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Best Utility Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top utility stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best utility stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the utilities sector.

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 utility stocks to buy right now are:

Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) is the #1 top utility stock out of 109 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 Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 2 points higher than the utility sector average of 32. It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Genie Energy has seen its stock return 33.82% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 9 percentage points.

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) is the #2 top utility stock out of 109 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 Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) has a Due Diligence Score of 18, which is -14 points lower than the utility sector average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KEP as a "A".It passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Korea Electric Power has seen its stock return 93.38% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 69 percentage points.

Ugi (NYSE:UGI) is the #3 top utility stock out of 109 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 Ugi (NYSE:UGI) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Ugi (NYSE:UGI) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 16 points higher than the utility sector average of 32. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ugi has seen its stock return 54.86% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 30 percentage points.

Ugi has an average 1 year price target of $39.00, an upside of 7.44% from Ugi's current stock price of $36.30.

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

Out of 70 utility stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 utility stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Energy Co Of Minas Gerais (NYSE:CIG) has an annual dividend yield of 8.19%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 3.09%. Energy Co Of Minas Gerais's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% fourteen times in the last 10 years. Energy Co Of Minas Gerais's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Energy Co Of Minas Gerais's dividend payout ratio of 58.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) has an annual dividend yield of 5.31%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 3.09%. Clearway Energy's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Clearway Energy's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Clearway Energy's dividend payout ratio of 210.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) has an annual dividend yield of 5.26%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 3.09%. Suburban Propane Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Suburban Propane Partners's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Suburban Propane Partners's dividend payout ratio of 67.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Utility stocks were up 0.93% in the last day, and up 1.08% over the last week. Ge Vernova was the among the top gainers in the utilities sector, gaining 2.95% yesterday.

GE Vernova shares are trading higher after Citigroup raised its price target on the stock from $354 to $544.

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 utility stocks right now are:

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) is the most undervalued 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 57, which is 31 points higher than the utility sector average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Korea Electric Power's stock has gained 93.38% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 69 percentage points.

Central Puerto Sa (NYSE:CEPU) is the second most undervalued utility stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. 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 17 points higher than the utility sector average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Central Puerto Sa's stock has gained 26.8% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 2 percentage points.

Edenor (NYSE:EDN) is the third most undervalued utility stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Edenor has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the utility sector average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Edenor's stock has gained 52.5% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 28 percentage points.

40.51% of utility stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect utility stocks to rise by 4.85% over the next year.

3.03% of utility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.09% of utility stocks are rated B (Buy), 67.68% are rated C (Hold), 13.13% are rated D (Sell), and 7.07% are rated F (Strong Sell).