Highly Leveraged Dow Jones Utility Companies

Total Debt
Total DebtEfficiencyMarket RiskExp Return
1DUK Duke Energy
80.46 B
 0.01 
 1.12 
 0.02 
2NEE Nextera Energy
73.21 B
(0.06)
 1.78 
(0.11)
3SO Southern Company
63.49 B
(0.04)
 1.28 
(0.05)
4D Dominion Energy
44.24 B
(0.04)
 1.45 
(0.06)
5EXC Exelon
44.01 B
 0.08 
 1.28 
 0.10 
6AEP American Electric Power
43.61 B
 0.03 
 1.35 
 0.04 
7EIX Edison International
35.31 B
(0.23)
 2.67 
(0.62)
8SRE Sempra Energy
31.75 B
 0.03 
 1.89 
 0.06 
9XEL Xcel Energy
27.51 B
 0.02 
 1.20 
 0.03 
10ED Consolidated Edison
25.01 B
(0.07)
 1.22 
(0.08)
11FE FirstEnergy
24.91 B
(0.05)
 1.11 
(0.06)
12PEG Public Service Enterprise
20.41 B
(0.02)
 1.76 
(0.04)
13VST Vistra Energy Corp
14.68 B
 0.15 
 5.64 
 0.82 
14AWK American Water Works
12.44 B
(0.09)
 1.54 
(0.14)
15ATO Atmos Energy
8.13 B
 0.06 
 1.21 
 0.07 
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.