Annual dividend growth rate target of 5% to 9%. Impressive double-digit revenue growth for a utility company. Attractive 1.09 price-to-book ratio relative to industry peers. Cons A payout ratio of ...

Utilities are usually considered defensive stocks. They tend to perform better than growth stocks during times of economic downturn because people need electricity, natural gas and water ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Utilities provide services to nearly every home and business in the United States, supplying them with electricity, natural gas and ...

To deliver all that, they favor utilities operating in favorable regulatory environments with steady cash flows. That means the majority of their focus is on domestic regulated electric and ...

Fidelity Select Utilities Portfolio earns a High Process Pillar rating. The most important driver of the rating is the fund's excellent long-term risk-adjusted performance. This can be seen in its ...

Nastasic / Getty Images Economic utility is the total amount of satisfaction someone experiences when they consume a particular product or service. There are four types of economic utility ...

Ten Woodstock residents have sued Erin Moran and the township seeking to resolve a dispute over ownership of 28 acres of Yankeetown Pond. They seek $10 million in damages and injunctive relief to stop ...

The development of AI models and natural language processing is leading to an explosive demand for power, and the utilities industry is stepping up to the challenge. Four experts shared AI use ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. In economics, the law of diminishing marginal utility states that the added benefit of consuming more of a product or service ...

Utility Warehouse (UW) has more than 1 million customers across the services it sells, all of which are bundled into one bill. To get the cheapest prices, customers must buy multiple utilities in a ...