving households, businesses, agricultural customers and other end users through a nationwide distribution network.

UGI has additional energy operations in Europe through its international LPG businesses and participates in energy marketing, midstream and related activities.