Monday, June 23, 2014

69 Largest US Utilities Companies Stock Prices Up Nicely in Most Recent Four Months

I found 69 US Utilities Companies classified in the Utilities Sector at Yahoo's superb Finance website with current Total Market Capitalizations of at least $100 mil and which also had their common stocks trading on each of the following three dates:
  • On December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term
  • On March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was their lowest point due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and 
  • also on February 14, 2014
The historical common stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 69 largest US Utilities Companies had their average stock prices decline by a huge 40% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.

But in the five years and three since March 6, 2009 through June 20, 2014, the equal-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 69 largest US Utilities Companies have increased by a very respectable 129%.  This 129% increase excludes the substantial common stock cash dividends received by Utilities Companies' investors during the past five years and three months.

67 of these 69 US Utilities Companies had their stock market prices increase since March 6, 2009.  And 45 of these 69, or 65% of them, had their stock market prices more than double since March 6, 2009.

These 69 US Utilities Companies had their average stock market prices increase very nicely in the most recent four months.  To illustrate this point, the average stock market prices of these same 69 Utilities Companies had increased by a lower 112% in the slightly less than five years from March 6, 2009 through February 14, 2014, the last time I did this study, as compared with a much higher 129% increase in the five years and three months from March 6, 2009 through June 20, 2014.

This very strong stock market performance since March 6, 2009 was consistent throughout the Utilities Sub-Sectors.....Diversified Utilities (up 127%), Electric Utilities (up 134%) and Gas Utilities (up 122%), as you can see in the chart below.

Clearly, a huge majority of the investors in and employees of these 69 largest US Utilities Companies must be very pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration supported by both the Democratically controlled US Senate and the Democratically controlled US House (at the time) and the Quantitative Easing US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state after the horrible 2008 financial meltdown.

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 69 largest US Utilities Companies on June 20, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on  December 31, 2007, along with the related Stock Market Price Percentage Changes:






Market Market






Price Price






% %






Change Change



Market Market Market 3-6-09 12-31-07



Price Price Price to to
Utilities Company HQs
6-20-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 6-20-14 3-6-09
Diversified Utilities Company

 $   $   $ 
NISource Merrillville IN      38.52        8.17      18.89 371% -57%
PNM Resources Albuquerque NM      28.78        6.20      21.45 364% -71%
CenterPoint Energy Houston TX      24.58        8.88      17.13 177% -48%
Northwestern Corp Sioux Falls SD      50.99      19.12      29.50 167% -35%
MDU Resources Group Bismarck ND      33.67      13.21      27.61 155% -52%
Avista Spokane WA      32.55      13.08      21.54 149% -39%
Westar Energy Topeka KS      37.22      15.58      25.94 139% -40%
UGI Corp King of Prussia PA      49.28      21.77      27.25 126% -20%
Vectren Evansville IN      41.40      18.63      29.01 122% -36%
MGE Energy Madison WI      38.94      18.75      23.65 108% -21%
ALLETE Duluth MN      49.37      24.11      39.58 105% -39%
NRG Energy Princeton NJ      37.24      18.34      43.34 103% -58%
Duke Energy Charlotte NC      72.32      36.45      60.51 98% -40%
Ameren St Louis MO      39.76      20.97      54.21 90% -61%
Unitil Hampton NH      34.27      19.32      28.51 77% -32%
Otter Tail Corp Fergus Falls MN      29.58      16.77      34.60 76% -52%
Public Service Enterprise Group Newark NJ      39.69      24.57      49.12 62% -50%
Southern Company Atlanta GA      44.25      28.05      38.75 58% -28%
FuelCell Energy Danbury CT        2.43        2.13        9.92 14% -79%
Exelon Chicago IL      36.76      44.65      81.64 -18% -45%








Average % Change all 20 Diversified Utilities



127% -45%








Electric Utilities Company






Black Hills Rapid City SD      60.28      15.11      44.10 299% -66%
OGE Energy Oklahoma City OK      37.42      10.22      18.15 266% -44%
DTE Energy Detroit MI      77.63      24.05      43.96 223% -45%
ITC Holdings Novi MI      34.88      11.09      18.81 214% -41%
El Paso Electruc El Paso TX      38.83      12.44      25.57 212% -51%
The AES Corp Arlington VA      15.26        5.11      21.39 199% -76%
Alliant Energy Madison WI      59.41      20.94      40.69 184% -49%
CMS Energy Jackson MI      30.62      10.87      17.38 182% -37%
Cleco Pineville LA      57.60      20.86      27.80 176% -25%
Pepco Holdings Washington DC      27.45      10.36      29.33 165% -65%
IdaCorp Boise ID      57.43      21.76      35.22 164% -38%
Dominion Resources Richmond VA      70.38      28.12      47.45 150% -41%
Wisconsin Energy Milwaukee WI      46.89      18.79      24.36 150% -23%
Edison Intl Rosemead CA      57.59      23.73      53.37 143% -56%
UNS Energy Tucson AZ      60.33      24.97      31.55 142% -21%
Pinnacle West Capital Phoenix AZ      56.15      23.51      42.41 139% -45%
NextEra Energy Juno Beach FL      99.99      42.82      67.78 134% -37%
Great Plains Energy Kansas City MO      26.08      11.61      29.32 125% -60%
American Electric Power Columbus OH      54.48      24.81      46.56 120% -47%
UIL Holdings New Haven CT      37.43      17.57      36.95 113% -52%
Portland General Electric Portland OR      33.90      16.10      27.78 111% -42%
Hawaiian Electric Industries Honolulu HI      25.49      12.45      22.77 105% -45%
Empire District Electric Joplin MO      25.22      12.53      22.78 101% -45%
TECO Energy Tampa FL      17.97        9.27      17.21 94% -46%
SCANA Cayce SC      52.69      27.35      42.15 93% -35%
Xcel Energy Minneapolis MN      31.59      16.57      22.57 91% -27%
Consolidated Edison New York NY      56.74      33.94      48.85 67% -31%
PPL Corp Allentown PA      34.62      24.94      52.09 39% -52%
PG&E San Francisco CA      48.19      36.69      43.09 31% -15%
Entergy New Orleans LA      80.83      63.52     119.52 27% -47%
Ormat Technologies Reno NV      29.09      23.29      55.01 25% -58%
FirstEnergy Akron OH      34.81      37.54      72.34 -7% -48%








Average % Change all 32 Electric Utilities



134% -44%








Gas Utilities Company






EQT Corp Pittsburgh PA     109.53      28.57      53.28 283% -46%
Southwest Gas Las Vegas NV      52.06      17.53      29.77 197% -41%
Chesapeake Utilities Dover DE      70.01      23.74      31.85 195% -25%
Integrys Energy Group Chicago IL      60.95      21.01      51.69 190% -59%
Questar Salt Lake City UT      23.87        8.27      17.43 189% -53%
Sempra San Diego CA     103.96      38.22      61.88 172% -38%
Atmos Energy Dallas TX      52.67      20.73      28.04 154% -26%
Clean Energy Fuels Seal Beach CA      11.16        4.98      15.14 124% -67%
AGL Resources Atlanta GA      54.44      24.70      37.64 120% -34%
Delta Natural Gas Winchester KY      20.26        9.60      12.63 111% -24%
New Jersey Resources Wall NJ      55.90      31.50      33.35 77% -6%
South Jersey Industries Folsom NJ      59.10      33.31      36.09 77% -8%
Piedmont Natural Gas Charlotte NC      36.76      22.68      26.16 62% -13%
WGL Holdings Washington DC      42.75      29.84      32.76 43% -9%
Laclede Group St Louis MO      47.96      37.26      34.24 29% 9%
Gas Natural Great Falls MT      10.32        8.15        6.28 27% 30%
Northwest Natural Gas Portland OR      46.19      39.11      48.66 18% -20%








Average % Change all 17 Gas Utilities



122% -25%








Average % Change all 69 Utilities




129% -40%