Chart: Utility Stocks - Normalized Net Profit Margins

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net profit margins in the Utility sector for the most recently reported quarter ranged from 20.5% (TXU) down to -5.9% (RRI), with a median value of 5.9%

Note: Normalized net income includes the effect of taxes, but excludes any unusual items.

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			Total	Norm. Net	Norm. Net
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
AEE	Ameren Corp.	03/31/06	$1800.00	$77.50
4.3%
AEP	American Electric Po	03/31/06	$3108.00	$310.00
10.0%
AES	AES Corp.	03/31/06	$3013.00	$371.25
12.3%
ATG	AGL Resources Inc.	03/31/06	$1047.00	$122.50
11.7%
ATO	Atmos Energy Corp.	03/31/06	$2033.85	$91.38
4.5%
AVA	Avista Corp.	03/31/06	$499.20	$32.48
6.5%
AYE	Allegheny Energy Inc	03/31/06	$845.65	$118.42
14.0%
BKH	Black Hills Corp.	03/31/06	$171.89	$18.72
10.9%
CEG	Constellation Energy	03/31/06	$4897.50	$102.06
2.1%
CGC	Cascade Natural Gas	03/31/06	$162.80	$8.93
5.5%
CHG	CH Energy Group Inc.	03/31/06	$317.23	$19.41
6.1%
CMS	CMS Energy Corp.	03/31/06	$2032.00	-$72.50
-3.6%
CNL	Cleco Corp.	03/31/06	$223.42	$11.46
5.1%
CNP	Centerpoint Energy I	03/31/06	$3077.00	$102.50
3.3%
CPK	Chesapeake Utilities	03/31/06	$90.95	$6.26
6.9%
CV	Central Vermont Publ	03/31/06	$82.26	$4.06
4.9%
D	Dominion Resources I	03/31/06	$4957.00	$461.25
9.3%
DGAS	Delta Natural Gas Co	03/31/06	$46.54	$3.38
7.3%
DQE	Duquesne Light Holdi	03/31/06	$223.90	$15.25
6.8%
DTE	DTE Energy Co.	03/31/06	$2635.00	$73.75
2.8%
DUK	Duke Energy Corp.	03/31/06	$3201.00	$437.50
13.7%
EAS	Energy East Corp.	03/31/06	$1696.55	$138.64
8.2%
ED	Consolidated Edison	03/31/06	$3317.00	$183.13
5.5%
EDE	Empire District Elec	03/31/06	$87.93	$1.51
1.7%
EGN	Energen Corp.	03/31/06	$488.14	$86.90
17.8%
EIX	Edison International	03/31/06	$2751.00	$206.00
7.5%
EQT	Equitable Resources	03/31/06	$430.12	$71.80
16.7%
ETR	Entergy Corp.	03/31/06	$2568.03	$201.71
7.9%
EWST	Energy West Inc.	03/31/06	$32.16	$1.69
5.2%
FE	Firstenergy Corp.	03/31/06	$2845.00	$221.88
7.8%
FPL	FPL Group Inc.	03/31/06	$3584.00	$205.00
5.7%
GAS	Nicor Inc.	03/31/06	$1319.40	$32.55
2.5%
GMP	Green Mountain Power	03/31/06	$60.98	$3.48
5.7%
GXP	Great Plains Energy	03/31/06	$559.19	-$0.80
-0.1%
HE	Hawaiian Electric In	03/31/06	$574.96	$32.38
5.6%
IDA	IdaCorp, Inc.	03/31/06	$273.64	$19.90
7.3%
KMI	Kinder Morgan Inc.	03/31/06	$3433.30	$241.19
7.0%
KSE	KeySpan Corp.	03/31/06	$2661.10	$208.63
7.8%
LG	Laclede Group Inc.	03/31/06	$708.78	$20.50
2.9%
LNT	Alliant Energy Corp.	03/31/06	$930.90	$11.69
1.3%
MDU	MDU Resources Group	03/31/06	$815.29	$51.64
6.3%
MGEE	MGE Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$158.59	$11.70
7.4%
NFG	National Fuel Gas Co	03/31/06	$890.98	$75.80
8.5%
NI	Nisource Inc.	03/31/06	$2972.80	$172.75
5.8%
NJR	New Jersey Resources	03/31/06	$1064.42	$62.12
5.8%
NRG	NRG Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$1144.00	$83.75
7.3%
NST	NSTAR	03/31/06	$1034.77	$44.21
4.3%
NU	Northeast Utilities	03/31/06	$2147.39	$46.84
2.2%
NWN	Northwest Natural Ga	03/31/06	$390.39	$40.30
10.3%
OGE	OGE Energy Corp.	03/31/06	$1109.80	$18.94
1.7%
OKE	ONEOK Inc.	03/31/06	$3918.32	$160.74
4.1%
ORA	Ormat Technologies I	03/31/06	$60.32	$6.34
10.5%
OTTR	Otter Tail Corp.	03/31/06	$278.78	$14.71
5.3%
PCG	PG & E Corp.	03/31/06	$3148.00	$211.25
6.7%
PEG	Public Service Enter	03/31/06	$3521.00	$206.88
5.9%
PGL	Peoples Energy Corp.	03/31/06	$1180.03	$38.20
3.2%
PGN	Progress Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$2433.00	$76.25
3.1%
PNM	PNM Resources Inc.	03/31/06	$655.80	$30.42
4.6%
PNW	Pinnacle West Capita	03/31/06	$670.21	$11.41
1.7%
PNY	Piedmont Natural Gas	01/31/06	$921.35	$74.13
8.0%
POM	Pepco Holdings Inc.	03/31/06	$1951.90	$52.94
2.7%
PPL	PPL Corp.	03/31/06	$1783.00	$238.13
13.4%
PSD	Puget Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$877.74	$71.20
8.1%
RGCO	RGC Resources Inc.	03/31/06	$45.78	$2.18
4.8%
RRI	Reliant Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$2452.69	-$145.56
-5.9%
SCG	SCANA Corp.	03/31/06	$1389.00	$85.63
6.2%
SEN	SEMCO Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$271.48	$11.90
4.4%
SJI	South Jersey Industr	03/31/06	$364.98	$28.67
7.9%
SO	Southern Co.	03/31/06	$3063.26	$232.59
7.6%
SRE	Sempra Energy	03/31/06	$3349.00	$238.13
7.1%
SRP	Sierra Pacific Resou	03/31/06	$707.06	$1.59
0.2%
STR	Questar Corp.	03/31/06	$911.37	$137.18
15.1%
SUG	Southern Union Co.	03/31/06	$547.17	$68.30
12.5%
SWX	Southwest Gas Corp.	03/31/06	$676.94	$42.95
6.3%
TE	TECO Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$836.40	$35.00
4.2%
TXU	TXU Corp.	03/31/06	$2304.00	$471.88
20.5%
UIL	UIL Holdings Corp.	03/31/06	$298.49	$2.92
1.0%
VVC	Vectren Corp.	03/31/06	$774.50	$52.19
6.7%
WEC	Wisconsin Energy Cor	03/31/06	$1247.00	$104.56
8.4%
WGL	WGL Holdings Inc.	03/31/06	$1070.43	$57.58
5.4%
WPS	WPS Resources Corp.	03/31/06	$2038.00	$54.50
2.7%
WR	Westar Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$340.02	$16.24
4.8%
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$2888.10	$127.49
4.4%

Data: CapitalIQ

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