Highly Leveraged Dow Jones Utility Companies

Total Debt
Total DebtEfficiencyMarket RiskExp Return
1SO Southern Company
61.56 B
 0.10 
 1.38 
 0.14 
2AEP American Electric Power
45.76 B
 0.17 
 1.33 
 0.22 
3XEL Xcel Energy
29.51 B
 0.04 
 1.26 
 0.05 
4FE FirstEnergy
24.02 B
(0.01)
 1.92 
(0.02)
5PEG Public Service Enterprise
22.89 B
(0.03)
 1.48 
(0.05)
6D Dominion Energy
19.82 B
 0.02 
 1.68 
 0.04 
7AWK American Water Works
14.11 B
 0.12 
 1.77 
 0.21 
8EXC Exelon
13.07 B
 0.22 
 1.31 
 0.29 
9SRE Sempra Energy
12.44 B
(0.10)
 2.96 
(0.30)
10NEE Nextera Energy
9.95 B
(0.02)
 1.87 
(0.03)
11DUK Duke Energy
8.89 B
 0.13 
 1.12 
 0.15 
12ATO Atmos Energy
8.13 B
 0.11 
 1.19 
 0.13 
13EIX Edison International
4.71 B
(0.16)
 2.97 
(0.47)
14VST Vistra Energy Corp
880 M
(0.01)
 5.94 
(0.05)
15ED Consolidated Edison
348 M
 0.23 
 1.43 
 0.32 
The analysis above is based on a 90-day investment horizon and a default level of risk. Use the Portfolio Analyzer to fine-tune all your assumptions. Check your current assumptions here.
Total Debt refers to the amount of long term interest-bearing liabilities that a company carries on its balance sheet. That may include bonds sold to the public, notes written to banks or capital leases. Typically, debt can help a company magnify its earnings, but the burden of interest and principal payments will eventually prevent the firm from borrow excessively. In most industries, total debt may also include the current portion of long-term debt. Since debt terms vary widely from one company to another, simply comparing outstanding debt obligations between different companies may not be adequate. It is usually meant to compare total debt amounts between companies that operate within the same sector.