Eversource Energy Recognized as a Leading Dividend-Paying Utility

Eversource Energy (Symbol: ES) has been identified as one of the Top 10 dividend-paying utilities by Dividend Channel, which recently released its weekly ”DividendRank” report. The report highlighted that Eversource shares exhibited both attractive valuation metrics and solid profitability. Currently, Eversource’s share price is $62.24, translating to a price-to-book ratio of 1.5 and an annual dividend yield of 4.84%. In comparison, the average utility stock in Dividend Channel’s analysis yields 3.7% and has a price-to-book ratio of 2.5.

The report also emphasized Eversource’s strong quarterly dividend history and positive long-term growth rates in key fundamental metrics.

According to the report, ”Dividend investors approaching investing from a value standpoint are generally most interested in researching the strongest, most profitable companies that also happen to be trading at an attractive valuation. That’s what we aim to find using our proprietary DividendRank formula, which ranks the coverage universe based on various criteria for both profitability and valuation to generate a list of the top most ‘interesting’ stocks, meant for investors as a source of ideas for further research.”

Eversource Energy pays an annualized dividend of $3.01 per share, distributed quarterly. The most recent dividend ex-date was May 15, 2025. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for Eversource, which Dividend Channel highlighted as crucial for assessing the sustainability of recent dividends.

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