Sentences with phrase «utility company valuations»

Not exact matches

(Reuters)- Buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners is exploring the sale of USIC LLC, a U.S. company that locates and maintains the underground cables of utilities, seeking a valuation of close to $ 2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

In Mm Mm Good, published August 2016, the Campbell Soup Company (CPB) and the utility sector were highlighted to show how yield - starved investors were chasing dividend stocks to dangerously high valuations.

Instead, the rise in the relative valuation of utility companies, along with other yield plays, can largely be attributed to investors» quest for increasingly scarce yield.

Rising rates can put pressure on dividend stock valuations and also increase costs for utilities, pipelines and other companies that borrow money.

On the other hand, when investing at sound valuations, utility stocks do tend to produce significantly more cumulative dividend income than the average company.