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The best utility stocks right now, ranked.

Of the 57 investable utility stocks we score, these 25 rank highest on Ticker Nerd's factor model today — all nine factor families at once, not one metric. Every stock in P123's Utilities sector, the taxonomy the rank is built on.

Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.

Top 25
Top 25 of 57 · Ranks as at 5 Nov 2026
TickerCompanyMkt capRank1w rank ΔRevisionsValueMomentumQualityAccrualsIssuanceGrowthVolatilitySize
NWE
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$5.0B
82.9
+42.0
70.5
75.4
98.9
65.7
61.5
94.9
35.1
48.5
22.4
AWR
American States Water Co.
Utilities - Regulated Water
$3.5B
81.9
−5.3
80.5
62.9
92.1
83.0
43.0
60.2
58.0
65.4
27.4
NJR
New Jersey Resources Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$5.5B
73.2
+3.6
72.2
88.7
84.1
91.2
44.7
31.3
32.5
88.0
21.4
AES
The AES Corp.
Utilities - Diversified
$10.6B
68.5
+0.8
47.9
75.2
94.0
85.0
48.2
34.0
97.0
20.9
14.3
OGE
OGE Energy Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$10.4B
67.7
+1.1
72.2
69.0
86.4
82.8
58.4
45.6
21.8
80.6
14.5
ES
Eversource Energy
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$27.0B
64.0
+7.4
71.6
90.6
67.9
74.6
62.7
60.8
29.0
28.4
7.9
EIX
Edison International
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$23.4B
63.7
−10.4
50.5
97.7
72.8
92.0
47.3
43.5
45.4
60.7
8.9
ED
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$44.8B
60.5
+2.1
66.5
54.8
89.8
63.2
39.9
41.9
63.4
91.1
5.5
FE
FirstEnergy Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$27.3B
59.2
−1.0
84.7
76.8
82.5
32.9
42.0
38.9
44.9
94.3
7.8
EVRG
Evergy, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$20.1B
57.8
+0.5
67.5
33.9
92.9
62.6
38.8
30.9
84.0
81.6
9.7
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$3.4B
55.1
+2.4
71.3
37.6
75.3
85.1
38.6
22.2
55.0
70.9
27.7
OGS
ONE Gas, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$5.1B
53.9
+12.8
74.8
72.5
57.4
72.1
41.9
30.7
33.6
71.8
22.2
DUK
Duke Energy Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$101.2B
53.0
+3.7
72.5
59.0
69.5
54.2
45.8
44.0
42.5
97.9
2.5
AVA
Avista Corp.
Utilities - Diversified
$3.3B
52.7
−14.0
56.6
81.6
69.7
63.3
43.3
28.3
35.2
79.7
28.1
NWN
Northwest Natural Holding Co.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$2.2B
51.5
+13.4
68.9
70.0
86.0
54.9
29.0
24.3
31.7
73.8
33.2
DTE
DTE Energy Co.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$28.1B
50.9
+11.3
82.9
58.1
52.5
41.4
42.1
36.2
70.2
69.8
7.6
TXNM
TXNM Energy, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$6.4B
50.5
+12.9
52.3
35.4
79.5
56.5
42.3
28.8
90.1
70.1
19.3
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$36.5B
49.0
−19.2
51.5
90.3
44.3
54.6
44.3
47.9
66.1
60.3
6.2
PPL
PPL Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$27.0B
49.0
0.0
66.4
48.7
69.4
63.3
38.2
28.8
66.2
77.8
7.9
POR
Portland General Electric Co.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$5.3B
47.3
−2.1
45.7
64.6
79.1
74.9
53.4
25.3
29.4
78.9
21.7
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$12.6B
46.8
+0.1
81.7
44.9
86.2
22.5
36.8
24.3
67.8
73.3
13.0
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$5.0B
46.5
−1.0
64.6
60.7
38.5
51.2
73.4
66.8
34.5
19.2
22.6
AEE
Ameren Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$30.5B
46.2
−4.8
65.2
31.7
74.3
73.5
41.4
28.7
57.1
83.6
7.1
MGEE
MGE Energy, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$2.9B
45.9
+11.0
71.3
45.1
50.1
80.5
34.7
30.2
51.1
47.1
30.1
RNW
ReNew Energy Global Plc
Utilities - Renewable
$2.5B
44.5
+1.9
75.9
39.6
48.2
48.9
59.7
70.1
28.1
14.1
31.7

Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.

The group in numbers

What these utility stocks look like up close.

Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.

10 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.

Cheapest on trailing P/E: BIPC at 4.1×, AES at 5.6× and EIX at 6.5×.

Highest forward dividend yields: EIX at 5.7%, AVA at 4.8% and BIPC at 4.8%.

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FAQ

Questions people ask about utility stocks.

What are the best utility stocks right now?
As at 5 Nov 2026, the top-ranked utility stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. (NWE), American States Water Co. (AWR), New Jersey Resources Corp. (NJR). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
How does Ticker Nerd pick the best utility stocks?
Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
Are utility stocks a good investment?
That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 5 Nov 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 10 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
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