Dow Jones Utility Average

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The Dow Jones Utility Average (DJUA, also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a stock index from S&P Dow Jones Indices that tracks the performance of 15 prominent utility companies traded in the United States.[1]

The Dow Jones Utilities is a price-weighted average. All components of the DJIA are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with the exception of American Electric Power, Exelon, and Xcel Energy, which are lised on Nasdaq.

## Components

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Dow Jones Utility Average 1928–2012

As of November 8, 2024[update], the current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):

DJUA component companies, showing ticker symbols and utility types  Company  | Ticker  | Type

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American Electric Power | AEP  | electric utilities
American Water Works | AWK  | water utilities
Atmos Energy | ATO  | gas utilities
Consolidated Edison | ED  | electric utilities
Dominion Energy | D  | electric utilities
Duke Energy | DUK  | electric utilities
Edison International | EIX  | electric utilities
Exelon | EXC  | diversified utilities
FirstEnergy | FE  | electric utilities
NextEra Energy | NEE  | electric utilities
Public Service Enterprise Group | PEG  | diversified utilities
Sempra | SRE  | multi-utilities
Southern Company | SO  | electric utilities
Vistra Corp.  | VST  | independent power producer
Xcel Energy | XEL  | electric utilities

## Former components

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Effective October 1, 2014, American Water Works replaced Williams Companies.[2]

Effective January 18, 2019, Sempra Energy replaced PG&E Corporation.[3]

Effective October 27, 2020, Atmos Energy and Xcel Energy replaced CenterPoint Energy and NiSource, respectively.[4]

Effective November 8, 2024, Vistra Corp. replaced AES Corporation.[5]

## History

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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

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The following table shows the price return of the Dow Jones Utility Average, which was calculated back to 1928.[6]

End-of-year closing values for DJUA, sortable  Year  | Closing value  | Change in points  | Change in percent

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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 | 50.41
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
2020  | 864.64  | −14.53  | −1.65
2021  | 980.78  | 116.14  | 13.43
2022  | 967.40  | −13.38  | −1.36
2023  | 881.67  | −85.73  | −8.86
2024  | 982.74  | 101.07  | 11.46

## Record values

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Category  | All-time highs

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Closing  | 1,079.88  | Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Intraday  | 1,086.52  | Wednesday, November 27, 2024

## Investing

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There is no fund that tracks this index. There are funds that have very similar behavior, such as Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSE Arca: XLU).

## See also

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* Dow Jones Composite Average

## References

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1. ^ Dow Jones Averages | Dow Jones Utility Average | Overview
2. ^ "Avis Budget Group Set to Join the Dow Jones Transportation Average and American Water Works to Join the Dow Jones Utility Average" (PDF). www.spice-indices.com. September 23, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
3. ^ "Sempra Energy Set to Join Dow Jones Utility Average" (PDF). S&P Dow Jones Indices. January 15, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
4. ^ "Atmos Energy and Xcel Energy Set to Join the Dow Jones Utility Average" (PDF). S&P Dow Jones Indices. October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
5. ^ "NVIDIA and Sherwin-Williams Set to Join Dow Jones Industrial Average; Vistra to Join Dow Jones Utility Average" (PDF). S&P Dow Jones Indices. November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
6. ^ "Dow Jones Utility Average (^DJU) Historical Data - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.

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Components of the Dow Jones Utility Average

* American Electric Power
* American Water Works
* Atmos Energy
* Con Edison
* Dominion Energy
* Duke Energy
* Edison International
* Exelon
* FirstEnergy
* NextEra Energy
* PSEG
* Sempra
* Southern Company
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* Xcel Energy

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