Sample Portfolios: Diversified Utility Stocks Pay Increasing Dividends

Well-managed diversified (electric and natural gas) utilities are excellent candidates for a dividend reinvestment portfolio.

The following table includes diversified utilities that have a multiyear year histories of increasing their dividends.

Diversified Utilities - Dividend Information
Company and Website (Dividend History)	Quote Symbol	Comments	Dividend Chart	Annual Dividend & Yield	Dividend Growth Rate
Consolidated Edison	ED	ED has raised its annual dividend every year since 1974. It is a Dividend Aristocrat, Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.	Chart	$2.38 (5.40%)	Table
Integrys	TEG	TEG has paid quarterly dividends since 1953 and raised its annual dividend every year since 1958. It is a Dividend Aristocrat, Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.	Chart	$2.72 (5.80%)	Table
NSTAR	NST	NST has raised its annual dividend every year since 1997. As of November 2009, NST had paid 482 consecutive dividends.	Chart	$1.60 (4.50%)	Table
SCANA Corporation	SCG	SCG has raised its annual dividend every year since 2001.	Chart	$1.90 (5.00%)	Table
Sempra Energy	SRE	SRE has raised its annual dividend every year since 2005.	Chart	$1.56 (3.10%)	Table
Vectren	VVC	VVC has raised its annual dividend every year since 1959. It is a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.	Chart	$1.36 (5.60%)	Table
Wisconsin Energy Corporation	WEC	WEC has raised its annual dividend every year since 2004.	Chart	$1.60 (3.10%)	Table

NOTE: Dividend data used in charts and computations are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-20-10.

Price & Returns Information includes price charts and performance data.

Investor & Profile Information includes links to a company's investor relations page and profile.

All Dividend-Paying Portfolios includes links to each portfolio.

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Electric Utilities

Natural Gas Utilities

Water Utilities

To follow the day-to-day progress of the Diversified Utilities portfolio, check out the chart below. It is updated each day, so the portfolio values are always current. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $1,428.57 was invested (total of $10,000) in each of the 7 stocks at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2001.

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See High-Yield Diversified Utilities - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields for a list of electric utilities sorted by dividend yield.

Today's date: Mar-20-2010.