Dow Jones Utility Average
The Dow Jones Utility Average is a stock index from Dow Jones Indexes that keeps track of the performance of 15 prominent utility companies.
Components
The current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows :- The AES Corporation
- American Electric Power Co., Inc.
- American Water Works Company, Inc.
- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
- Consolidated Edison, Inc.
- Dominion Energy, Inc.
- Duke Energy Corp.
- Edison International
- Exelon Corp.
- FirstEnergy Corp.
- NextEra Energy Inc.
- NiSource, Inc.
- Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
- Sempra Energy
- The Southern Company
| Header Name | Header Ticker | Header Type |
| The AES Corporation | AES | electric utilities |
| American Electric Power Co., Inc. | AEP | electric utilities |
| American Water Works Company, Inc. | AWK | Water Utilities |
| CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | CNP | diversified utilities |
| Consolidated Edison, Inc. | ED | electric utilities |
| Dominion Energy | D | electric utilities |
| Duke Energy Corp. | DUK | electric utilities |
| Edison International | EIX | electric utilities |
| Exelon Corp. | EXC | diversified utilities |
| FirstEnergy Corp. | FE | electric utilities |
| NextEra Energy Inc. | NEE | electric utilities |
| NiSource, Inc. | NI | diversified utilities |
| Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | PEG | diversified utilities |
| Sempra Energy | SRE | Multi-utilities |
| The Southern Company | SO | electric utilities |
Effective October 1, 2014, American Water Works replaced Williams Companies.
Effective January 18, 2019, Sempra Energy replaced PG&E Corporation.
The Dow Jones Utilities is a price-weighted average.
History
The index was created in 1929 when all utility stocks were removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average.On April 20, 1965, the index closed at 163.32. On September 13, 1974, the index closed at 57.93.
Annual returns
The following table shows the annual development of the Dow Jones Utility Average, which was calculated back to 1928.| Year | Closing level | Change in Index in Points | Change in Index in % |
| 1928 | 85.64 | ||
| 1929 | 88.27 | 2.63 | 3.07 |
| 1930 | 60.80 | −27.47 | −31.12 |
| 1931 | 31.41 | −29.39 | −48.34 |
| 1932 | 27.71 | −3.70 | −11.78 |
| 1933 | 23.09 | −4.62 | −16.67 |
| 1934 | 17.80 | −5.29 | −22.91 |
| 1935 | 29.55 | 11.75 | 66.01 |
| 1936 | 34.83 | 5.28 | 17.87 |
| 1937 | 20.35 | −14.48 | −41.57 |
| 1938 | 22.73 | 2.38 | 11.70 |
| 1939 | 25.32 | 2.59 | 11.39 |
| 1940 | 19.85 | −5.47 | −21.60 |
| 1941 | 14.02 | −5.83 | −29.37 |
| 1942 | 14.54 | 0.52 | 3.71 |
| 1943 | 21.87 | 7.33 | 5.04 |
| 1944 | 26.26 | 4.39 | 20.07 |
| 1945 | 38.13 | 11.87 | 45.20 |
| 1946 | 37.27 | −0.86 | −2.26 |
| 1947 | 33.40 | −3.87 | −10.38 |
| 1948 | 33.55 | 0.15 | 0.45 |
| 1949 | 41.31 | 7.76 | 23.13 |
| 1950 | 41.04 | −0.27 | −0.65 |
| 1951 | 47.22 | 6.18 | 15.06 |
| 1952 | 52.60 | 5.38 | 11.39 |
| 1953 | 52.04 | −0.56 | −1.06 |
| 1954 | 62.47 | 10.43 | 20.04 |
| 1955 | 64.16 | 1.69 | 2.71 |
| 1956 | 68.54 | 4.38 | 6.83 |
| 1957 | 68.58 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 91.00 | 22.42 | 32.69 |
| 1959 | 87.83 | −3.17 | −3.48 |
| 1960 | 100.02 | 12.19 | 13.88 |
| 1961 | 129.16 | 29.14 | 29.13 |
| 1962 | 129.23 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 138.99 | 9.76 | 7.55 |
| 1964 | 155.17 | 16.18 | 11.64 |
| 1965 | 152.63 | −2.54 | −1.64 |
| 1966 | 136.18 | −16.45 | −10.78 |
| 1967 | 127.91 | −8.27 | −6.07 |
| 1968 | 137.17 | 9.26 | 7.24 |
| 1969 | 110.08 | −27.09 | −19.75 |
| 1970 | 121.84 | 11.76 | 10.68 |
| 1971 | 117.75 | −4.09 | −3.36 |
| 1972 | 119.50 | 1.75 | 1.49 |
| 1973 | 89.37 | −30.13 | −25.21 |
| 1974 | 68.76 | −20.61 | −23.06 |
| 1975 | 83.65 | 14.89 | 21.66 |
| 1976 | 108.38 | 24.73 | 29.56 |
| 1977 | 111.28 | 2.90 | 2.68 |
| 1978 | 98.24 | −13.04 | −11.72 |
| 1979 | 106.60 | 8.36 | 8.51 |
| 1980 | 114.42 | 7.82 | 7.34 |
| 1981 | 109.02 | −5.40 | −4.72 |
| 1982 | 119.46 | 10.44 | 9.58 |
| 1983 | 131.84 | 12.38 | 10.36 |
| 1984 | 149.52 | 17.68 | 13.41 |
| 1985 | 174.81 | 25.29 | 16.91 |
| 1986 | 206.01 | 31.20 | 17.85 |
| 1987 | 175.08 | −30.93 | −15.01 |
| 1988 | 186.28 | 11.20 | 6.40 |
| 1989 | 235.04 | 48.76 | 26.18 |
| 1990 | 209.70 | −25.34 | −10.78 |
| 1991 | 226.15 | 16.45 | 7.84 |
| 1992 | 221.02 | −5.13 | −2.27 |
| 1993 | 229.30 | 8.28 | 3.75 |
| 1994 | 181.52 | −47.78 | −20.84 |
| 1995 | 225.40 | 43.88 | 24.17 |
| 1996 | 232.53 | 7.13 | 3.16 |
| 1997 | 273.07 | 40.54 | 17.43 |
| 1998 | 312.30 | 39.23 | 14.37 |
| 1999 | 283.36 | −28.94 | −9.27 |
| 2000 | 412.16 | 128.80 | 45.45 |
| 2001 | 293.94 | −118.22 | −28.68 |
| 2002 | 215.18 | −78.76 | −26.79 |
| 2003 | 266.90 | 51.72 | 24.04 |
| 2004 | 334.95 | 68.05 | 25.50 |
| 2005 | 405.11 | 70.16 | 20.95 |
| 2006 | 456.77 | 51.66 | 12.75 |
| 2007 | 532.53 | 75.76 | 16.59 |
| 2008 | 370.76 | −161.77 | −30.38 |
| 2009 | 398.01 | 27.25 | 7.35 |
| 2010 | 404.99 | 6.98 | 1.75 |
| 2011 | 464.68 | 59.69 | 14.74 |
| 2012 | 453.09 | −11.59 | −2.49 |
| 2013 | 490.57 | 37.48 | 8.27 |
| 2014 | 618.08 | 127.51 | 25.99 |
| 2015 | 577.82 | −40.26 | −6.51 |
| 2016 | 659.61 | 81.79 | 14.15 |
| 2017 | 723.37 | 63.76 | 9.67 |
| 2018 | 712.93 | −10.44 | −1.44 |
| 2019 | 879.17 | 166.24 | 23.32 |