Listed below are some of the British Utility ADRs trading in the US markets:

1. National Grid PLC – NGG
Yield – 3.37%
S&P; Rating – 3 Stars
Company is has stable growth and owns some utilities in the US Northeast.

2.Scottish and Southern Energy Plc – SSEZY
Yield – 2.50% +
The stock trades on the OTC market.

3.United Utilities Plc – UUPLY
Yield – 2.50% +
The stock trades on the OTC market.

4.International Power Plc – IPRPY
Yield – 1.52%+
The stock trades on the OTC market.

Yield data is based on Friday’s closing share price.

The title refers to products of food companies – Unilever,Nestle and Cadbury Schweppes respectively.

1.Unilever – UL

UL is a $49B British company with more than 400 brands in its portfolio. Lux was the first mass-marketed soap in 1924 and today has sales of over $2B.

Some of the other brands owned by UL are Lipton tea, Breyers and Ben&Jerry;’s icecream, slim-fast, ponds, dove etc.

UL stock has a dividend yield of 2.24% and a PE of 6.

2.Cadbury Schweppes – CSG

CSG is a top British beverage and confectionery company based in UK.Dairy Milk is one of their popular chocolates.

CSG has market cap of $23 B and a dividend yield of 1.83%.

3.Nestle – NSRGY

Nestle is another world-class based in Switzerland. KitKat is one of their popular chocolate products. Other top brands in Nestle’s portfolio include Nescafe, Stouffer’s, Purina Dog Chow, etc.

NSRGY is an ADR stock trading under the radar since it trades at the OTC market.

A few new ADRs have been listed so far in NYSE.

Two of them are:

1. Cascal NV – Utility in UK – HOO
2. Reed Elsevier NV – ENL – Publishing

I will discuss these two stocks over the weekend. Reed Elsevier is listed with another ticker as RUK. Need to look in that. This may be a good pick since they own the LexisNexis database in the US and it brings a ton of money. LexisNexis heaquarters is in Dayton, Ohio.

More over the weekend !!