Compare Utility Stocks

Compare Utility stocks with our powerful stock comparison tool. Analyze fundamentals, price performance, and key financial indicators to make informed investment decisions. Our tool lets you compare up to ten stocks side by side based on Performance Charts, Price & Volume, MarketRank™, Analyst Ratings, Sales & Book Value, Profitability & Earnings, Dividends, Debt, Ownership, Headlines, and more. Simply enter up to ten stock symbols (e.g., AEP, XEL, AQN, AWK) to get started and uncover top investment opportunities.

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEP American Electric Power	$113.14 -0.4%	$107.55	$89.91 ▼ $115.36	$60.73B	0.4	3.61 million shs	3.11 million shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$73.16 0.0%	$70.27	$59.63 ▼ $74.57	$43.27B	0.34	3.77 million shs	3.10 million shs
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	$5.79 -0.6%	$5.84	$4.19 ▼ $6.24	$4.47B	0.67	6.64 million shs	4.58 million shs
AWK American Water Works	$145.75 +0.1%	$142.04	$118.74 ▼ $155.50	$28.41B	0.65	1.65 million shs	849,069 shs
DUK Duke Energy	$124.08 -0.3%	$119.63	$105.20 ▼ $127.85	$96.80B	0.36	3.50 million shs	2.08 million shs
ES Eversource Energy	$65.40 -0.5%	$64.98	$52.28 ▼ $69.01	$24.39B	0.61	2.03 million shs	1.46 million shs
FTS Fortis	$50.79 -0.1%	$48.52	$40.32 ▼ $51.45	$25.61B	0.46	588,061 shs	461,016 shs
NEE NextEra Energy	$76.05 -0.2%	$73.01	$61.72 ▼ $86.10	$156.88B	0.63	8.94 million shs	8.64 million shs
SO Southern	$94.53 -0.4%	$92.87	$80.46 ▼ $96.44	$104.43B	0.38	5.62 million shs	3.29 million shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$39.21 -0.2%	$37.72	$33.18 ▼ $41.65	$11.01B	0.78	1.95 million shs	1.44 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEP American Electric Power	+0.79%	+0.39%	+4.62%	+11.54%	+16.29%
XEL Xcel Energy	-0.07%	+0.34%	+2.24%	+5.72%	+21.97%
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	+0.36%	-0.26%	-3.65%	+5.73%	+10.76%
AWK American Water Works	+0.19%	+1.25%	+1.88%	+2.59%	+2.95%
DUK Duke Energy	+0.54%	-1.08%	+3.84%	+7.60%	+10.67%
ES Eversource Energy	+0.02%	-0.92%	+0.21%	+4.19%	-0.52%
FTS Fortis	+1.18%	+0.68%	+5.65%	+6.48%	+16.65%
NEE NextEra Energy	-0.37%	+5.53%	+0.12%	+13.95%	-3.45%
SO Southern	+0.79%	+0.12%	+0.16%	+6.89%	+9.35%
WTRG Essential Utilities	+0.10%	+0.11%	+4.80%	+1.69%	-0.77%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AEP American Electric Power	4.3391 of 5 stars	2.1	2.0	4.2	1.0	4.1	2.5	1.9
XEL Xcel Energy	3.1621 of 5 stars	1.4	3.0	4.2	0.0	3.6	1.7	1.9
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	3.9016 of 5 stars	2.0	5.0	1.7	3.8	1.7	1.7	0.6
AWK American Water Works	4.7189 of 5 stars	2.0	4.0	4.2	4.3	3.0	2.5	1.9
DUK Duke Energy	4.3192 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	4.2	1.3	3.5	2.5	1.3
ES Eversource Energy	3.4474 of 5 stars	1.0	4.0	2.5	1.8	3.1	1.7	1.3
FTS Fortis	4.7092 of 5 stars	4.2	1.0	4.2	3.7	2.7	0.8	1.3
NEE NextEra Energy	4.8463 of 5 stars	3.3	4.0	3.3	2.6	3.1	2.5	1.9
SO Southern	3.9882 of 5 stars	2.1	2.0	3.3	1.8	3.1	2.5	1.3
WTRG Essential Utilities	4.837 of 5 stars	2.4	5.0	4.2	3.1	4.1	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEP American Electric Power	2.29	Hold	$111.29	-1.64% Downside
XEL Xcel Energy	2.73	Moderate Buy	$76.00	3.88% Upside
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	2.00	Hold	$6.31	9.12% Upside
AWK American Water Works	1.91	Reduce	$143.30	-1.68% Downside
DUK Duke Energy	2.56	Moderate Buy	$130.07	4.82% Upside
ES Eversource Energy	2.00	Hold	$65.56	0.24% Upside
FTS Fortis	2.33	Hold	$72.00	41.76% Upside
NEE NextEra Energy	2.65	Moderate Buy	$83.85	10.26% Upside
SO Southern	2.21	Hold	$94.36	-0.18% Downside
WTRG Essential Utilities	2.83	Moderate Buy	$44.50	13.51% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest Utility Stocks Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/21/2025	DUK Duke Energy	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$127.00 ➝ $131.00
8/21/2025	SO Southern	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$97.00 ➝ $98.00
8/20/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
8/20/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	Melius Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$77.00
8/18/2025	FTS Fortis	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/15/2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$42.00 ➝ $47.00
8/14/2025	AWK American Water Works	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$155.00 ➝ $160.00
8/13/2025	DUK Duke Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$122.00 ➝ $131.00
8/12/2025	AWK American Water Works	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$156.00 ➝ $151.00
8/11/2025	AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/6/2025	DUK Duke Energy	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$120.00 ➝ $128.00

(Data available from 8/21/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AEP American Electric Power	$19.72B	3.07	$12.02 per share	9.41	$57.91 per share	1.95
XEL Xcel Energy	$13.44B	3.22	$8.43 per share	8.68	$35.44 per share	2.06
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	$2.32B	1.92	$0.92 per share	6.28	$6.43 per share	0.90
AWK American Water Works	$4.68B	6.07	$9.47 per share	15.39	$54.75 per share	2.66
DUK Duke Energy	$30.36B	3.18	$14.39 per share	8.62	$65.66 per share	1.89
ES Eversource Energy	$11.90B	2.04	$9.26 per share	7.06	$42.21 per share	1.55
FTS Fortis	$8.40B	3.05	$5.25 per share	9.67	$34.41 per share	1.48
NEE NextEra Energy	$25.90B	6.05	$6.20 per share	12.27	$29.57 per share	2.57
SO Southern	$28.36B	3.67	$8.89 per share	10.63	$33.95 per share	2.78
WTRG Essential Utilities	$2.09B	5.27	$3.32 per share	11.82	$23.96 per share	1.64

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AEP American Electric Power	$2.97B	$6.84	16.54	17.99	2.99	17.68%	11.55%	3.11%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
XEL Xcel Energy	$1.94B	$3.61	20.27	17.67	2.47	14.85%	10.52%	2.92%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	-$1.38B	-$1.80	N/A	18.66	N/A	-57.66%	4.76%	1.69%	11/6/2025 (Estimated)
AWK American Water Works	$1.05B	$5.55	26.26	23.78	3.44	21.91%	10.34%	3.29%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)
DUK Duke Energy	$4.52B	$6.15	20.18	18.44	2.99	15.51%	9.85%	2.65%	11/6/2025 (Estimated)
ES Eversource Energy	$811.65M	$2.33	28.07	13.03	2.47	6.60%	11.00%	2.81%	11/3/2025 (Estimated)
FTS Fortis	$1.23B	$2.43	20.90	20.56	3.91	14.48%	7.24%	2.38%	11/4/2025 (Estimated)
NEE NextEra Energy	$6.95B	$2.86	26.59	19.20	2.63	22.84%	12.31%	3.86%	10/22/2025 (Estimated)
SO Southern	$4.40B	$3.89	24.30	20.59	3.25	15.10%	12.09%	3.06%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
WTRG Essential Utilities	$595.31M	$2.33	16.83	18.41	3.60	27.62%	10.10%	3.56%	11/3/2025 (Estimated)

Latest Utility Stocks Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/8/2025	Q2 2025	AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	$0.04	$0.04	N/A	$0.03	$535.64 million	$535.59 million
8/5/2025	Q2 2025	DUK Duke Energy	$1.29	$1.25	-$0.04	$1.25	$7.07 billion	$7.51 billion
8/1/2025	Q2 2025	FTS Fortis	$0.51	$0.55	+$0.04	$0.55	$1.91 billion	$2.03 billion
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	XEL Xcel Energy	$0.66	$0.75	+$0.09	$0.75	$3.31 billion	$3.29 billion
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	ES Eversource Energy	$0.95	$0.96	+$0.01	$0.96	$3.01 billion	$2.84 billion
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	SO Southern	$0.9910	$0.91	-$0.0810	$0.79	$6.70 billion	$6.97 billion
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.29	$0.38	+$0.09	$0.38	$462.70 million	$514.91 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	AEP American Electric Power	$1.27	$1.43	+$0.16	$2.29	$4.85 billion	$5.09 billion
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	AWK American Water Works	$1.53	$1.48	-$0.05	$1.48	$1.22 billion	$1.28 billion
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	NEE NextEra Energy	$1.01	$1.05	+$0.04	$0.98	$7.52 billion	$6.70 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEP American Electric Power	$3.72	3.29%	N/A	54.39%	15 Years
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.28	3.12%	N/A	63.16%	22 Years
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	$0.26	4.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A
AWK American Water Works	$3.31	2.27%	N/A	59.64%	18 Years
DUK Duke Energy	$4.26	3.43%	N/A	69.27%	20 Years
ES Eversource Energy	$3.01	4.60%	N/A	129.18%	2 Years
FTS Fortis	$1.78	3.50%	N/A	73.25%	5 Years
NEE NextEra Energy	$2.26	2.97%	N/A	79.02%	31 Years
SO Southern	$2.96	3.13%	N/A	76.09%	25 Years
WTRG Essential Utilities	$1.37	3.49%	N/A	58.80%	32 Years

Latest Utility Stocks Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/30/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	quarterly	$0.57	3.15%	9/15/2025	9/15/2025	10/20/2025
8/8/2025	AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	quarterly	$0.0650	4.41%	9/29/2025	9/30/2025	10/15/2025
7/15/2025	DUK Duke Energy	quarterly	$1.0650	3.64%	8/15/2025	8/15/2025	9/16/2025
7/24/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	quarterly	$0.5665	3.13%	8/28/2025	8/28/2025	9/15/2025
7/22/2025	AEP American Electric Power	quarterly	$0.93	3.38%	8/8/2025	8/8/2025	9/10/2025
7/21/2025	SO Southern	quarterly	$0.74	3.12%	8/18/2025	8/18/2025	9/8/2025
7/30/2025	AWK American Water Works	quarterly	$0.8275	2.35%	8/12/2025	8/12/2025	9/3/2025
7/30/2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	quarterly	$0.3426	3.71%	8/12/2025	8/12/2025	9/2/2025
8/1/2025	FTS Fortis	quarterly	$0.4448	3.4%	8/19/2025	8/19/2025	9/1/2025
5/21/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	quarterly	$0.57	3.26%	6/13/2025	6/13/2025	7/20/2025
5/22/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	quarterly	$0.5665	3.39%	6/2/2025	6/2/2025	6/16/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEP American Electric Power	1.33	0.55	0.41
XEL Xcel Energy	1.48	0.96	0.85
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	1.22	1.09	0.86
AWK American Water Works	1.15	0.35	0.32
DUK Duke Energy	1.55	0.66	0.42
ES Eversource Energy	1.67	0.71	0.63
FTS Fortis	1.30	0.58	0.47
NEE NextEra Energy	1.36	0.54	0.45
SO Southern	1.69	0.74	0.54
WTRG Essential Utilities	1.13	0.73	0.58

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	75.24%
XEL Xcel Energy	78.38%
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	62.28%
AWK American Water Works	86.58%
DUK Duke Energy	65.31%
ES Eversource Energy	79.99%
FTS Fortis	57.77%
NEE NextEra Energy	78.72%
SO Southern	64.10%
WTRG Essential Utilities	74.78%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	0.07%
XEL Xcel Energy	0.09%
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	0.05%
AWK American Water Works	0.11%
DUK Duke Energy	0.14%
ES Eversource Energy	0.41%
FTS Fortis	N/A
NEE NextEra Energy	0.20%
SO Southern	0.16%
WTRG Essential Utilities	0.21%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEP American Electric Power	16,330	534.79 million	534.42 million	Optionable
XEL Xcel Energy	11,380	591.43 million	590.89 million	Optionable
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities	3,786	768.01 million	767.63 million	Not Optionable
AWK American Water Works	6,700	195.10 million	194.88 million	Optionable
DUK Duke Energy	26,413	777.62 million	776.54 million	Optionable
ES Eversource Energy	10,680	371.11 million	369.59 million	Optionable
FTS Fortis	9,848	503.61 million	N/A	Optionable
NEE NextEra Energy	9,300	2.06 billion	2.06 billion	Optionable
SO Southern	28,600	1.10 billion	1.10 billion	Optionable
WTRG Essential Utilities	3,291	280.47 million	279.88 million	Optionable

Utility Stocks Headlines

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Reasons to Add Essential Utilities Stock to Your Portfolio Right Now

August 21 at 10:36 AM | zacks.com

Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG Shares Purchased by Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

August 21 at 4:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Cambiar Investors LLC Sells 24,024 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 19 at 6:34 AM | marketbeat.com

Nuveen LLC Invests $25.53 Million in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG

August 19 at 4:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) Shares Sold by Prudential PLC

August 19 at 4:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Citigroup Inc. Purchases 143,032 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 18 at 3:38 AM | marketbeat.com

Fox Run Management L.L.C. Takes $1.08 Million Position in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 17, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Invesco Ltd. Has $139.13 Million Stake in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 16, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Takes $2.66 Million Position in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 16, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Essential Utilities price target raised to $47 from $42 at UBS

August 15, 2025 | msn.com

Essential Utilities stock price target raised by UBS to $47 from $42

August 15, 2025 | investing.com

Why Essential Utilities (WTRG) is a Great Dividend Stock Right Now

August 15, 2025 | zacks.com

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) Shares Acquired by Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.

August 15, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Maple Brown Abbott Ltd Acquires New Stake in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Acquires 11,607 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Raises Stock Position in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 13, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Vanguard Group Inc. Has $1.17 Billion Stock Holdings in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. Buys Shares of 16,713 Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 11, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Koss Olinger Consulting LLC Has $1.09 Million Stock Holdings in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 10, 2025 | marketbeat.com

LPL Financial LLC Raises Holdings in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

August 9, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At $0.3426

August 6, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

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Utility Stocks Company Descriptions

American Electric Power NASDAQ:AEP

$113.14 -0.41 (-0.36%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$113.45 +0.31 (+0.27%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Xcel Energy NASDAQ:XEL

$73.16 -0.01 (-0.01%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$73.17 +0.01 (+0.01%)

As of 06:31 PM Eastern

Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, purchasing, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. It operates through Regulated Electric Utility, Regulated Natural Gas Utility, and All Other segments. The company generates electricity through wind, nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass, and solar energy sources, as well as coal, natural gas, oil, wood, and refuse-derived fuels. It also purchases, transports, distributes, and sells natural gas to retail customers, as well as transports customer-owned natural gas. In addition, the company develops and leases natural gas pipelines, and storage and compression facilities; and invests in rental housing projects and nonregulated assets, as well as procures equipment for the construction of renewable generation facilities. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the portions of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The company was incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Algonquin Power & Utilities NYSE:AQN

$5.78 -0.04 (-0.60%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$5.84 +0.05 (+0.93%)

As of 05:10 PM Eastern

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is an investment holding company, which engages in energy generation and water distribution facilities. It operates through the Regulated Services Group and Renewable Energy Group segments. The Regulated Services Group segment owns and operates a portfolio of electric, natural gas, water distribution, and wastewater collection utility systems and transmission. The Renewable Energy Group segment focuses on operating a diversified portfolio of renewable and thermal electric generation assets. The company was founded on August 1, 1988 and is headquartered in Oakville, Canada.

American Water Works NYSE:AWK

$145.75 +0.13 (+0.09%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$147.44 +1.69 (+1.16%)

As of 07:48 PM Eastern

American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems. It also provides water and wastewater services on military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. In addition, the company operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 540 groundwater treatment plants; 175 wastewater treatment plants; 53,700 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,200 groundwater wells; 1,700 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 74 dams. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

Duke Energy NYSE:DUK

$124.08 -0.40 (-0.32%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$124.26 +0.18 (+0.15%)

As of 07:58 PM Eastern

Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. It operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I), and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I). The EU&I segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwest. It generates electricity through coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, solar and wind sources, renewables, and nuclear fuel. This segment also engages in the wholesale of electricity to municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and load-serving entities. The GU&I segment distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas customers; and invests in pipeline transmission projects, renewable natural gas projects, and natural gas storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. and changed its name to Duke Energy Corporation in April 2006. Duke Energy Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Eversource Energy NYSE:ES

$65.40 -0.31 (-0.47%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$65.92 +0.53 (+0.80%)

As of 07:27 PM Eastern

Eversource Energy, a public utility holding company, engages in the energy delivery business. The company operates through Electric Distribution, Electric Transmission, Natural Gas Distribution, and Water Distribution segments. It is involved in the transmission and distribution of electricity; solar power facilities; and distribution of natural gas. The company operates regulated water utilities that provide water services to approximately 241,000 customers. It serves residential, commercial, industrial, municipal and fire protection, and other customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The company was formerly known as Northeast Utilities and changed its name to Eversource Energy in April 2015. Eversource Energy was incorporated in 1927 and is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Fortis NYSE:FTS

$50.79 -0.06 (-0.12%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$50.78 -0.02 (-0.03%)

As of 05:10 PM Eastern

Fortis Inc. operates as an electric and gas utility company in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean countries. It generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 447,000 retail customers in southeastern Arizona; and 103,000 retail customers in Arizona's Mohave and Santa Cruz counties with an aggregate capacity of 3,408 megawatts (MW), including 68 MW of solar capacity and 250 MV of wind capacity. The company also sells wholesale electricity to other entities in the western United States; owns gas-fired and hydroelectric generating capacity totaling 65 MW; and distributes natural gas to approximately 1,087,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in British Columbia, Canada. In addition, it owns and operates the electricity distribution system that serves approximately 592,000 customers in southern and central Alberta; owns four hydroelectric generating facilities with a combined capacity of 225 MW; and provides operation, maintenance, and management services to five hydroelectric generating facilities. Further, the company distributes electricity in the island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador with an installed generating capacity of 145 MW; and on Prince Edward Island with a generating capacity of 90 MW. Additionally, it provides integrated electric utility service to approximately 69,000 customers in Ontario; approximately 275,000 customers in Newfoundland and Labrador; approximately 34,000 customers on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; and approximately 17,000 customers on certain islands in Turks and Caicos. It also holds long-term contracted generation assets in Belize consisting of 3 hydroelectric generating facilities with a combined capacity of 51 MW; and the Aitken Creek natural gas storage facility. It also owns and operates approximately 90,500 circuit Kilometers (km) of distribution lines; and approximately 51,600 km of natural gas pipelines. Fortis Inc. was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

NextEra Energy NYSE:NEE

$76.04 -0.14 (-0.18%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$76.03 -0.02 (-0.03%)

As of 08:00 PM Eastern

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets. The company had approximately 33,276 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 883 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 5.9 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

Southern NYSE:SO

$94.53 -0.40 (-0.42%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$95.02 +0.50 (+0.53%)

As of 07:57 PM Eastern

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Essential Utilities NYSE:WTRG

$39.20 -0.07 (-0.17%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$39.27 +0.07 (+0.18%)

As of 07:27 PM Eastern

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. In addition, the company provides utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households. It serves approximately 5.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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