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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Water Utilities (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action.
Updated 10/21/09 INDUSTRY: Water Utilities Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Middlesex Water Co. * | MSEX | 4.58% | $0.78 | | Artesian Resource * | ARTNA | 4.22% | $1.00 | | American Water Wrks * | AWK | 4.22% | -$1.49 | | CT Water Service | CTWS | 3.96% | $0.96 | | Aqua America Inc. | WTR | 3.47% | -$0.78 | | York Water Co | YORW | 3.45% | $0.63 | | Pennichuck Corp. | PNNW | 3.00% | $0.50 | | CA Water Service | CWT | 2.94% | $2.11 | | SJW Corp | SJW | 2.88% | $0.91 | | American States Water | AWR | 2.78% | $1.35 | | |
| * Comments:
MSEX: owns and operates regulated water utility and wastewater systems in New Jersey and Delaware. The Company also operates water and wastewater systems under contract on behalf of municipal and private clients in New Jersey and Delaware.
ARTNA: distributes and sells water, including water for public and private fire protection, to residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, municipal and utility customers throughout the State of Delaware within its 263 square mile franchise area. Operates as the parent holding company of Artesian Water Company, Inc. (Artesian Water), Artesian Water Pennsylvania, Inc. (Artesian Water Pennsylvania), Artesian Water Maryland, Inc. (Artesian Water Maryland), Artesian Wastewater Management, Inc. (Artesian Wastewater), and Artesian Wastewater Maryland, Inc. (Artesian Wastewater Maryland) These Companies are regulated public utilities, while the Company's three non-regulated subsidiaries include Artesian Utility Development, Inc. (Artesian Utility), Artesian Development Corporation (Artesian Development) and Artesian Consulting Engineers, Inc. (Artesian Consulting), doing business as Meridian Architects and Engineers. AWK: a United States water and wastewater utility company. It provides approximately 15 million people with drinking water, wastewater and other water-related services in 32 states and Ontario, Canada. The Company's primary business involves the ownership of water and wastewater utilities that provide water and wastewater services to residential, commercial and industrial customers. The Company operates in two segments: Regulated Businesses and Non-Regulated Businesses segments. |
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DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
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