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Shares in United Utilities (UU.) are currently trading at 893p on a PE ratio of 17.6 and a dividend yield of 4.03%. There are some attractive fundamental qualities about this share. It supplies a product that everyone requires, namely water. That’s about as secure a product as you can get in terms of people needing it! United Utilities has a monopoly on supplying water and waste services to all of the North West of England. It’s quite an extensive area, stretching from Cumbria to Cheshire. Its assets include 42,000 kilometres of water pipes, 76,000 of sewers, 569 wastewater treatment works, 94 water treatment works and about 56,000 hectares of water catchment land.
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wildrides
Not advocating selling ! why am I am not suprised , ,since you aint sold a share for seven years.
Go on …….sell the bastard …..you know you want to ……………its shouting at you from the portfolio “ sell me , sell me “ “oh please sell me” “ I want to be churned , to know what it feels like in anothers port “