How are utility stocks doing?
Electricity, gas and water companies, most of them regulated, plus independent power producers. Here is how they have done as a group against the S&P 500, and which of them are leading and lagging.
Updated Oct 9, 2026
Lagging
Utility stocks are down 5% over the past year as an equal-weighted group, against +16% for the S&P 500. 0 of 40 beat the index. UGI (UGI) leads at +15% and NRG Energy (NRG) trails at −36%. Over the past month the group is −2%, against +3% for the S&P.
The past year
The group against the S&P 500, each set to $100 a year ago. Select a stock in the table to chart it against the group.
All 40 utility stocks
Sorted by the past year’s return. Select a row to chart the stock against the group, or its ticker to open its page. Select a column to sort.
| Stock | P3 | 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UGI UGI | 12Weak | −2.3% | +2% | −1% | +15% | Speculative Pop |
| PNW Pinnacle West Capital | 60Middling | +2.4% | −9% | +12% | +8% | Distribution Top |
| ETR Entergy | 53Middling | −2.8% | −10% | +11% | +6% | Distribution Top |
| ED Consolidated Edison | 45Middling | −0.6% | −5% | +7% | +5% | Faith Trade |
| EVRG Evergy | 32Weak | −0.5% | −6% | +12% | +4% | Broken Year |
| AEP American Electric Power | 48Middling | −0.5% | −9% | +7% | +4% | Bottom Fished |
| EIX Edison International | 17Weak | −2.6% | −27% | −8% | +3% | Broken Year |
| D Dominion Energy | 53Middling | −5.2% | −13% | +5% | +2% | Show-Me Grower |
| OGE OGE Energy | 23Weak | −0.2% | −5% | +9% | +1% | Falling Knife |
| AES AES | 46Middling | +0.9% | +1% | +4% | +1% | Turning Up |
| MDU MDU Resources | 22Weak | −2.6% | −12% | −4% | +1% | Broken Year |
| IDA Idacorp | 25Weak | 0% | −10% | +7% | 0% | Broken Year |
| AEE Ameren | 54Middling | −2.6% | −10% | +2% | −1% | Show-Me Grower |
| CNP CenterPoint Energy | 48Middling | −1.3% | −13% | +1% | −2% | Sleepy Staple |
| LNT Alliant Energy | 39Middling | −2.1% | −14% | +1% | −3% | Broken Year |
| FE FirstEnergy | 47Middling | −2.7% | −7% | +1% | −4% | Sleepy Staple |
| WTRG Essential Utilities | 15Weak | −6.7% | +1% | +2% | −5% | Broken Year |
| CWEN Clearway Energy | 21Weak | −4.4% | −9% | −9% | −6% | Broken Year |
| DUK Duke Energy | 30Weak | −2.3% | −8% | 0% | −7% | Broken Year |
| NI NiSource | 39Middling | −1.6% | −13% | −2% | −7% | Show-Me Grower |
| PPL PPL | 43Middling | +0.1% | −5% | −2% | −8% | Wallflower |
| ATO Atmos Energy | 36Middling | −1.9% | −10% | −4% | −8% | Show-Me Grower |
| NEE NextEra Energy | 14Weak | −6.1% | −12% | −4% | −8% | Broken Year |
| AWK American Water Works | 34Middling | −7.8% | −2% | −1% | −9% | Show-Me Grower |
| WEC WEC Energy | 28Weak | −1.5% | −10% | −2% | −9% | Sleepy Staple |
| XEL Xcel Energy | 45Middling | −2.2% | −8% | 0% | −10% | Wallflower |
| SO Southern | 22Weak | −1.8% | −11% | −1% | −10% | Broken Year |
| DTE DTE Energy | 34Middling | −5.5% | −16% | −2% | −10% | Sleepy Staple |
| EXC Exelon | 39Middling | −3.8% | −11% | −4% | −10% | Show-Me Grower |
| ES Eversource Energy | 46Middling | −4.7% | −12% | −2% | −11% | Show-Me Grower |
| NFG National Fuel Gas | 39Middling | −4.5% | −3% | −2% | −11% | Show-Me Grower |
| CMS CMS Energy | 37Middling | −3.2% | −14% | −6% | −11% | Broken Year |
| PEG Public Service Enterprise | 31Weak | −0.3% | −11% | −10% | −12% | Show-Me Grower |
| SRE Sempra | 48Middling | −3.2% | −14% | −8% | −13% | Wallflower |
| TLN Talen Energy | 54Middling | +21.5% | −4% | +1% | −15% | Coiled Spring |
| CEG Constellation Energy | 50Middling | +4.2% | +16% | −16% | −20% | Coiled Spring |
| PCG PG&E | 7Weak | −6.4% | −24% | −18% | −21% | Falling Knife |
| VST Vistra | 8Weak | +9.8% | +2% | 0% | −22% | Falling Knife |
| BEPC Brookfield Renewable Partners | 17Weak | −4.0% | −13% | −23% | −24% | Show-Me Grower |
| NRG NRG Energy | 13Weak | −3.3% | −23% | −32% | −36% | Sleepy Staple |
How to read this page
How it’s measured. Every stock in the Utilities sector (the GICS classification) among the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Russell 1000 companies with a page here, The group is equal-weighted, so each company counts the same whatever its size, and returns are share-price changes from daily closes.
Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep; scores from Stox.
An equal-weighted group can read quite differently from a sector fund, which gives the biggest companies the most weight.
P3 is Stox’s combined score of market beat, staying power and business growth, from 0 to 100. Type is the stock’s Stox Atlas type. Both describe the past year, not what comes next.
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