Deutsche Bank Starts Coverage on Utilities Stocks: CMS, AEP, EIX, ITC, PSEG at Buy

December 1, 2009 4:50 PM EST

Just after the close, Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on numerous stocks in the Utilities industry.

With a Buy rating:

  • CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS) - $17 price target. "Benefits from one of the most supportive regulatory constructs courtesy of last year's new Michigan energy legislation."
  • American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) - $37 target. Says "AEP offers investors growth opportunities through its transmission project pipeline in some of the country's main energy corridors."
  • Edison International (NYSE: EIX) - $37 target. Calls EIX "a strong growth utility with an undervalued merchant coal option led by a value-focused management team with a proven track record of working through difficult market conditions."
  • ITC Holdings (NYSE: ITC) - $50 target. Sees the stock undervalued given "significantly higher EPS growth over the next five years..."
  • Public Service Enterprise Group (Nasdaq: PSEG) - $36 target. "Offers investors growth opportunities through its regulated utility in New Jersey." The firm also likes the company's exposure to attractive generation assets in PJM.
With a Hold rating:
  • Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) - $16.50 target
  • Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) - $38 target
  • Exelon (NYSE: EXC) - $51 target
  • Con Edison (NYSE: ED) - $41 target
  • DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) - $39 target
  • FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) - $43 target
  • PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) - $44 target
  • Northeast Utilities System (NYSE: NU) - $25 target
  • FPL Group (NYSE: FPL) - $52 target
  • Entergy (NYSE: ETR) - $80 target
  • Southern Company (NYSE: SO) - $33 target
  • Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) - $21 target


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Stocks Mentioned

AEP 34.37

-0.15 -0.43%
Volume: 351,812
Track AEP

CMS 15.68

-0.14 -0.88%
Volume: 507,738
Track CMS

D 40.36

-0.34 -0.84%
Volume: 1,433,442
Track D

DTE 45.01

-0.09 -0.20%
Volume: 128,610
Track DTE

DUK 16.53

-0.05 -0.30%
Volume: 1,398,897
Track DUK

ED 44.20

-0.10 -0.23%
Volume: 256,814
Track ED

EIX 34.36

-0.05 -0.15%
Volume: 378,623
Track EIX

ETR 80.62

-0.07 -0.09%
Volume: 167,829
Track ETR

EXC 44.46

-0.16 -0.36%
Volume: 822,542
Track EXC

FE 40.02

+0.24 +0.60%
Volume: 817,277
Track FE

FPL 48.01

-0.15 -0.31%
Volume: 427,280
Track FPL

ITC 54.85

-0.18 -0.33%
Volume: 81,722
Track ITC

NU 27.14

-0.02 -0.07%
Volume: 298,249
Track NU

PCG 43.00

-0.30 -0.69%
Volume: 487,545
Track PCG

PSEG 0.66

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 0
Track PSEG

SO 33.21

+0.03 +0.09%
Volume: 799,479
Track SO

XEL 21.51

-0.07 -0.32%
Volume: 489,508
Track XEL


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