Utility Stocks: Enterprise Value / EBITDA

Rob Zenilman submits: As of July 25 2006, positive Enterprise Value/ EBITDA (ttm) ratios of stocks covered in the Utility sector ranged from 56.7 (RRI) down to 4.5 (CNL), with a median value of 8.7.

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		TTM	Enterprise	EBITDA	EV/
Ticker	Company	Ending	Value ($000)	($000)	EBITDA
AEE	Ameren Corp.	05/10/06	$16,942.49	$1,853.00
9.1
AEP	American Electric Po	05/05/06	$26,009.83	$3,347.00
7.8
AES	AES Corp.	05/08/06	$31,088.00	$4,055.25
7.7
ATG	AGL Resources Inc.	05/03/06	$4,974.18	$623.00
8.0
ATO	Atmos Energy Corp.	05/09/06	$4,748.82	$558.00
8.5
AVA	Avista Corp.	05/05/06	$2,341.85	$269.22
8.7
AYE	Allegheny Energy Inc	05/09/06	$10,586.58	$913.12
11.6
BKH	Black Hills Corp.	05/10/06	$1,895.01	$254.24
7.5
CEG	Constellation Energy	05/09/06	$15,180.51	$1,732.80
8.8
CGC	Cascade Natural Gas	05/09/06	$464.52	$52.01
8.9
CHG	CH Energy Group Inc.	05/10/06	$1,102.72	$112.38
9.8
CMS	CMS Energy Corp.	05/03/06	$10,512.65	$1,017.00
10.3
CNL	Cleco Corp.	05/04/06	$1,784.71	$394.64
4.5
CNP	Centerpoint Energy I	05/04/06	$12,597.38	$1,538.00
8.2
CPK	Chesapeake Utilities	05/10/06	$286.18	$31.90
9.0
CV	Central Vermont Publ	05/10/06	$288.35	$38.97
7.4
D	Dominion Resources I	05/04/06	$46,109.65	$4,165.00
11.1
DGAS	Delta Natural Gas Co	05/05/06	$145.96	$17.74
8.2
DQE	Duquesne Light Holdi	05/10/06	$2,719.32	$263.40
10.3
DTE	DTE Energy Co.	05/10/06	$15,933.67	$1,534.00
10.4
EAS	Energy East Corp.	05/05/06	$7,444.83	$1,062.81
7.0
ED	Consolidated Edison	05/03/06	$19,784.10	$2,137.00
9.3
EDE	Empire District Elec	05/09/06	$1,084.75	$109.40
9.9
EGN	Energen Corp.	05/09/06	$3,804.58	$496.89
7.7
EIX	Edison International	05/08/06	$22,562.70	$3,469.00
6.5
EQT	Equitable Resources	04/27/06	$5,048.58	$446.99
11.3
ETR	Entergy Corp.	05/10/06	$25,264.63	$2,724.46
9.3
EWST	Energy West Inc.	05/15/06	$49.62	$6.77
7.3
FE	Firstenergy Corp.	05/09/06	$29,554.46	$4,032.00
7.3
FPL	FPL Group Inc.	05/05/06	$28,770.99	$3,150.00
9.1
GAS	Nicor Inc.	05/03/06	$2,432.89	$347.60
7.0
GMP	Green Mountain Power	05/09/06	$271.87	$39.28
6.9
GXP	Great Plains Energy	05/05/06	$3,514.91	$439.26
8.0
HE	Hawaiian Electric In	05/08/06	$5,044.54	$430.02
11.7
IDA	IdaCorp, Inc.	05/09/06	$2,627.85	$269.60
9.7
KMI	Kinder Morgan Inc.	07/19/06	$29,114.57	$2,018.23
14.4
KSE	KeySpan Corp.	05/04/06	$11,180.52	$1,256.80
8.9
LG	Laclede Group Inc.	04/28/06	$1,283.02	$132.38
9.7
LNT	Alliant Energy Corp.	05/05/06	$6,256.46	$947.30
6.6
MDU	MDU Resources Group	05/05/06	$5,553.11	$735.29
7.6
MGEE	MGE Energy Inc.	05/08/06	$945.50	$101.66
9.3
NFG	National Fuel Gas Co	05/05/06	$4,104.34	$535.34
7.7
NI	Nisource Inc.	05/05/06	$12,347.76	$1,495.20
8.3
NJR	New Jersey Resources	05/04/06	$1,820.98	$201.10
9.1
NRG	NRG Energy Inc.	05/09/06	$14,971.65	$795.00
18.8
NST	NSTAR	05/01/06	$6,214.46	$830.15
7.5
NU	Northeast Utilities	05/08/06	$7,690.89	$747.82
10.3
NWN	Northwest Natural Ga	05/04/06	$1,624.16	$191.36
8.5
OGE	OGE Energy Corp.	05/03/06	$4,765.45	$549.70
8.7
OKE	ONEOK Inc.	05/04/06	$9,215.61	$875.73
10.5
ORA	Ormat Technologies I	05/10/06	$1,759.42	$109.85
16.0
OTTR	Otter Tail Corp.	05/10/06	$1,179.23	$153.42
7.7
PCG	PG & E Corp.	05/03/06	$23,627.15	$3,653.00
6.5
PEG	Public Service Enter	05/02/06	$29,621.95	$2,860.00
10.4
PGL	Peoples Energy Corp.	05/10/06	$2,617.46	$288.66
9.1
PGN	Progress Energy Inc.	05/09/06	$21,587.38	$2,535.00
8.5
PNM	PNM Resources Inc.	05/10/06	$3,938.33	$335.28
11.7
PNW	Pinnacle West Capita	07/21/06	$7,220.60	$875.90
8.2
PNY	Piedmont Natural Gas	06/09/06	$2,836.85	$314.56
9.0
POM	Pepco Holdings Inc.	05/05/06	$10,199.05	$1,182.30
8.6
PPL	PPL Corp.	05/04/06	$19,836.24	$1,919.00
10.3
PSD	Puget Energy Inc.	05/04/06	$5,109.84	$635.22
8.0
RGCO	RGC Resources Inc.	05/12/06	$88.01	$12.09
7.3
RRI	Reliant Energy Inc.	05/10/06	$8,590.19	$151.50
56.7
SCG	SCANA Corp.	05/04/06	$8,221.96	$1,161.00
7.1
SEN	SEMCO Energy Inc.	05/05/06	$746.09	$86.79
8.6
SJI	South Jersey Industr	05/10/06	$1,307.07	$131.02
10.0
SO	Southern Co.	05/04/06	$41,209.09	$4,271.02
9.6
SPI	Scottish Power plc	06/30/06	$20,580.56	$1,959.35
10.5
SRE	Sempra Energy	05/02/06	$17,381.85	$2,508.00
6.9
SRP	Sierra Pacific Resou	05/08/06	$6,930.86	$618.92
11.2
STR	Questar Corp.	05/08/06	$7,957.36	$930.30
8.6
SUG	Southern Union Co.	05/10/06	$7,283.39	$531.95
13.7
SWX	Southwest Gas Corp.	05/08/06	$2,726.36	$325.56
8.4
TE	TECO Energy Inc.	05/05/06	$6,824.43	$708.40
9.6
TXU	TXU Corp.	05/05/06	$42,305.47	$4,366.00
9.7
UIL	UIL Holdings Corp.	05/03/06	$1,234.72	$135.10
9.1
VVC	Vectren Corp.	05/08/06	$3,550.34	$425.00
8.4
WEC	Wisconsin Energy Cor	05/04/06	$8,763.11	$1,002.70
8.7
WGL	WGL Holdings Inc.	05/10/06	$2,267.01	$272.72
8.3
WPS	WPS Resources Corp.	05/04/06	$3,786.49	$420.10
9.0
WR	Westar Energy Inc.	05/09/06	$3,758.83	$467.15
8.0
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	05/01/06	$15,282.41	$1,974.01
7.7

Data: Capital IQ

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