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Best Utility Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top utility stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best utility stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the utilities sector.

Sector: Utilities

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Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
MNTK	MONTAUK RENEWABLES INC	$3.61	3.74%	-11.95%	-10.64%	-52.69%	-63.31%	-47.98%	-62.67%	N/A	N/A	$10.95	$3.38	67.03%	6.80%	1.14	288,989	-0.02%
CWCO	CONSOLIDATED WATER CO LTD	$24.25	-0.82%	-0.53%	-15.77%	-27.20%	-15.86%	41.73%	92.46%	92.31%	99.10%	$38.29	$16.50	36.67%	46.96%	0.73	133,245	-71.56%
OPAL	OPAL FUELS INC	$4.53	-3.31%	-4.63%	-8.67%	-9.58%	-29.33%	-40.08%	-55.59%	N/A	N/A	$8.46	$4.43	46.45%	2.26%	0.38	76,774	44.09%
ENLT	ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD	$16.98	3.41%	5.20%	-3.90%	-1.57%	38.61%	4.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20.44	$12.11	16.93%	40.21%	0.86	9,267	-4.87%
OTTR	OTTER TAIL CORP	$84.28	0.04%	1.52%	4.04%	-3.70%	19.97%	14.62%	78.67%	68.12%	181.31%	$99.49	$68.96	15.29%	22.22%	0.97	115,692	-39.08%
EVRG	EVERGY INC	$52.26	0.97%	3.71%	1.22%	4.81%	8.15%	-17.17%	-18.62%	-7.36%	N/A	$63.84	$46.92	18.14%	11.39%	0.77	1,461,086	-22.99%
CEPU	CENTRAL PUERTO SA	$10.21	11.83%	7.47%	6.13%	9.90%	69.60%	72.47%	379.34%	23.01%	N/A	$11.60	$5.30	11.96%	92.64%	1.01	602,359	113.92%
ENIC	ENEL CHILE SA	$3.03	3.77%	4.12%	3.41%	6.32%	9.39%	13.48%	-22.70%	-40.70%	N/A	$3.90	$2.60	22.21%	16.54%	0.67	420,987	143.46%
NEP	NEXTERA ENERGY PARTNERS LP	$27.46	1.18%	1.44%	-2.83%	1.82%	22.48%	-56.89%	-62.18%	-41.49%	N/A	$64.43	$20.17	57.38%	36.14%	0.93	1,151,327	53.01%
CIG	ENERGY CO OF MINAS GERAIS	$2.47	-0.40%	0.41%	2.07%	10.27%	5.56%	1.65%	48.53%	2.70%	-48.87%	$2.75	$2.11	10.18%	17.06%	1.03	1,681,534	29.21%
RNW	RENEW ENERGY GLOBAL PLC	$5.66	0.18%	5.20%	-7.97%	-14.89%	3.10%	5.20%	-43.40%	N/A	N/A	$7.79	$4.78	27.34%	18.41%	1.09	573,787	-58.52%
AVA	AVISTA CORP	$35.35	0.77%	4.46%	4.99%	3.82%	13.67%	-20.90%	-24.82%	-15.21%	13.01%	$44.83	$30.53	21.15%	15.79%	0.71	432,739	5.78%
MGEE	MGE ENERGY INC	$77.40	-0.45%	3.21%	0.45%	12.73%	10.54%	-0.33%	3.14%	17.79%	99.02%	$83.27	$61.94	7.05%	24.96%	0.81	145,720	-17.04%
ATO	ATMOS ENERGY CORP	$118.08	0.75%	4.44%	1.30%	4.37%	9.55%	1.60%	14.20%	19.19%	135.97%	$125.28	$101.00	5.75%	16.91%	0.66	588,131	-46.93%
ETR	ENTERGY CORP	$107.45	0.64%	5.04%	4.15%	9.26%	18.18%	-1.45%	0.80%	14.75%	51.30%	$109.53	$87.10	1.90%	23.36%	0.78	2,806,240	32.46%
ALE	ALLETE INC	$59.96	0.42%	3.77%	2.44%	1.04%	14.43%	-6.00%	-15.29%	-24.54%	15.75%	$64.24	$49.29	6.66%	21.65%	0.82	175,003	-27.86%
NFE	NEW FORTRESS ENERGY INC	$28.14	0.29%	0.57%	-6.39%	-14.75%	-11.23%	-7.89%	-33.85%	133.92%	N/A	$40.04	$25.06	29.72%	12.29%	1.08	1,554,041	84.84%
ED	CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC	$92.73	1.05%	3.82%	4.66%	3.96%	7.09%	-7.12%	18.72%	10.58%	63.11%	$100.92	$80.46	8.12%	15.25%	0.52	1,795,838	-75.72%
VST	VISTRA CORP	$66.72	1.61%	-2.20%	-3.43%	66.93%	109.22%	182.11%	283.01%	154.66%	N/A	$75.89	$22.67	12.08%	194.31%	0.88	4,474,617	-40.21%
FTS	FORTIS INC	$39.01	1.40%	3.92%	-1.29%	-2.86%	-0.76%	-11.54%	-12.59%	4.95%	N/A	$46.28	$36.30	15.71%	7.47%	0.65	426,163	-11.34%
SRE	SEMPRA	$71.13	1.50%	4.43%	1.95%	-0.79%	4.39%	-9.88%	3.50%	13.46%	47.18%	$79.38	$63.75	10.39%	11.58%	0.79	3,295,442	6.16%
WTRG	ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC	$35.90	1.30%	3.88%	-1.99%	-4.42%	10.06%	-17.05%	-25.02%	-4.37%	41.84%	$44.05	$32.07	18.50%	11.94%	0.85	1,740,130	-46.87%
NGG	NATIONAL GRID PLC	$65.85	0.72%	2.08%	-3.16%	-0.80%	11.84%	-7.36%	3.93%	23.89%	-13.85%	$74.48	$56.41	11.59%	16.74%	0.62	451,421	-7.66%
ARIS	ARIS WATER SOLUTIONS INC	$14.06	0.93%	-0.07%	4.23%	74.44%	69.40%	96.37%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.31	$6.69	8.16%	110.10%	1.01	274,314	-20.97%
SWX	SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS INC	$74.25	1.05%	2.70%	3.54%	22.93%	29.94%	28.91%	3.24%	-9.09%	36.01%	$76.75	$53.79	3.26%	38.04%	0.79	409,255	-38.65%
YORW	YORK WATER CO	$35.42	1.00%	4.15%	-0.06%	-3.12%	0.28%	-19.13%	-31.09%	8.68%	71.28%	$45.61	$33.32	22.34%	6.30%	0.83	65,618	11.45%
EE	EXCELERATE ENERGY INC	$16.91	4.13%	10.52%	6.62%	9.38%	9.81%	-21.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$22.42	$13.38	24.58%	26.38%	0.95	343,486	52.38%
BKH	BLACK HILLS CORP	$54.32	0.59%	4.46%	3.96%	7.35%	12.79%	-16.62%	-22.24%	-23.29%	-6.68%	$66.85	$46.43	18.74%	16.99%	0.86	338,665	-34.76%
D	DOMINION ENERGY INC	$50.63	1.59%	5.66%	4.78%	12.34%	28.08%	-11.98%	-36.25%	-32.22%	-28.56%	$57.90	$39.18	12.56%	29.22%	0.69	4,239,050	3.19%
OGE	OGE ENERGY CORP	$34.04	-0.03%	3.59%	0.98%	3.97%	2.53%	-10.26%	3.34%	-17.74%	-7.75%	$38.04	$31.25	10.52%	8.95%	0.73	2,222,086	56.08%
PAM	PAMPA ENERGY INC	$46.25	7.36%	8.95%	5.88%	-3.91%	17.48%	33.02%	226.16%	96.56%	599.70%	$52.17	$32.10	11.34%	44.08%	0.96	386,831	67.36%
AES	AES CORP	$16.70	1.83%	3.34%	2.83%	-0.48%	19.29%	-30.88%	-41.03%	-5.60%	18.10%	$24.20	$11.43	30.99%	46.11%	1.12	6,511,212	-8.05%
PEG	PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC	$66.71	1.48%	2.32%	2.58%	14.96%	12.76%	3.91%	6.02%	14.15%	70.05%	$67.51	$53.71	1.19%	24.20%	0.71	2,645,221	-10.48%
FE	FIRSTENERGY CORP	$38.21	0.10%	2.17%	0.00%	4.14%	9.20%	-6.46%	5.12%	-5.86%	14.26%	$41.17	$32.18	7.18%	18.74%	0.76	2,378,774	-12.22%
XEL	XCEL ENERGY INC	$54.96	0.44%	3.37%	5.15%	-6.74%	-5.32%	-22.62%	-22.72%	0.33%	75.48%	$71.32	$46.79	22.94%	17.46%	0.65	3,870,176	-13.56%
AWR	AMERICAN STATES WATER CO	$68.97	-0.40%	2.01%	-3.04%	-11.30%	-10.02%	-24.13%	-15.50%	0.61%	117.64%	$92.85	$66.03	25.72%	4.45%	0.70	260,768	-37.53%
EIX	EDISON INTERNATIONAL	$70.66	1.04%	4.10%	1.58%	4.45%	14.26%	-4.09%	18.80%	12.12%	25.60%	$74.92	$58.82	5.69%	20.13%	0.79	1,436,406	7.01%
ORA	ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$64.57	1.29%	5.90%	-2.62%	-4.11%	-0.66%	-26.93%	-14.82%	12.65%	135.92%	$88.64	$58.73	27.15%	9.94%	0.86	413,569	-66.67%
VIA	VIA RENEWABLES INC	$10.86	-0.18%	0.56%	-0.82%	2.26%	99.27%	-0.09%	-78.83%	-76.88%	N/A	$13.31	$5.22	18.41%	108.25%	0.85	6,467	-31.90%
CMS	CMS ENERGY CORP	$60.00	0.76%	4.15%	1.75%	6.03%	14.05%	-3.63%	-6.99%	12.02%	102.02%	$63.76	$49.87	5.90%	20.31%	0.60	3,419,264	96.08%
SR	SPIRE INC	$61.38	0.77%	5.12%	2.69%	2.01%	8.60%	-11.85%	-19.98%	-24.14%	31.46%	$70.24	$53.77	12.61%	14.15%	0.75	225,785	-52.64%
NEE	NEXTERA ENERGY INC	$65.31	1.57%	4.08%	5.71%	14.88%	26.77%	-17.37%	-16.61%	37.22%	171.14%	$79.25	$47.15	17.59%	38.53%	0.80	14,338,372	8.52%
OGS	ONE GAS INC	$64.64	0.39%	4.31%	3.57%	7.20%	-1.13%	-19.83%	-20.35%	-24.92%	80.31%	$83.89	$55.50	22.95%	16.47%	0.79	312,578	-38.20%
AQN	ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP	$6.07	2.36%	4.30%	-0.82%	2.19%	19.72%	-28.92%	-62.85%	-47.17%	-13.04%	$9.14	$4.90	33.59%	23.88%	0.81	4,145,192	-13.37%
EXC	EXELON CORP	$37.67	0.32%	3.86%	2.64%	8.06%	-1.90%	-13.30%	-16.44%	-23.87%	4.96%	$43.71	$33.35	13.82%	12.97%	0.87	5,174,355	-15.46%
LNT	ALLIANT ENERGY CORP	$49.89	0.14%	3.94%	2.51%	2.95%	2.87%	-10.17%	-12.24%	8.60%	73.32%	$56.26	$45.15	11.32%	10.49%	0.64	1,457,349	5.42%
IDA	IDACORP INC	$94.34	0.47%	4.54%	4.92%	1.38%	0.92%	-16.05%	-7.20%	-2.10%	71.34%	$112.96	$86.43	16.48%	9.15%	0.68	178,862	-28.27%
PNW	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP	$74.70	0.40%	3.59%	2.31%	7.64%	2.23%	-7.69%	-11.56%	-20.18%	34.35%	$86.03	$65.20	13.17%	14.57%	0.72	626,034	-9.22%
SO	SOUTHERN CO	$72.98	1.15%	6.71%	4.56%	6.04%	11.54%	-1.51%	12.10%	40.54%	60.96%	$75.80	$61.56	3.72%	18.55%	0.71	5,362,014	-17.04%
POR	PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO	$43.29	1.14%	5.92%	6.29%	7.96%	10.01%	-14.95%	-14.56%	-13.54%	33.16%	$51.58	$38.01	16.07%	13.89%	0.76	1,060,506	17.88%
SBS	COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO-SABESP	$16.01	3.36%	3.16%	0.06%	5.26%	31.77%	65.05%	103.17%	51.04%	67.12%	$17.14	$8.75	6.59%	82.97%	1.13	2,844,200	-36.05%
AGR	AVANGRID INC	$37.05	0.49%	3.09%	3.46%	19.44%	26.19%	-9.61%	-28.61%	-28.80%	N/A	$41.22	$27.46	10.12%	34.92%	0.66	672,682	-50.77%
TAC	TRANSALTA CORP	$6.49	0.62%	6.39%	0.46%	-13.93%	-16.47%	-26.25%	-34.25%	-8.07%	-44.58%	$10.40	$5.94	37.60%	9.26%	0.83	919,004	-9.99%
FLNC	FLUENCE ENERGY INC	$15.69	3.91%	-0.25%	-0.19%	-25.68%	-12.71%	-22.52%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$31.32	$13.03	49.90%	20.41%	2.29	1,154,047	-5.73%
ADN	ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC	$0.17	-0.60%	1.23%	-8.33%	5.77%	-54.17%	-78.57%	-98.64%	-98.33%	N/A	$1.13	$0.15	85.40%	7.84%	0.23	378,068	-0.27%
NRGV	ENERGY VAULT HOLDINGS INC	$1.20	11.11%	3.45%	-27.71%	-32.58%	-39.09%	-30.64%	-87.73%	N/A	N/A	$3.55	$1.05	66.20%	14.29%	1.30	1,189,799	78.04%
MSEX	MIDDLESEX WATER CO	$48.02	0.04%	1.33%	-5.81%	-19.28%	-25.77%	-38.73%	-42.95%	-10.73%	127.48%	$84.38	$45.42	43.09%	5.72%	0.77	91,708	-59.67%
DUK	DUKE ENERGY CORP	$98.12	-0.12%	4.24%	3.71%	3.22%	13.66%	-0.79%	-1.96%	10.58%	34.80%	$100.39	$83.06	2.26%	18.13%	0.66	2,856,051	-29.24%
ARTNA	ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP	$34.84	-0.09%	1.13%	-1.83%	-7.86%	-11.28%	-38.10%	-12.66%	0.99%	54.64%	$57.69	$33.42	39.61%	4.25%	0.48	28,839	-32.50%
PCG	PG&E CORP	$16.95	0.59%	4.05%	3.29%	1.74%	7.69%	-1.11%	54.23%	-20.79%	-62.07%	$18.32	$14.71	7.48%	15.23%	1.01	8,712,394	-15.38%
AEE	AMEREN CORP	$74.38	0.68%	3.91%	3.77%	8.03%	-0.93%	-18.01%	-12.30%	5.47%	82.84%	$91.18	$67.03	18.43%	10.97%	0.68	1,475,189	16.50%
GNE	GENIE ENERGY LTD	$16.10	1.26%	5.64%	6.98%	-20.49%	-15.04%	1.19%	178.55%	89.86%	82.75%	$30.90	$12.95	47.90%	24.32%	0.60	100,584	-23.67%
AWK	AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY INC	$119.26	0.62%	2.83%	1.28%	-5.99%	3.26%	-21.29%	-26.12%	13.66%	159.20%	$152.99	$113.34	22.05%	5.22%	0.75	1,183,165	-36.87%
RGCO	RGC RESOURCES INC	$19.40	0.88%	-1.77%	-1.77%	1.94%	20.35%	-7.49%	-13.97%	-27.88%	49.38%	$22.53	$15.36	13.89%	26.30%	0.50	9,925	-17.08%
NI	NISOURCE INC	$27.91	1.20%	4.06%	2.99%	9.07%	13.09%	-2.17%	7.76%	2.20%	-22.10%	$28.95	$22.86	3.59%	22.09%	0.74	3,110,883	-24.60%
UTL	UNITIL CORP	$50.17	-0.04%	2.72%	-2.24%	2.10%	11.99%	-14.68%	0.34%	-6.45%	52.96%	$59.22	$41.43	15.28%	21.10%	0.74	46,365	-20.87%
PPL	PPL CORP	$27.37	1.30%	3.56%	1.07%	6.04%	15.58%	-4.53%	-5.46%	-11.25%	-16.91%	$29.04	$22.20	5.73%	23.29%	0.80	5,083,917	3.93%
PCYO	PURE CYCLE CORP	$9.64	1.15%	1.47%	1.90%	-7.57%	1.80%	-0.82%	-38.79%	-6.04%	67.07%	$13.07	$9.10	26.24%	5.93%	0.84	40,958	2.84%
AMPS	ALTUS POWER INC	$3.62	-4.23%	-8.35%	-24.43%	-36.49%	-29.02%	-25.21%	-63.69%	N/A	N/A	$7.28	$3.61	50.27%	0.28%	1.14	1,101,393	-35.38%
NJR	NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP	$43.53	0.39%	4.69%	3.52%	3.20%	4.99%	-18.15%	2.74%	-10.25%	78.73%	$53.55	$38.92	18.71%	11.84%	0.89	499,695	13.36%
CWT	CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP	$45.45	-0.74%	2.39%	-1.67%	-4.84%	-2.86%	-21.66%	-25.92%	-8.14%	95.99%	$58.72	$43.50	22.59%	4.48%	0.72	396,987	-44.11%
SJW	SJW GROUP	$54.09	-0.33%	2.50%	-3.13%	-13.86%	-5.68%	-31.46%	-21.20%	-10.77%	86.45%	$79.41	$51.37	31.89%	5.31%	0.82	124,505	-63.30%
DTE	DTE ENERGY CO	$110.12	1.43%	4.36%	1.14%	5.99%	14.74%	-3.69%	-20.30%	-10.27%	43.95%	$116.73	$90.14	5.66%	22.17%	0.78	1,119,569	14.49%
CWEN	CLEARWAY ENERGY INC	$23.06	1.18%	2.53%	8.06%	-7.69%	10.44%	-26.26%	-19.60%	45.86%	7.76%	$31.72	$18.59	27.30%	24.05%	0.85	608,624	-62.05%
CNP	CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC	$28.78	0.88%	5.04%	3.41%	4.77%	7.39%	-6.59%	19.07%	-5.58%	17.23%	$31.44	$25.42	8.45%	13.22%	0.93	2,817,964	-15.57%
GWRS	GLOBAL WATER RESOURCES INC	$12.20	-1.93%	1.58%	-0.08%	-2.40%	29.51%	9.91%	-28.07%	25.64%	N/A	$13.43	$9.34	9.16%	30.62%	0.86	11,887	-29.69%
AEP	AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC	$84.90	0.83%	4.93%	2.35%	9.89%	15.75%	-9.91%	-3.47%	2.38%	64.31%	$94.73	$69.38	10.37%	22.37%	0.59	2,400,146	-55.60%
AY	ATLANTICA SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLC	$18.51	0.65%	6.32%	1.87%	-5.08%	10.38%	-33.94%	-51.52%	-7.96%	N/A	$28.25	$16.35	34.48%	13.21%	0.87	2,015,184	277.74%
CPK	CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP	$105.72	0.87%	5.19%	0.83%	3.64%	18.55%	-17.40%	-12.22%	17.01%	153.73%	$132.91	$83.80	20.46%	26.17%	0.78	54,399	-35.62%
NWE	NORTHWESTERN ENERGY GROUP INC	$50.40	0.54%	4.00%	2.61%	5.29%	7.72%	-15.41%	-27.18%	-25.40%	5.51%	$60.56	$45.97	16.78%	9.64%	0.81	255,959	-4.98%
BEP	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS LP	$21.06	1.40%	2.68%	-8.43%	-17.96%	-5.48%	-33.31%	-47.70%	-0.32%	10.61%	$32.76	$19.92	35.71%	5.72%	0.85	357,722	-64.26%
KEN	KENON HOLDINGS LTD	$21.45	1.56%	9.10%	-15.02%	-8.53%	10.85%	-19.27%	-36.39%	7.25%	N/A	$30.65	$17.64	30.02%	21.60%	0.70	14,669	-15.63%
WEC	WEC ENERGY GROUP INC	$81.97	0.50%	3.90%	2.45%	3.13%	1.79%	-16.14%	-15.63%	7.32%	72.50%	$98.80	$75.13	17.03%	9.11%	0.58	1,642,572	-21.99%
NRG	NRG ENERGY INC	$70.39	0.60%	-3.51%	4.79%	33.59%	73.20%	101.11%	89.99%	72.14%	117.59%	$76.54	$30.52	8.04%	130.64%	0.94	2,709,188	-32.04%
SPH	SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS LP	$19.67	1.29%	5.19%	-4.61%	10.13%	18.64%	26.33%	33.81%	-15.29%	-54.66%	$22.33	$14.42	11.91%	36.41%	0.70	250,566	163.19%
WAVE	ECO WAVE POWER GLOBAL AB (PUBL)	$3.70	-9.76%	-6.33%	230.36%	164.10%	51.76%	33.57%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.94	$1.01	25.10%	266.34%	0.32	117,359	-58.88%
PNM	PNM RESOURCES INC	$36.69	0.22%	1.47%	-1.29%	0.36%	-17.33%	-24.83%	-26.27%	-17.62%	34.10%	$48.93	$34.63	25.01%	5.96%	0.68	333,897	-60.05%
NWN	NORTHWEST NATURAL HOLDING CO	$38.00	0.85%	6.35%	5.88%	-1.99%	-0.50%	-20.32%	-31.79%	-41.09%	-15.18%	$48.37	$34.95	21.44%	8.73%	0.80	231,867	-28.79%
UGI	UGI CORP	$25.48	-1.01%	8.33%	6.08%	12.30%	25.77%	-25.99%	-42.16%	-51.66%	-17.22%	$35.14	$20.19	27.49%	26.20%	0.91	2,621,262	-66.41%
ELLO	ELLOMAY CAPITAL LTD	$15.21	1.91%	-6.60%	-4.73%	-3.46%	38.23%	18.33%	-49.49%	76.39%	57.56%	$20.26	$10.00	24.95%	52.05%	0.64	14,315	18,986.67%
CREG	SMART POWERR CORP	$1.18	-0.84%	-4.07%	2.61%	-22.88%	1.20%	-21.85%	-85.25%	-83.14%	-99.67%	$2.20	$1.00	46.36%	18.00%	0.69	8,353	-33.93%
BIP	BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS LP	$27.76	2.21%	9.33%	-5.61%	-9.37%	20.70%	-21.43%	-22.82%	0.73%	59.87%	$37.32	$21.03	25.62%	32.01%	0.97	451,512	-3.18%
CDZI	CADIZ INC	$2.25	0.00%	0.00%	-14.12%	-17.88%	-16.97%	-47.55%	-80.69%	-77.02%	-64.84%	$5.80	$2.12	61.23%	6.13%	0.67	317,370	23.41%
CEG	CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP	$183.22	1.28%	-1.18%	2.79%	56.32%	63.43%	137.06%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$198.83	$74.91	7.85%	144.59%	0.91	2,319,904	-32.04%
ELP	ENERGY CO OF PARANA	$7.34	0.41%	2.80%	-8.36%	-6.97%	-10.49%	-1.74%	27.65%	51.34%	-1.48%	$10.64	$6.91	31.02%	6.22%	0.92	262,373	-52.32%
EDN	EDENOR	$17.40	7.81%	6.75%	-5.95%	-14.24%	50.65%	94.41%	378.02%	-1.81%	95.73%	$21.80	$8.27	20.18%	110.40%	0.88	75,302	7.49%
ES	EVERSOURCE ENERGY	$60.30	1.02%	3.54%	4.16%	14.25%	14.94%	-24.00%	-31.65%	-13.84%	31.63%	$79.92	$52.03	24.55%	15.89%	0.71	1,551,963	-32.96%
VGAS	VERDE CLEAN FUELS INC	$4.59	-0.22%	1.10%	31.14%	94.49%	23.72%	-10.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.30	$1.95	74.92%	135.38%	-0.01	11,344	632.82%
BNRG	BRENMILLER ENERGY LTD	$2.23	5.09%	-9.28%	-13.30%	-61.49%	-67.68%	-80.97%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.78	$2.00	83.82%	11.50%	0.45	6,016	151.93%
BEPC	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORP	$22.89	2.46%	3.95%	-5.57%	-19.43%	-4.03%	-33.03%	-46.87%	N/A	N/A	$36.16	$21.35	36.70%	7.21%	0.84	758,748	-23.44%

Utility Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Utilities - Diversified	12	+0.70%	+3.62%	+1.69%	-11.00%	41.94x	1.58x	+9.87%	+3.14%	+6.75%	+8.81%	Buy
Utilities - Independent Power Producers	5	+2.43%	+0.92%	-0.16%	+64.07%	-10.97x	3.39x	+13.43%	+2.72%	+8.67%	+1.30%	Buy
Utilities - Regulated Electric	42	+0.87%	+3.95%	+2.53%	-10.63%	16.49x	1.64x	+10.80%	+2.92%	+5.33%	+2.10%	Buy
Utilities - Regulated Gas	15	+0.73%	+4.38%	+1.24%	-9.79%	14.95x	1.74x	+8.16%	+2.67%	+5.70%	+5.08%	Hold
Utilities - Regulated Water	14	+0.20%	+2.25%	-2.20%	-21.18%	22.90x	2.08x	+9.69%	+3.65%	+7.28%	+15.36%	Buy
Utilities - Renewable	21	+1.46%	+1.33%	+0.33%	-3.25%	31.23x	2.54x	+8.28%	+1.97%	+4.63%	+18.37%	Buy

Utility Stocks FAQ

What are the best utility stocks to buy right now in Apr 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best utility stocks to buy right now are:

1. Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK)

Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) is the top utility stock with a Zen Score of 69, which is 36 points higher than the utility sector average of 33. It passed 22 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Montauk Renewables has seen its stock lose -47.98% over the past year, underperforming other utility stocks by -39 percentage points.

Montauk Renewables has an average 1 year price target of $7.50, an upside of 107.76% from Montauk Renewables's current stock price of $3.61.

Montauk Renewables stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Montauk Renewables, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Consolidated Water Co (NASDAQ:CWCO)

Consolidated Water Co (NASDAQ:CWCO) is the second best utility stock with a Zen Score of 61, which is 28 points higher than the utility sector average of 33. It passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Consolidated Water Co has seen its stock return 41.73% over the past year, overperforming other utility stocks by 51 percentage points.

3. Opal Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL)

Opal Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) is the third best utility stock with a Zen Score of 53, which is 20 points higher than the utility sector average of 33. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Opal Fuels has seen its stock lose -40.08% over the past year, underperforming other utility stocks by -31 percentage points.

Opal Fuels has an average 1 year price target of $8.67, an upside of 91.32% from Opal Fuels's current stock price of $4.53.

Opal Fuels stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Opal Fuels, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 16.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the utility stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 75 utility stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 utility stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Kenon Holdings (NYSE:KEN)

Kenon Holdings (NYSE:KEN) has an annual dividend yield of 17.72%, which is 14 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 4.01%. Kenon Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Kenon Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Kenon Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -86% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP)

Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) has an annual dividend yield of 12.54%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 4.01%. Nextera Energy Partners's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Nextera Energy Partners's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Nextera Energy Partners's dividend payout ratio of 158% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC)

Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC) has an annual dividend yield of 11.62%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the utility sector average of 4.01%. 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 not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Enel Chile Sa's dividend payout ratio of 2.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are utility stocks up?

Utility stocks were up 0.88% in the last day, and up 3.34% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why utility stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued utility stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued utility stocks right now are:

1. Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK)

Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) is the most undervalued utility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Montauk Renewables has a valuation score of 86, which is 56 points higher than the utility sector average of 30. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Montauk Renewables's stock has dropped -47.98% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the utility sector by -39 percentage points.

2. Via Renewables (NASDAQ:VIA)

Via Renewables (NASDAQ:VIA) is the second most undervalued utility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Via Renewables has a valuation score of 86, which is 56 points higher than the utility sector average of 30. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Via Renewables's stock has dropped -0.09% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 9 percentage points.

3. Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT)

Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) is the third most undervalued utility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Enlight Renewable Energy has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the utility sector average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Enlight Renewable Energy's stock has gained 4.88% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the utility sector by 14 percentage points.

Are utility stocks a good buy now?

45.33% of utility stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect utility stocks to rise by 6.28% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the utilities sector?

The average P/E ratio of the utilities sector is 18.79x.

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1. Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK)

2. Consolidated Water Co (NASDAQ:CWCO)

3. Opal Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL)

1. Kenon Holdings (NYSE:KEN)

2. Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP)

3. Enel Chile Sa (NYSE:ENIC)

1. Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK)

2. Via Renewables (NASDAQ:VIA)

3. Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT)

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