Gas Utility and Energy MLP Stocks Ranked by Yield (10/06/05); EEP, NBP, TPP Lead

The list below sorts the Natural Gas Utilities and the Energy MLP's tracked here by dividend yield as of Thursday, October 6th, 2005, writes utility analyst Sandy Cohen. The list is sorted from highest yield to lowest yield. The Energy MLP's are usually a materially higher yeild on average than the Gas Utilities, and will generally represent the top 10-14 stocks on this list. Listed in order of dividend yield, from highest to lowest:

Gas Utilities and Energy MLP's:

		10/6/2005
	Ticker	Dividend
		Yield
1	EEP	6.96%
2	NBP	6.94%
3	TPP	6.81%
4	TCLP	6.79%
5	APL	6.67%
6	PPX	6.65%
7	PAA	6.30%
8	BPL	6.14%
9	KMP	6.14%
10	VLI	6.01%
11	MMP	5.94%
12	ETP	5.92%
13	PGL	5.90%
14	GEL	5.50%
15	HEP	5.44%
16	KSE	5.24%
17	CGC	4.74%
18	GAS	4.68%
19	LG	4.56%
20	RGCO	4.52%
21	ATO	4.51%
22	DGAS	4.48%
23	WGL	4.37%
24	PNY	3.88%
25	NWN	3.70%
26	NFG	3.61%
27	ATG	3.60%
28	OKE	3.48%
29	KMI	3.37%
30	CPK	3.31%
31	SJI	3.21%
32	SWX	3.15%
33	NJR	3.14%
34	ENSI	3.02%
35	EQT	2.21%
36	STR	1.14%
37	EGN	1.03%
38	EWST	0.00%
39	SEN	0.00%
40	SUG	0.00%
Average		4.33%

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