High Yield Large Cap Energy Utilities: Recent Performance and Dividend Growth, Part 2

Utilities are purveyors of necessities and usually at a government-regulated price and with restricted competition. Due to the government control of energy production and distribution and the growing need for power, energy utilities are generally considered reliable and predicable businesses. The regulated pricing for energy tends to make utility dividends reasonably secure and somewhat predictable, though this security means that the dividends are unlikely to grow at a rapid pace. Utilities are also generally far less volatile than the market and the demand for utilities only increases over time as technology advances into new realms and the population continues to grow. I previously identified the six largest energy utilities within in the S&P 500 that have a yield of over 4%. This article continues this energy utility dividend growth project, reviewing the dividends of seven additional large-cap energy utilities that yield at least 4%.... Read more