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Ticker Close Market Cap P/E (ttm) F P/E 52W Range EPS (ttm) Dividend Ex-Dividend Date CNP $24.57 10.09B 30.48 18.05 18.79-25.65 0.77 0.83 November 13, 2013
CenterPoint Energy owns a portfolio of energy-related businesses. Its regulated electric utility provides service in the Texas Gulf Coast that includes the city of Houston. The company has natural gas distribution systems in six states, including the cities of Houston and Minneapolis, and owns two interstate natural gas pipelines. CenterPoint's field services business gathers and processes natural gas in the midcontinent region and its natural gas marketing business has more than 11,000 commercial and industrial customers.
Ticker Close Market Cap P/E (ttm) F P/E 52W Range EPS (ttm) Dividend Ex-Dividend Date DUK $71.13 49.92 20.76 15.47 61.04-75.46 3.41 3.12 November 13, 2013
Duke Energy provides electric and gas services in a sustainable way. They are the largest electric power holding company in the United States, supplying and delivering energy to approximately 7.2 million U.S. customers. They have approx. 57,700 megawatts of electric generating capacity in the Carolinas, the Midwest and Florida – and natural gas distribution services in Ohio and
Kentucky. Their commercial and international businesses own and operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including a portfolio of renewable energy assets.
Technical Analysis Over the past week, the 200-d MA has remained constant while the 50d-MA has advanced 0.5%.
Ticker Close Market Cap P/E (ttm) F P/E 52W Range EPS (ttm) Dividend Ex-Dividend Date NU $42.18 13.10 B 16.78 15.32 37.70-45.66 2.48 1.47 September 12, 2013
Northeast Utilities operates New England’s largest utility system serving more than 3.6 million electric and natural gas customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. NU operates six subsidiaries: Connecticut Light & Power, NSTAR Electric & Gas, NU Transmission, Public Service of New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts Electric Co. and Yankee Gas Services Company. Their overall company vision can be summed up by three words: Energy, Growth, and Leadership.
Ticker Close Market Cap P/E (ttm) F P/E 52W Range EPS (ttm) Dividend Ex-Dividend Date OKE $58.95 12.16B 43.17 29.74 39.39-59.51 1.37 1.52 October 31, 2013
Originally founded in 1906 as an intrastate natural gas pipeline business in Oklahoma, today ONEOK is one of the nation's premier energy companies involved in the natural gas and natural gas liquids businesses. Its business segments provide safe, reliable energy and services to their diverse customers. By following a strategy that blends the performance and profitability of all of the segments, ONEOK's balanced business mix enables it to deliver sustainable earnings growth for shareholders. ONEOK’s success is driven by employees who strive to better not only their company but also the communities in which they live.
Ticker Close Market Cap P/E (ttm) F P/E 52W Range EPS (ttm) Dividend Ex-Dividend Date SRE $89.49 21.55B 21.74 19.54 65.74-93.00 4.05 2.52 September 25, 2013
Sempra Energy SRE was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. It serves one of the largest utility customer bases in the U.S., distributing natural gas and electricity to customers in Southern California. Its SoCalGas and San Diego Gas and Electric divisions distribute gas to more than 20 million customers. The firm's non-California affiliates own and operate merchant power plants, operate LNG facilities, and manage gas pipelines in the U.S. and Latin America, as well as gas and electric utilities.
Ticker Close Market Cap P/E (ttm) F P/E 52W Range EPS (ttm) Dividend Ex-Dividend Date WEC $42.20 9.44B 18.05 16.21 36.16-45.00 2.31 1.53 November 12, 2013
Wisconsin Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, generates and distributes electric energy, as well as distributes natural gas. The company operates in two segments, Utility Energy and NonUtility Energy. It generates electricity from coal, natural gas, wind, biomass, and hydro sources. The company provides electric utility services to customers in the mining, paper, foundry, food products, and machinery production industries, as well as to the large retail chains, municipally owned systems, rural cooperatives, and municipal joint action agencies; and gas utility services to the paper, food products, and fabricated metal products industries.