Top 5 Dividend Companies To Watch For 2016

Top 5 Dividend Companies To Watch For 2016: Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated(PEG)

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, operates in the energy industry primarily in the northeastern and mid Atlantic United States. The company primarily operates as a wholesale energy supply company that integrates its generating asset operations through its wholesale energy, fuel supply, energy trading, and marketing and risk management activities. It operates nuclear, coal, gas, and oil-fired generation facilities. The company also involves in the transmission of electricity and distribution of electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, as well as invests in the development of solar generation projects and energy efficiency programs. In addition, it owns and operates domestic projects engaged in the generation of energy; and offers appliance services and repairs to customers. As of December 31, 2010, it owned approximately 13,538 megawatts of generation capacity. The company also owned and operated approximately 17,608 miles of gas mains, 12 gas distribution headquarters, and 2 subheadquarters, as well as 62 natural gas metering and regulating stations. Public Service Enterprise Group was founded in 1985 and is based in Newark, New Jersey.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Garrett Cook]

  Utilities shares dropped 0.78 percent in today’s trading. Top decliners in the sector included Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (NYSE: SBS), down 1.7 percent, and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG), off 1.9 percent.

• [By Dimitra DeFotis]

  First Energy (FE), Entergy (ETR) and Exelon (EXC) each lost more than 3%, and Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) fell nearly as much.

  A more temporary phenomenon beset airline stocks, with passenger revenue affected interna! tionally by World Cup soccer mania. Leading the airline stocks lower were United Continental Holdings (UAL), Delta Air Lines (DAL) and American Airlines (AMR).

• [By Jake L'Ecuyer]

  Leading and Lagging Sectors
  In trading on Wednesday, utilities shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.61 percent. Top gainers in the sector included PPL (NYSE: PPL), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte SA (NYSE: EDN), and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG). Telecommunications services sector was the top decliner in the US market on Wednesday.

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