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3 Utility Stocks With Strong Dividends and Room to Run HigherBy Dan Schmidt. Originally Published: 4/5/2026. 
Key Points
- As the Iran war rages on, investors are seeking safe havens away from market volatility.
- One popular sector is the utility industry, which is full of low-beta stocks that pay healthy dividends.
- NextEra, Xcel, and WEC are three utilities that combine strong dividends with the potential for stock upside.
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As the war in Iran continues, investors are searching for safe havens beyond oil and gas. Precious metals are a common choice, but gold and silver remain in a drawdown after an unprecedented winter run-up. Bonds can also provide shelter, yet rising interest rates have pushed bond prices lower. That leaves low-beta sectors such as utilities, which typically deliver steady revenue streams and attractive dividend yields. That’s exactly where we’ll look for bargains today—the utility sector. 3 Utilities That Combine Income Generation and Capital AppreciationUtilities are large and highly regulated, which limits upside but provides predictability and stability during volatile periods. We focused on utilities that offer both income from dividends and the potential for capital appreciation. The three companies below feature strong dividends, consistent earnings growth, and low volatility—qualities that can help everyday investors weather a geopolitical shock. NextEra Energy: Rare Combo of Utility Stability and Green Energy Upside
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NextEra Energy Inc. (NYSE: NEE) pairs a stable, income-generating regulated utility with a fast-growing renewable business. NextEra operates Florida Power and Light—the nation’s largest regulated utility—and NextEra Energy Resources, which owns one of the largest portfolios of wind and solar assets in the world. Florida Power and Light serves more than 5 million customers, providing a steady, state-regulated income stream to complement renewable energy revenues. NextEra earned more than $27 billion in revenue in the last 12 months, providing scale and cash flow to support its growth investments. Renewable energy can be volatile, and NextEra has the highest beta on this list at 0.75. Even so, that beta still implies 25% less volatility than the S&P 500, and the company’s dividend profile helps smooth the ride. NextEra pays a 2.7% yield with a 75% dividend payout ratio (DPR), which is high but not uncommon for a regulated utility. The company has raised dividends for 31 consecutive years, with roughly 10% annualized growth over the last five years. 
NEE trades at about 25 times forward earnings, which is on the expensive side for a utility. Still, you’re paying for both income and growth, and NEE shares appear to be gaining bullish momentum. The stock consolidated into a bullish wedge pattern over recent weeks, and both the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) are showing signs of buying pressure. Xcel Energy: Steady Earnings with a Strong DividendXcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL) brings a streak of consistency. The company has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and has met or exceeded earnings-per-share (EPS) guidance for 21 straight years, as reaffirmed in its Q4 2025 earnings report on Feb. 4. Management provided fiscal 2026 EPS guidance of $4.18, a 9% increase from 2025. Steady earnings growth is the objective with a company like XEL: the stock trades at about 21 times forward earnings and has a beta of 0.45. Xcel also yields a 2.9% dividend with a 69% DPR, and payout as a percentage of cash flow is only 26%—the lowest of the three stocks featured here. 
XEL shares recently dipped into oversold RSI territory, which has been a reliable buying signal over the last year. The last three RSI oversold readings preceded moves down to the 200-day moving average before rebounds into bullish territory. On the daily chart, the price bounced off the 200-day moving average and has since retaken the 50-day moving average. Buyers look to be back in control, and the RSI suggests the rally has room to run toward new highs. WEC Energy: The Midwest Compounder With the Highest YieldWEC Energy Group Inc. (NYSE: WEC) has a long dividend history, with payouts stretching back to the early 1940s. Its current yield of 3.27% is the highest of our picks. WEC’s stock has held up well amid the Iran conflict—roughly flat over the last month while broader markets fell. The company serves nearly 5 million customers across Midwestern states such as Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, regions that tend to produce favorable rate outcomes. WEC has raised dividends for 23 consecutive years, though its DPR is climbing toward cautionary levels at about 78.8%. Dividend growth has been steady, roughly 7% annualized over the last five years, including a 6.7% increase for fiscal 2026. 
The stock recently bounced off its 50-day moving average following a Golden Cross, which supports the view that the uptrend remains intact. Bullish momentum may be accelerating now that the RSI has reached 50, a level often viewed as the threshold where buyers begin to outnumber sellers. |
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