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Best Regulated Electric Utility Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top regulated electric utility stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best regulated electric utility stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Utilities - Regulated Ele...

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Utilities - Regulated Electric is Zen Rated F and is the 130th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
ENIC	ENEL CHILE SA	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$6.18B	$4.47	-1.32%	$1.08B	11.49x	1.42	Chile
AXIA	AXIA ENERGIA SA	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$24.59B	$12.45	-0.80%	$1.72B	24.51x	1.36	Brazil
GNE	GENIE ENERGY LTD	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$376.47M	$14.26	2.08%	$33.94M	15.67x	0.58	United States
CEPU	CENTRAL PUERTO SA	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$2.12B	$14.00	-0.78%	$615.14M	8.42x	0.41	Argentina
HE	HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$2.64B	$15.27	1.33%	$580.02M	21.51x	4.56	United States
PCG	PG&E CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$36.23B	$16.45	-1.02%	$10.46B	12.75x	3.26	United States
NGG	NATIONAL GRID PLC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$90.83B	$88.48	-1.18%	$17.23B	6.64x	1.82	United Kingdom
POR	PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$5.76B	$49.73	-4.24%	$1.11B	22.20x	2.21	United States
ES	EVERSOURCE ENERGY	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$26.69B	$71.07	0.52%	$4.64B	15.59x	2.94	United States
ED	CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$39.91B	$110.49	-0.90%	$6.15B	19.52x	2.08	United States
EIX	EDISON INTERNATIONAL	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$26.89B	$69.88	0.56%	$9.81B	7.57x	4.36	United States
D	DOMINION ENERGY INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$56.23B	$63.94	-0.87%	$8.33B	18.86x	2.91	United States
KEP	KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$19.43B	$15.13	-1.05%	$20.50B	3.36x	4.27	Republic Of Korea
EDN	EDENOR	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$1.08B	$23.75	-5.19%	$589.06M	6.02x	1.59	Argentina
FTS	FORTIS INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$29.01B	$57.18	-0.05%	$2.94B	22.87x	2.06	Canada
FE	FIRSTENERGY CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$27.14B	$46.92	-1.26%	$5.30B	25.50x	3.38	United States
DUK	DUKE ENERGY CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$100.01B	$128.60	-0.73%	$16.95B	20.38x	2.75	United States
PPL	PPL CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$27.80B	$37.60	0.43%	$3.70B	23.50x	2.04	United States
EXC	EXELON CORP	NASDAQ	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$47.56B	$46.50	1.11%	$9.06B	16.97x	3.05	United States
EVRG	EVERGY INC	NASDAQ	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$19.02B	$82.61	-0.28%	$2.66B	22.27x	2.32	United States
OGE	OGE ENERGY CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$9.94B	$48.18	-1.27%	$1.37B	21.32x	1.93	United States
AEP	AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC	NASDAQ	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$74.05B	$136.91	-0.15%	$9.12B	20.43x	N/A	United States
AEE	AMEREN CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$31.39B	$113.56	-0.08%	$3.98B	21.11x	2.61	United States
TXNM	TXNM ENERGY INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$6.55B	$59.20	0.24%	$839.73M	44.51x	2.49	United States
XEL	XCEL ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$51.55B	$82.58	-0.45%	$6.41B	23.66x	2.56	United States
MGEE	MGE ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$2.95B	$80.60	0.47%	$304.78M	21.67x	1.73	United States
SO	SOUTHERN CO	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$109.02B	$96.71	0.01%	$14.64B	24.55x	2.93	United States
NEE	NEXTERA ENERGY INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$202.17B	$96.95	-0.95%	$18.35B	24.48x	2.80	United States
DTE	DTE ENERGY CO	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$30.95B	$148.79	-1.91%	$4.28B	24.43x	3.47	United States
CMS	CMS ENERGY CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$23.49B	$76.03	-0.93%	$4.04B	20.94x	3.19	United States
PEG	PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$39.97B	$80.15	-1.85%	$4.64B	18.95x	2.39	United States
PNW	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$12.52B	$103.54	-0.17%	$2.11B	20.10x	2.36	United States
ETR	ENTERGY CORP	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$53.31B	$116.43	-1.26%	$6.24B	29.33x	3.37	United States
CNP	CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$28.36B	$43.35	-0.69%	$3.81B	26.60x	3.18	United States
EMA	EMERA INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$15.86B	$52.99	-0.80%	$2.40B	20.05x	2.25	Canada
WEC	WEC ENERGY GROUP INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$38.24B	$117.46	-0.41%	$4.05B	24.27x	2.78	United States
IDA	IDACORP INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$8.15B	$147.09	-0.44%	$811.42M	24.11x	1.91	United States
LNT	ALLIANT ENERGY CORP	NASDAQ	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$19.13B	$74.06	0.86%	$2.05B	23.22x	2.34	United States
NKLR	TERRA INNOVATUM GLOBAL NV	NASDAQ	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$442.90M	$6.30	0.64%	-$4.76M	N/A	-1.89	United States
IMSR	TERRESTRIAL ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$802.99M	$7.58	4.41%	-$22.03M	-19.44x	0.03	United States
OKLO	OKLO INC	NYSE	Utilities - Regulated Electric	$12.22B	$70.40	-2.90%	-$109.67M	-97.78x	0.04	United States

Regulated Electric Utility Stocks FAQ

What are the best regulated electric utility stocks to buy right now in May 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best regulated electric utility stocks to buy right now are:

1. Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC)

Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC) is the #1 top regulated electric utility stock out of 41 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is equal to the regulated electric utility industry average of 30.

ENIC passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Enel Chile Sa has seen its stock return 27.35% over the past year, overperforming other regulated electric utility stocks by 12 percentage points.

2. Axia Energia Sa (NYSE:AXIA)

Axia Energia Sa (NYSE:AXIA) is the #2 top regulated electric utility stock out of 41 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Axia Energia Sa (NYSE:AXIA) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Axia Energia Sa (NYSE:AXIA) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -17 points lower than the regulated electric utility industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AXIA as a "B".

AXIA passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Axia Energia Sa has seen its stock return 62.75% over the past year, overperforming other regulated electric utility stocks by 47 percentage points.

3. Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE)

Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) is the #3 top regulated electric utility stock out of 41 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 30 points higher than the regulated electric utility industry average of 30.

GNE passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Genie Energy has seen its stock lose -4.68% over the past year, underperforming other regulated electric utility stocks by -20 percentage points.

Genie Energy has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 12.2% from Genie Energy's current stock price of $14.26.

Genie Energy stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Genie Energy, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the regulated electric utility stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 32 regulated electric utility stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 regulated electric utility stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Portland General Electric Co (NYSE:POR)

Portland General Electric Co (NYSE:POR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.22%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the regulated electric utility industry average of 2.72%. Portland General Electric Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Portland General Electric Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Portland General Electric Co's dividend payout ratio of 93.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Dominion Energy (NYSE:D)

Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) has an annual dividend yield of 4.18%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the regulated electric utility industry average of 2.72%. Dominion Energy's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Dominion Energy's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Dominion Energy's dividend payout ratio of 78.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Firstenergy (NYSE:FE)

Firstenergy (NYSE:FE) has an annual dividend yield of 3.79%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the regulated electric utility industry average of 2.72%. Firstenergy's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Firstenergy's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Firstenergy's dividend payout ratio of 96.7% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are regulated electric utility stocks down?

Regulated electric utility stocks were down -0.66% in the last day, and up 1.03% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why regulated electric utility stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued regulated electric utility stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued regulated electric utility stocks right now are:

1. Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP)

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) is the most undervalued regulated electric utility stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Korea Electric Power has a valuation score of 71, which is 51 points higher than the regulated electric utility industry average of 20. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Korea Electric Power's stock has gained 67.37% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the regulated electric utility industry by 52 percentage points.

2. Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC)

Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC) is the second most undervalued regulated electric utility stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Enel Chile Sa has a valuation score of 71, which is 51 points higher than the regulated electric utility industry average of 20. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Enel Chile Sa's stock has gained 27.35% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the regulated electric utility industry by 12 percentage points.

3. Central Puerto Sa (NYSE:CEPU)

Central Puerto Sa (NYSE:CEPU) is the third most undervalued regulated electric utility stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Central Puerto Sa has a valuation score of 43, which is 23 points higher than the regulated electric utility industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Central Puerto Sa's stock has gained 35.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the regulated electric utility industry by 21 percentage points.

Are regulated electric utility stocks a good buy now?

36.36% of regulated electric utility stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect regulated electric utility stocks to rise by 5.06% over the next year.

2.44% of regulated electric utility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.32% of regulated electric utility stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.66% are rated C (Hold), 24.39% are rated D (Sell), and 12.2% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the utilities - regulated electric industry?

The average P/E ratio of the utilities - regulated electric industry is 19.55x.

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