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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 64.95% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 36 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 18, which is -15 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 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Korea Electric Power has seen its stock return 88.31% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 60 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 48, which is 15 points higher than the utility sector average of 33. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ugi has seen its stock return 56.98% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 28 percentage points.

Ugi has an average 1 year price target of $39.00, an upside of 10.17% from Ugi's current stock price of $35.40.

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 7.7%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 3.11%. 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.

Edison International (NYSE:EIX) has an annual dividend yield of 6.13%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 3.11%. Edison International's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Edison International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Edison International's dividend payout ratio of 45.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) has an annual dividend yield of 5.3%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 3.11%. 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 1.19% in the last day, and up 0.84% over the last week. Digi Power X was the among the top gainers in the utilities sector, gaining 14.55% yesterday.

Digi Power X shares are trading higher after the company announced it entered into a debt $250,000 settlement agreement with NANO Nuclear Energy to issue 109,677 subordinate voting shares at C$3.19 per subordinate voting share.

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 30 points higher than the utility sector average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Korea Electric Power's stock has gained 88.31% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 60 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 33.9% 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 69.13% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 41 percentage points.

41.77% of utility stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect utility stocks to rise by 5.83% over the next year.

3% of utility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 8% of utility stocks are rated B (Buy), 67% are rated C (Hold), 17% are rated D (Sell), and 5% are rated F (Strong Sell).