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Charles Fishman
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NiSource Announces Higher-Than-Expected Dividend Increase

We are reaffirming our narrow moat and stable moat trend ratings, along with our $25 per share fair value estimate, after NiSource announced an 11.4% dividend increase. The new annualized dividend of $0.78 per share was well above our estimate of $0.75 per share and the 5%-7% annual increase guidance. We expect dividend increases over the next several years will be less than the 2018 increase, but at the upper end of guidance, or 7% per year through 2021.
The higher-than-expected increase gives ...
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NiSource Inc

NiSource is an energy holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a natural gas distribution company. The company's reportable segments are: Gas Distribution Operations and Electric Operations. For its gas distribution operations, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NiSource Gas Distribution Group, Inc., the company owns distribution subsidiaries that provide natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland and Massachusetts. Through its electric operations, the company generates, transmits and distributes electricity through its subsidiary, Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC, and engages in wholesale and transmission transactions.

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