The following five European utilities trading on the OTC markets have dividend yields of over 3% and prices under $10. All of them are large companies in their respective countries. For example, Electricite de France SA (ECIFY) has a market cap of $80.4 billion.However ECIFY is not on the radar of most U.S. investors as …
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Charlotte-NC, based Duke Energy (DUK) has announced a deal to buy Progress Energy Inc (PGN) for $13.7 billion in an all-stock transaction. The combined company to be called Duke Energy Corp would be the largest utility in the U.S. with about 7.1 million customers in the states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky …
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Five foreign electric utility ADRs trading on the OTC markets is listed in the table below: [TABLE=869] CLP Holdings Limited(CLPHY) is a Hong Kong-based electric utility with operations in China, Taiwan, Australia, India and Southeast Asia. Since the credit crisis the stock has recovered nicely and closed near its 5-year high of about $8.5o on …
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ETFs and individual stocks are two ways to gain gain exposure to foreign utilities. However ETFs may not be necessarily the best way in foreign utilities. In this post lets why individual stocks may be better than going with the ETFs available in the market. The three ETFs available to invest in foreign utilities are: …
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Some of the foreign electric utilities trade on the OTC market. Ten such stocks are listed below together with their current dividend yields: 1. Verbund (OEZVY) Austria Current Dividend Yield: 3.30% 2. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (EDPFY) Portgual Current Dividend Yield: 5.03% 3. Aes Tiete SA (AESAY) Brazil Current Dividend Yield: 8.41% 4. Scottish …