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Top Two German Utility Stocks

Photo: The Beautiful German Alps

E.ON AG and RWE AG are two of the largest utility companies in Germany. These two utilities are the in the top ten holdings of the newly launched SPDR S&P International Utilities Sector ETF - IPU. We wrote an article on this new fund titled “New Foreign Utilities ETF !” a few weeks ago.

1. E.ON AG : E.ON is the largest utility in Germany. In fact it is one of the world’s largest energy companies operating in 20 countries mostly in Europe. EON generates 1/3rd of all the electricity in Germany.

Ticker: EONGY
Dividend Yield: 3.68%

As per Morningstar website, EON beat both the S&P 500 Index and the utility sector index’ total returns in each of past 3 years. In the past 5 years, average annual dividend growth has been about 18.5%.

2.RWE AG : RWE is the second largest utility in Germany based in Essen.

Ticker: RWEOY
Dividend Yield: 4.49%

In the past 5 years, average annual dividend growth has been about 23.42%.

German Bank ADRs

There are two German bank ADR stocks that are available for US investors. A short summary of these stocks is given below:

1.Deutsche Bank AG - DB
Deutsche Bank is the largest bank in Germany.
Current dividend yield is 8.03% and the PE is 6.46.

2.CommerzBank AG - CRZBY
This is one the largest bank in Germany.
Current dividend yield is 5.27% and the PE is 7.72.

Germany ADR Stocks List !!

The German economy is Europe’s largest economy. She is known the world over for her high quality engineering, auto, chemical and transportation companies. The following is a list of [tag]German ADRs [/tag][/tag]:

Note: Stocks in the IT,BioTechnology,Pharma have been excluded.

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