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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Electric Utility Companies (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action.
Updated 01/27/10 INDUSTRY: Electric Utilities Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Empire District Electric * | EDE | 6.89% | $1.20 | | Brookfield Infrastructure * | BIP | 6.56% | $1.99 | | Pepco Holdings Inc. * | POM | 6.56% | $1.20 | | Progress Energy Inc. | PGN | 6.40% | $2.57 | | UIL Holdings Corp. | UIL | 6.33% | $2.04 | | Hawaiian Electric Industries | HE | 5.87% | $0.92 | | Pinnacle West Capital | PNW | 5.77% | $0.58 | | Duke Energy Corp. | DUK | 5.76% | $0.83 | | Black Hills Corp. | BKH | 5.42% | -$1.28 | | Southern Company | SO | 5.34% | $1.99 | |
| * Comments:
EDE: an operating public utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Company operates its businesses as three segments: electric, gas and other. As part of its electric segment, the Company also provides water service to three towns in Missouri. BIP: operates assets that generate stable cash flows, require relatively minimal maintenance capital expenditures and, by virtue of barriers to entry and other characteristics, tend to appreciate in value over time. Its business consists of the ownership and operation of premier electricity transmission systems, timberlands and social infrastructure in North and South America, the United Kingdom and Australia, and it seeks acquisition opportunities in other infrastructure sectors with similar attributes. The Partnership's sole material asset is its 60% limited partnership interest in Brookfield Infrastructure L.P. (Brookfield Infrastructure). POM: a diversified energy company that, through its operating subsidiaries, is engaged in two businesses: distribution, transmission and default supply of electricity and the delivery and supply of natural gas (Power Delivery), and competitive energy generation, marketing and supply (Competitive Energy). The distribution, transmission and default supply of electricity and the delivery and supply of natural gas is conducted through Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), Delmarva Power and Light Company (DPL) and Atlantic City Electric Company (ACE). |
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DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
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