Portfolio of Natural Gas Utility Stocks
The following table includes 5 natural gas utilities that have multiyear histories of increasing their dividends These stocks are worth considering for a dividend reinvestment portfolio.
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Stock | Quote | Dividend & Dividend Yield | Interactive Price Chart | ||||
| Atmos Energy Corporation | 1.40 (3.10%) |
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| National Fuel Gas | 1.46 (2.30%) |
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| Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW Natural) | 1.82 (4.10%) |
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| Piedmont Natural Gas | 1.24 (3.60%) |
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| WGL Holdings | 1.68 (3.70%) |
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To follow the day-to-day progress of the Natural Gas Utilities Stocks portfolio, check out the returns table and chart below. Dollar values are computed using weekly closes for stocks from Yahoo! Finance. All 5 stocks are included in the chart computations. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $2,000.00 was invested (total of $10,000) in each stock at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2003.
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Natural Gas Utilities Stocks - Return Results | |
| Portfolio: | Natural Gas Utilities Stocks |
| Start date: | Jan-02-2003 |
| Start value: | $10,000 |
| End date: | May-23-2013 |
| End value: | $30,548 |
| Number prices | 543 |
| Minimum value occurred on Feb-03-2003 | $9,507 |
| Maximum value occurred on May-13-2013 | $31,304 |
| Total gain or loss (Start date to End date) | 205.48% |
| Annualized gain or loss (Start date to End date) | 11.29% |
| Sharpe Ratio | 0.80 |
| Total dollar value on End date of a $10,000 purchase made on Start date | $30,548 |
| Average percent return for all possible buy/sell combinations | 44.21% |
| Number returns | 147,153 |
| Number profitable returns (Winners) | 135,738 |
| Percent profitable returns | 92.24% |
| Number unprofitable returns (Losers) | 11,415 |
| Percent unprofitable returns | 7.76% |
| Winners to losers ratio | 11.89 |
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