NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

UIL Holdings Corporation

(NYSE:

UIL

) hit a new 52-week high Friday as it is currently trading at $35.96, above its previous 52-week high of $35.84 with 16,275 shares traded as of 9:35 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 359,100 shares over the past 30 days.

UIL has a market cap of $1.72 billion and is part of the

utilities

sector and

utilities

industry. Shares are up 1.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

UIL Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates in the energy sector in the United States. The company, through its subsidiary, The United Illuminating Company, engages in the transmission and delivery of electricity to its customers in 17 municipalities in southwest Connecticut. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.4, above the average utilities industry P/E ratio of 20 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates UIL as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. You can view the full

UIL Ratings Report

.

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