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The best utility stocks right now, ranked.

Of the 55 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 55 · Ranks as at 15 Aug 2026
TickerCompanyMkt capRank1w rank ΔRevisionsValueMomentumQualityAccrualsIssuanceGrowthVolatilitySize
AWR
American States Water Co.
Utilities - Regulated Water
$3.5B
82.4
+1.9
61.7
66.9
87.1
83.9
43.2
68.4
68.2
79.0
29.0
EIX
Edison International
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$27.5B
75.3
+1.6
50.8
97.1
81.5
95.0
40.9
41.2
88.2
50.1
8.2
NJR
New Jersey Resources Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$5.6B
70.5
−0.7
62.4
88.4
83.6
91.7
43.6
31.5
34.6
94.3
22.7
ES
Eversource Energy
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$27.2B
64.6
+1.6
55.0
93.1
69.0
80.0
57.7
46.4
60.7
35.6
8.3
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$38.0B
63.5
—
73.5
87.8
38.1
69.5
44.9
50.1
79.6
49.8
6.7
OGE
OGE Energy Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$9.8B
63.0
+0.3
56.7
75.5
68.6
80.6
62.8
64.5
17.1
79.3
16.3
FE
FirstEnergy Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$27.4B
62.0
−0.4
80.0
79.5
77.0
50.7
41.8
36.4
45.4
95.9
8.2
POR
Portland General Electric Co.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$5.9B
61.7
−0.3
61.9
81.3
83.5
80.0
56.1
27.7
27.2
70.2
22.0
AVA
Avista Corp.
Utilities - Diversified
$3.2B
55.1
−1.9
56.6
89.4
58.2
69.0
46.8
30.5
37.2
75.3
30.4
ED
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$40.1B
54.5
+0.8
59.3
69.4
59.1
65.6
39.1
41.6
66.7
90.9
6.4
NWE
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$4.4B
54.2
−2.5
76.5
60.6
94.0
55.9
40.9
35.5
34.4
38.7
25.8
SWX
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$6.7B
52.7
−2.3
63.6
40.6
78.1
43.8
64.5
90.3
24.0
37.8
20.2
WEC
WEC Energy Group, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$36.0B
52.6
+0.3
69.5
46.1
55.2
90.4
40.5
30.1
54.0
95.6
7.0
EVRG
Evergy, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$19.4B
52.4
+0.3
79.7
42.4
87.4
58.1
40.6
38.6
36.7
81.3
10.7
NI
NiSource, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$20.3B
52.2
+3.2
70.3
44.7
70.1
82.6
38.6
25.4
64.8
63.9
10.4
DTE
DTE Energy Co.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$29.3B
51.7
−7.3
67.0
55.9
62.5
45.2
39.5
34.7
79.4
93.0
7.9
DUK
Duke Energy Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$96.4B
50.5
−1.3
72.3
64.3
59.8
56.8
45.0
44.2
37.8
99.0
2.8
OGS
ONE Gas, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$5.1B
49.7
+1.4
66.4
75.5
54.1
70.8
39.2
30.5
34.2
74.6
24.2
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$3.2B
49.2
+2.1
62.5
44.9
64.8
86.6
37.7
22.3
52.3
62.6
30.3
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$5.3B
46.8
−2.6
65.3
63.7
39.0
53.0
73.0
63.1
34.7
16.7
23.3
PPL
PPL Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$27.1B
46.4
−2.0
67.4
51.5
60.3
63.6
37.1
28.8
66.2
75.5
8.4
AEE
Ameren Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$29.7B
44.9
+1.3
61.9
36.3
67.7
75.1
40.4
29.0
56.9
89.4
7.8
CNP
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$26.7B
43.8
−1.3
59.4
33.9
72.7
52.6
40.2
28.6
76.5
90.9
8.5
EXC
Exelon Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
$46.3B
43.6
−1.0
56.4
80.5
57.5
60.1
44.8
31.4
41.7
81.5
5.7
BKH
Black Hills Corp.
Utilities - Regulated Gas
$5.7B
42.6
+1.9
67.1
65.6
90.0
51.1
38.6
23.1
37.3
29.9
22.6

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.

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

Cheapest on trailing P/E: BIPC at 4.1×, EIX at 7.4× and AVA at 14.1×.

Highest forward dividend yields: AVA at 5.0%, EIX at 4.9% and BIPC at 4.5%.

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FAQ

Questions people ask about utility stocks.

What are the best utility stocks right now?
As at 15 Aug 2026, the top-ranked utility stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are American States Water Co. (AWR), Edison International (EIX), 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 15 Aug 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 9 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
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