United Internet AG
Last price: €27.48
Updated: 19 hours ago
52w range:
€22.24
to
€30.22
52w change:
23.56%
to
-9.07%
Forward PE: 12.314918
Trailing EPS: 1.75
50d average: €24.82
(11%)
200d average: €26.36
(4%)
Open: €27.66
Previous close: €27.68
Change: -€0.20
(-0.72%)
Day high: €27.78
Day low: €27.40
Volume: 44.06 thousand
Avg. vol 3m: 161.98 thousand
Cap: 4.75 billion
XETRA
ETR:UTDI
Shares outstanding: 172.8 million
Price hint: 2
Price to book: 1.0203096
Annual dividend rate: 0.50
Annual dividend yield: 0.02
€0.50 dividend 3 months ago
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Summary
(retrieved 17 hours ago)
UTDI.DE
United Internet AG is a German internet and telecom holding company with exposure to consumer connectivity, hosting/cloud, and digital services. In plain terms, it owns and operates subscription-heavy businesses that sell broadband/mobile access, web hosting, domains, cloud infrastructure, and related online products. That mix gives it recurring revenue and a customer relationship base that is usually stickier than ad-driven internet models.
The company makes money mainly from monthly service fees and contract subscriptions. Its telecom units benefit from scale, bundled offerings, and long customer lifetimes, while the hosting and cloud side monetizes domains, websites, servers, and business internet services. That creates a business model with decent visibility, though not necessarily the high margins or capital-light profile investors might expect from pure software.
On valuation, the shares look neither expensive nor obviously distressed based on the figures provided. At 27.48, the stock trades on about 12.31x forward earnings and 15.70x trailing earnings, with EPS of 1.75 and a market cap of 4.75 billion. The dividend is modest, with a 1.81% yield and €0.50 annual rate, so the story is more about execution and earnings growth than income alone.
The trading backdrop is fairly constructive. The stock sits above both its 50-day average of 24.82 and 200-day average of 26.36, which suggests improving momentum, and it remains closer to the upper half of its 22.24 to 30.22 52-week range. Even after the -0.72% daily move, that pattern implies investors have recently been willing to pay more for the earnings stream.
Business quality is respectable but not spotless. Subscription revenue, infrastructure ownership, and broad service distribution are positives. But telecom and network businesses can be capital intensive, competitive, and regulation-sensitive, while hosting and cloud markets face strong rivals and pricing pressure. That means United Internet can be solid without being simple: returns depend on disciplined investment, customer retention, and avoiding margin erosion.