Southern Company Making More Progress Than Duke Energy
By Saibus Research:We analyzed and evaluated Duke Energy (DUK) versus Southern Company (SO) in August because those two utilities were the two largest investor-owned utilities in the US and two of the largest in the world. We were able to conclude that Duke Energy had a slightly higher dividend yield and dividend growth record than Southern and Duke Energy was a larger company than Southern. However, we concluded that Southern offered investors greater potential total returns going forward since Southern hasn't made any blockbuster acquisitions since its 1945 formation while Duke has engaged in multiple transformative deals over the last 30 years. In recent years, Duke had acquired the Cincinnati multi-utility holding company Cinergy in 2006 and Progress Energy in 2012. In order to win approval to acquire ProgressComplete Story »
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