Utilities' Valuations Reach Another Peak, but Yield Paradox Persists
U.S. utilities' valuations reached a 14-month high this week when the median price/fair value ratio hit 1.17 for the 40 U.S. utilities in Morningstar's coverage.This is the highest median P/FV ratio for U.S. utilities since the all-time peak of 1.21 in July 2016. Other valuation metrics such as price/earnings (22) and price/book (2.1) for U.S. utilities also hit 2017 highs this week and are approaching peak levels from mid-2016. Morningstar's U.S. Utilities Sector Total Return Index also hit a...
American Electric Power Company is a public utility holding company. The public utility subsidiaries of the company provide electric service, consisting of generation, transmission and distribution, on an integrated basis to their retail customers. The service areas of the company's public utility subsidiaries cover portions of the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Transmission networks are interconnected with distribution facilities in the territories served. The company's service company subsidiary provides accounting, administrative, information systems, engineering, financial, legal, maintenance and other services.
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