Dominion Energy Inc

Dominion Energy’s (D) payout ratio (the percentage of profit that it gave away in the form of dividends) was 81% in 2016, which is higher than the industry average and slightly on the lower side of its five-year payout average of 85%.

Investors may be seeing a lot of reports about rising US LNG (liquefied natural gas) exports. Let’s review the basics of LNG.

Dominion Energy (D), one of the laggards among top utilities this year, seemed strong lately and is currently trading close to an eight-month high.

NextEra Energy (NEE) beat its peers in terms of returns in the last few years. NextEra Energy returned 14% in 2018.

Dominion Resources (D) paid annual dividends of $2.80 in 2016. Duke Energy (DUK) paid dividends of $3.36 per share last year.

The power sector is the backbone of any economy. All of the other industries depend on it. In the U.S., the power utilities business is characterized by steady dividends and stable earnings.

The top four utilities have failed to generate positive free cash flows in the last few years.

Utility stocks seem overvalued. Utilities have reached record levels. They have been trading at inflated valuations for months.

Exelon (EXC) stock has corrected nearly 2% in the last year. Including dividends, its returns have come in at ~3%.

Dividend yields of Southern Company (SO) and Duke Energy (DUK) currently stand at multi-year lows because utility stocks had a solid run this year.

NextEra Energy (NEE) is the second-largest power company in the US after Duke Energy (DUK) in terms of market capitalization.

Southern Company manages its regulated utility business through the following four subsidiary companies: Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power. These subsidiaries have a combined power generation capacity of 37,000 megawatts (or MW).

Fuel costs per kWh can be used to evaluate the efficiency of a power producer to produce electricity. Southern Company’s fuel cost per kWh is lower than its competitors’ in the regulated utility business.

Institutional investors hold most of Dominion Resources’ (D) outstanding shares. As of June 30, 2014, a total of 351.2 million shares were held by 1,069 institutions.

Electricity is the backbone of a nation’s progress. All of the industries need electricity to operate—directly or indirectly. When a business flourishes, the electricity consumption increases.

Before moving to inverse and leveraged ETFs in the next part of this series, we’d like to quickly discuss the differences between ETFs and mutual funds.

NextEra Energy is a Florida-based power company. Its subsidiaries are Florida Light & Power and NextEra Energy Resources.

Despite valuation concerns, utility stocks seem relatively well placed at the moment, especially going into October, compared to broader markets.

Investors turned to defensive utilities intensified yesterday after President Trump announced 10% tariffs on another $300.0 billion worth of Chinese goods.

The defensives and utilities sector fell more than 2% last week while broader markets fell just 0.3%. Here’s why.

Many top utility stocks’ price targets were changed last week.

The EIA expects US natural gas prices to average $2.89 per MMBtu in 2019. For 2020, the forecast is $2.92 per MMBtu.

On March 3, 2016, natural gas active futures were at the lowest closing level in the last 17 years.

The Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLU), which tracks the performance of the utility sector, fell 3.2% in January 2018.

The steep fall in utilities in the last couple of weeks seems to have aggravated utilities due to their record high valuations.

Dominion Resources (D) continues to look interesting from an investor’s perspective as the stock approaches multiyear highs.

Just a couple of weeks after withdrawing from the Hawaiian Electric deal, renewables giant NextEra Energy (NEE) announced its decision to buy Oncor on July 29.

Disney expects the equity loss from its investment in Hulu to accelerate since Hulu is increasing its investment in acquiring original content from media companies and producing original programming.

Disney’s Media Networks segment was the biggest contributor to its revenue at 44% with segment revenues of $23.3 billion in fiscal 2015.

Dominion Resources engages in all stages of the energy value chain, including power generation, transmission, and distribution.

Exelon (EXC) manages end-to-end operations in the power utilities segment through its subsidiaries.

AES Corporation is a global entity and operates through its six strategic business units, created based on the geographical areas they cater to.

The most important factor that affects electricity demand is household income. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (or EIA), between 1981 and 2001, household real disposable income increased by 49%—from $17,217 to $25,698.

Electricity comes from energy sources that are found in nature. These sources are called primary energy sources. They’re the first form of energy. Primary energy sources include coal, gas, oil, wind, and water.

While actively managed ETFs are more expensive than passively managed ETFs, they tend to be less expensive than mutual funds due to structural differences between these two products. In the case of mutual funds, the investor interacts with the company while buying and selling mutual fund units.