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]

Contents

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

Components

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Dow Jones Utility Average 1928–2012

As of November 8,2024, 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
CompanyTickerType
American Electric Power AEPelectric utilities
American Water Works AWK water utilities
Atmos Energy ATOgas utilities
Consolidated Edison EDelectric utilities
Dominion Energy Delectric utilities
Duke Energy DUKelectric utilities
Edison International EIXelectric utilities
Exelon EXCdiversified utilities
FirstEnergy FEelectric utilities
NextEra Energy NEEelectric utilities
Public Service Enterprise Group PEGdiversified utilities
Sempra SREmulti-utilities
Southern Company SOelectric utilities
Vistra Corp.VSTindependent power producer
Xcel Energy XELelectric utilities

Former components

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

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

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
YearClosing valueChange in pointsChange in percent
1928 85.64
192988.272.633.07
193060.80−27.47−31.12
193131.41−29.39−48.34
193227.71−3.70−11.78
193323.09−4.62−16.67
193417.80−5.29−22.91
193529.5511.7566.01
193634.835.2817.87
193720.35−14.48−41.57
193822.732.3811.70
193925.322.5911.39
194019.85−5.47−21.60
194114.02−5.83−29.37
194214.540.523.71
194321.877.3350.41
194426.264.3920.07
194538.1311.8745.20
194637.27−0.86−2.26
194733.40−3.87−10.38
194833.550.150.45
194941.317.7623.13
195041.04−0.27−0.65
195147.226.1815.06
195252.605.3811.39
195352.04−0.56−1.06
195462.4710.4320.04
195564.161.692.71
195668.544.386.83
195768.580.040.06
195891.0022.4232.69
195987.83−3.17−3.48
1960100.0212.1913.88
1961129.1629.1429.13
1962129.230.070.05
1963138.999.767.55
1964155.1716.1811.64
1965152.63−2.54−1.64
1966136.18−16.45−10.78
1967127.91−8.27−6.07
1968137.179.267.24
1969110.08−27.09−19.75
1970121.8411.7610.68
1971117.75−4.09−3.36
1972119.501.751.49
197389.37−30.13−25.21
197468.76−20.61−23.06
197583.6514.8921.66
1976108.3824.7329.56
1977111.282.902.68
197898.24−13.04−11.72
1979106.608.368.51
1980114.427.827.34
1981109.02−5.40−4.72
1982119.4610.449.58
1983131.8412.3810.36
1984149.5217.6813.41
1985174.8125.2916.91
1986206.0131.2017.85
1987175.08−30.93−15.01
1988186.2811.206.40
1989235.0448.7626.18
1990209.70−25.34−10.78
1991226.1516.457.84
1992221.02−5.13−2.27
1993229.308.283.75
1994181.52−47.78−20.84
1995225.4043.8824.17
1996232.537.133.16
1997273.0740.5417.43
1998312.3039.2314.37
1999283.36−28.94−9.27
2000412.16128.8045.45
2001293.94−118.22−28.68
2002215.18−78.76−26.79
2003266.9051.7224.04
2004334.9568.0525.50
2005405.1170.1620.95
2006456.7751.6612.75
2007532.5375.7616.59
2008370.76−161.77−30.38
2009398.0127.257.35
2010404.996.981.75
2011464.6859.6914.74
2012453.09−11.59−2.49
2013490.5737.488.27
2014618.08127.5125.99
2015577.82−40.26−6.51
2016659.6181.7914.15
2017723.3763.769.67
2018712.93−10.44−1.44
2019879.17166.2423.32
2020864.64−14.53−1.65
2021980.78116.1413.43
2022967.40−13.38−1.36
2023881.67−85.73−8.86
2024982.74101.0711.46

Record values

CategoryAll-time highs
Closing1,079.88Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Intraday1,086.52Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Investing

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

References

  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.