Sample Portfolios: Natural Gas Utility Stocks Pay Increasing Dividends

The following table includes natural gas utilities that have multiyear histories of increasing their dividends These stocks are worth considering for a dividend reinvestment portfolio.

Natural Gas Utilities - Dividend Information
Company and Website (Dividend History)	Quote Symbol	Comments	Dividend Chart	Annual Dividend & Yield	Dividend Growth Rate
Atmos Energy Corporation	ATO	ATO has raised its annual dividend every year since 1987. It is a Dividend Achiever.	Chart	$1.34 (4.60%)	Table
National Fuel Gas	NFG	NFG has raised its annual dividend every year since 1970. It is a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.	Chart	$1.34 (2.60%)	Table
Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW Natural)	NWN	NWN has raised its annual dividend every year since 1955. It is a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.	Chart	$1.66 (3.60%)	Table
Piedmont Natural Gas	PNY	PNY has raised its annual dividend every year since 1978. It is a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.	Chart	$1.12 (4.10%)	Table
WGL Holdings	WGL	WGL has raised its annual dividend every year since 1976. It is a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.	Chart	$1.51 (4.40%)	Table

NOTE: Dividend data used in charts and computations are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-19-10.

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To follow the day-to-day progress of the Natural Gas 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 $2,000.00 was invested (total of $10,000) in each of the 5 stocks at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2001.

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

Today's date: Mar-19-2010.