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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 108 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 1 points higher than the utility sector average of 33. It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Genie Energy has seen its stock return 69.8% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 46 percentage points.

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) is the #2 top utility stock out of 108 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 21, which is -12 points lower than the utility sector average of 33. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KEP as a "A".It passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Korea Electric Power has seen its stock return 42.74% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 19 percentage points.

Ugi (NYSE:UGI) is the #3 top utility stock out of 108 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 44, which is 11 points higher than the utility sector average of 33. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ugi has seen its stock return 60.96% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 37 percentage points.

Ugi has an average 1 year price target of $39.00, an upside of 7.73% from Ugi's current stock price of $36.20.

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

Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the utility sector average of 3.07%. Enel Chile Sa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Enel Chile Sa's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Enel Chile Sa's dividend payout ratio of 232.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Brazilian Electric Power Co (NYSE:EBR) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the utility sector average of 3.07%. Brazilian Electric Power Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Brazilian Electric Power Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Brazilian Electric Power Co's dividend payout ratio of 10.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Energy Co Of Minas Gerais (NYSE:CIG) has an annual dividend yield of 9.56%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 3.07%. 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.

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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 71, which is 44 points higher than the utility sector average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Korea Electric Power's stock has gained 42.74% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 19 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 16 points higher than the utility sector average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Central Puerto Sa's stock has gained 28.44% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 5 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 16 points higher than the utility sector average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Edenor's stock has gained 65.62% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 42 percentage points.

44.3% of utility stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect utility stocks to rise by 6.76% over the next year.

3.03% of utility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.05% of utility stocks are rated B (Buy), 70.71% are rated C (Hold), 15.15% are rated D (Sell), and 6.06% are rated F (Strong Sell).