Dividend Champions
The following is a list of blue chip companies with similar characteristics to the Dividend Aristocrats but have been excluded from the S&P 500 index. As a result, they are not Dividend Aristocrats. They are, however, considered Dividend Champions. They are large capitalization companies that have the identical requirement of having increased their dividends annually for at least 25 consecutive years.
1st Source Corporation (SRCE) operates as the bank holding company for 1st Source Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking services, trust and investment management services, and insurance to individual and business clients. Its consumer banking services include checking and savings accounts; certificates of deposits and individual retirement accounts; on-line and mobile banking products; automated teller machine services; consumer loans, real estate loans, and lines of credit; and financial planning, financial literacy, and other services. The company also offers commercial, small business, agricultural, and real estate loans for general corporate purposes, including financing for industrial and commercial properties, equipment, inventories, accounts receivables, and acquisition; and commercial leasing, cash management, and retirement planning services. In addition, it provides a range of trust, investment, agency, and custodial services comprising administration of estates and personal trusts for individual, corporate, and not-for-profit clients; and manages investment accounts for individuals, employee benefit plans, and charitable foundations. Further, the company offers equipment loan and lease finance products for auto and light trucks, medium and heavy duty trucks, new and used aircraft, and construction and environmental equipment, as well as leases construction equipment, medium and heavy duty trucks, automobiles, and other equipment. Additionally, it provides corporate and personal property, casualty, and individual and group health and life insurance products and services to individuals and businesses; and investment advisory services to trust and investment clients. The company operates through 77 banking center locations in 17 counties in Indiana and Michigan; and 22 locations of its Specialty Finance Group in the United States. 1st Source Corporation was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in South Bend, Indiana. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
ABM Industries Incorporated (ABM) provides integrated facility solutions services in the United States and internationally. It offers carpet cleaning and dusting, floor cleaning and finishing, furniture polishing, window washing, and other building cleaning services for airports and other transportation centers, educational institutions, health facilities, retail stores, shopping centers, stadiums and arenas, and warehouses, as well as commercial office, government, and industrial buildings. The company also provides onsite services comprising mechanical engineering and technical services for facilities and infrastructure systems; and parking and transportation services for clients at various locations. In addition, it offers security services comprising staffing of security officers, mobile patrol services, investigative services, electronic monitoring of fire, life safety systems, access control devices, and security consulting services to various facilities. Further, the company provides heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, electrical, lighting, and other general maintenance and repair services comprising preventative maintenance, retro-commissioning, installations, retrofits and upgrades, environmental services, systems start-ups, performance testing, energy audits, and bundled energy solutions for clients in the private and public sectors. Additionally, it offers support services to the U.S. Government entities, such as military base operations, leadership development, education and training, energy efficiency management, medical support services, and construction management; mechanical and electrical preventive and predictive maintenance solutions; and facility solution services consisting of wheelchair operations, aircraft cabin cleaning, janitorial services, shuttle bus operations, access control, and others to clients in the aviation vertical related to passenger assistance. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in New York, New York. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Altria Group, Inc. (MO), through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes, smokeless products, and wine in the United States and internationally. It offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; cigars principally under the Black & Mild brand; and smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, Husky, and Marlboro Snus brand names. The company also produces and sells blended table wines under the Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest, and 14 Hands names; and distributes Antinori and Villa Maria Estate wines, as well as Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte in the United States. In addition, it maintains a portfolio of leveraged and direct finance leases primarily in aircraft, rail and surface transport, electric power, real estate, and manufacturing industries. Altria Group, Inc. sells its tobacco products primarily to wholesalers, including distributors; large retail organizations, such as chain stores; and the armed services. The company markets its wine products to restaurants, wholesale clubs, supermarkets, wine shops, and mass merchandisers. Altria Group, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
American States Water Company (AWR), together with its subsidiaries, provides water, electric, and contracted services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Water, Electric, and Contracted Services. The company purchases, produces, and distributes water in 75 communities in 10 counties in the State of California; and provides electric service to the City of Big Bear Lake and surrounding areas in San Bernardino County, California. As of December 31, 2013, it served 257,102 water customers and 23,615 electric customers. The company also provides water and/or wastewater services, including the operation, maintenance, renewal, and replacement of the water and/or wastewater systems at various military installations. American States Water Company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Dimas, California. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO), together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the distribution, transmission, and storage of natural gas in the United States. It operates in three segments: Natural Gas Distribution, Regulated Transmission and Storage, and Nonregulated. The Natural Gas Distribution segment is involved in regulated natural gas distribution and related sales operations. This segment distributes natural gas to approximately three million residential, commercial, public authority, and industrial customers. As of September 30, 2013, it owned approximately 67,146 miles of underground distribution and transmission mains. The Regulated Transmission and Storage segment is engaged in the regulated pipeline and storage operations. This segment transports natural gas for third parties and manages five underground storage reservoirs in Texas; and provides ancillary services in the pipeline industry, including parking arrangements, lending, and sales of excess gas. It owns 5,628 miles of gas transmission and gathering lines. The Nonregulated segment provides natural gas management, marketing, transportation, and storage services to municipalities, local gas distribution companies, and industrial customers primarily in the Midwest and Southeast. This segment owns 110 miles of gas transmission and gathering lines. Atmos Energy Corporation was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Black Hills Corporation (BKH), through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified energy company in the United States. The company’s Electric Utilities segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 203,500 electric customers in South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana; and distributes natural gas to approximately 35,500 gas utility customers in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This segment owns 790 megawatts of generation capacity and 8,599 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines. Its Gas Utilities segment distributes natural gas to approximately 538,000 natural gas utility customers in Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. This segment owns 604 miles of intrastate gas transmission pipelines and 19,998 miles of gas distribution mains and service lines. The company’s Power Generation segment produces electric power and sells the electric capacity and energy primarily to its utilities under long-term contracts. Its Coal Mining segment produces coal at its coal mine located near Gillette, Wyoming and sells the coal to electric generation facilities. The company’s Oil and Gas segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas primarily in the Rocky Mountain region. This segment’s principal assets include the operating interests in the properties in the San Juan basin, the Powder River basin, and the Piceance basin; and non-operated interests in wells located in the Williston, Wind River, Bear Paw Uplift, Arkoma, Anadarko, and Sacramento basins. As of December 31, 2013, it had total reserves of approximately 87 billion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas and crude oil. Black Hills Corporation also provides appliance repair services to approximately 62,000 residential customers; and constructs gas infrastructure facilities for gas transportation customers. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Brady Corporation (BRC) manufactures and supplies identification solutions, specialty materials, and workplace safety products that identify and protect premises, products, and people. The company’s Identification Solutions segment offers facility identification products, including safety signs, pipe markers, labeling systems, spill control products, and lockout/tagout devices; identification products, such as materials and printing systems for product identification, brand protection labeling, and work in process labeling; wire identification products comprising hand-held printers, wire markers, sleeves, and tags; people identification products consisting of self-expiring name tags, badges, lanyards, and access control software; patient identification products, including wristbands and labels used in hospitals for tracking and safety of patients; and custom wristbands used in theme parks, concerts, and festivals. This segment serves customers in industrial and electronic manufacturing, healthcare, chemical, oil, gas, food and beverage, aerospace, defense, mass transit, electrical contractors, leisure and entertainment, and telecommunications markets through distributors, direct sales, catalog marketing, and the Internet. Its Workplace Safety segment provides workplace safety and compliance products, such as informational signs, tags, safety and traffic compliance products, first aid supplies, material handling products, security and asset identification products, safety and facility identification products, and workplace regulatory products for process industries, manufacturers, government, education, construction, and utilities markets through catalog, telemarketing, and e-commerce channels. This segment also offers stock and custom identification products; and sells related resale products. The company operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Brady Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
California Water Service Group (CWT), through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, and Hawaii. The company is engaged in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, as well as for fire protection. It provides its services to approximately 475,100 customers in 83 California communities; 4,200 water and wastewater customers on the islands of Maui and Hawaii; 16,000 customers in the Tacoma and Olympia areas in Washington; and 7,600 water and wastewater customers in the Belen, Los Lunas, and Elephant Butte areas in New Mexico. The company is also involved in the non-regulated water-related services, including operating water and waste water systems; providing operating and maintenance, meter reading, and billing services to municipalities and private companies; leasing communication antenna sites on its properties to telecommunication companies; operating recycled water systems; providing lab services for water quality testing; billing of third-party insurance programs to its residential customers; and offering sewer and refuse billing services to various municipalities. California Water Service Group was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Carlisle Companies Incorporated (CSL) operates as a diversified manufacturing company in the United States and internationally. The company’s Construction Materials segment manufactures and sells rubber and thermoplastic polyolefin roofing systems; rigid foam insulation panels for various roofing applications; and liquid and spray-applied waterproofing membranes, vapor and air barriers, and HVAC duct sealants and hardware for the commercial and residential construction markets, as well as markets and sells polyvinyl chloride membrane and accessories. Its Interconnect Technologies segment designs and manufactures wire, cable, contacts, fiber optic, RF/microwave, and specialty filtered connectors; specialty cable assemblies; integrated wired racks; trays; and airframe subsystem solutions primarily for the aerospace, defense electronics, and test and measurement industries. The company’s Brake & Friction segment provides off-highway braking systems and friction products for off-highway, on-highway, aircraft, and other industrial applications, principally serving the agriculture, construction, aircraft, mining, heavy truck, wind and alternative energy, and performance racing industries. Its FoodService Products segment offers commercial and institutional foodservice permanentware, table coverings, cookware, display pieces, lighting equipment, and supplies to restaurants, hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and correctional facilities; and industrial brooms, brushes, mops, and rotary brushes for industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities. The company markets its products to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and directly to end-users. Carlisle Companies Incorporated was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
CLARCOR Inc. (CLC) provides filtration products, filtration systems and services, and consumer and industrial packaging products worldwide. Its Engine/Mobile Filtration segment offers oil, air, fuel, coolant, transmission, and hydraulic fluid filters for engines used in stationary power generation and mobile equipment applications, as well as for marine, construction, industrial, mining, and agricultural equipment. This segment also provides dust collection cartridges for environmental filtration applications. The company’s Industrial/Environmental Filtration segment manufactures specialty industrial process liquid filters; filters for pharmaceutical processes and beverages; filtration systems, filters, and coalescers for the oil and natural gas industry; filtration systems for aircraft refueling, anti-pollution, sewage treatment, and water recycling; bilge water separators; sand control filters for oil and gas drilling; and woven wire and metallic products for filtration of plastics and polymer fibers. This segment also offers antimicrobial treated filters and electronic air cleaners for use in commercial and residential buildings, hospitals, factories, residences, paint spray booths, gas turbine and dust collector systems, medical facilities, motor vehicle and aircraft cabins, clean rooms, and compressors. Its Packaging segment provides metal, plastic, and a combination of metal/plastic containers and closures for packing dry and paste form products, smokeless tobacco products, lip balms, ointments, and consumer healthcare products. This segment also offers shells for dry batteries; canisters for films and candles; spools for insulated and fine wire; and custom decorated flat metal sheets. The company distributes its products through independent distributors, dealers for original equipment manufacturers, retail stores, and internal sales force, as well as directly to end-use customers. CLARCOR Inc. was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (CBSH) operates as the bank holding company for Commerce Bank that provides retail, corporate, investment, trust, and asset management products and services to individuals and businesses. The company operates in three segments: Consumer, Commercial, and Wealth. The Consumer segment offers various retail banking products and services, including consumer deposits; consumer loans, such as auto, marine, tractor/trailer, recreational vehicle, fixed rate and revolving home equity, and other consumer installment loans; real estate loans; indirect and other consumer financing; personal mortgage banking; and consumer debit and credit bank cards, as well as provides online and telephone banking services. The Commercial segment provides various corporate lending, merchant and commercial bank card, leasing and international, investment safekeeping and bond accounting, and business and government deposit and cash management services, as well as sells fixed-income securities. The Wealth segment provides traditional trust and estate tax planning services, brokerage services, and advisory and discretionary investment portfolio management services, as well as manages a family of proprietary mutual funds, which are available for sale to trust and general retail customers. The company, through its other non-banking subsidiaries, is engaged in the credit life and credit accident, and health insurance underwriting; selling property and casualty insurance; private equity investments; securities brokerage; mortgage banking; and leasing activities. It operates through a network of 202 full-service branches and 398 ATMs, and a central contact center from approximately 360 locations in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Commerce Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Kansas, Missouri. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Computer Services, Inc. (CSVI), together with its subsidiaries, delivers core banking, payments processing, Internet, card services, risk assessment, fraud prevention, network management, managed services, regulatory compliance, and document delivery solutions to financial institutions and corporate entities in the United States. It provides processing, maintenance, and support services; software licensing and installation services; telecommunication services; and eBusiness services, as well as sells equipment. The company also offers various integrated banking solutions that include check imaging, cash management, Internet and mobile banking, corporate intranets, board portals, secure Web hosting, e-messaging, teller and platform services, cloud-based managed services, risk assessment, and network management service. In addition, Computer Services, Inc. provides payments processing solutions, including branch and merchant capture, as well as ATM and debit card service and support. Further, it offers online document delivery solutions; and compliance software and services for regulatory compliance, homeland security, and fraud prevention. The company provides its products and services to community banks, regional banks, and multi-bank holding companies, as well as various other business enterprises. Computer Services, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Paducah, Kentucky. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Donaldson Company, Inc. (DCI) manufactures and sells filtration systems and replacement parts. The company operates in two segments, Engine Products and Industrial Products. The Engine Products segment offers air filtration systems, exhaust and emissions systems, liquid filtration systems, and replacement filters. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in the construction, mining, agriculture, aerospace, defense, and truck markets, as well as to OEM dealer networks, independent distributors, private label accounts, and large equipment fleets. The Industrial Products segment provides dust, fume, and mist collectors; compressed air purification systems; air filtration systems for gas turbines; PTFE membrane-based products; and specialized air filtration systems for applications, including computer hard disk drives and semiconductor manufacturing. This segment sells its products to various industrial dealers, distributors, and end-users; OEMs of gas-fired turbines; and OEMs and end-users requiring clean air. The company was founded in 1915 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Diebold, Incorporated (DBD) provides integrated self-service delivery and security systems and services primarily to the financial, commercial, retail, and other markets worldwide. It offers self-service technologies and services, including automated teller machine (ATM) outsourcing, ATM security, deposit automation, recycling and payment terminals, and software. The company also provides self-service support services comprising installation and ongoing maintenance of products, remote services, availability management, branch transformation, and distribution channel consulting, as well as outsourced and managed services, such as remote monitoring, troubleshooting for self-service customers, transaction processing, currency management, maintenance services, and online communication services. In addition, it offers security solutions, which include physical security and facility products, such as pneumatic tube systems for drive-up lanes, vaults, safes, depositories, bullet-resistive items, and undercounter equipment; electronic security products, such as camera and video surveillance equipment, alarms, access control systems, and biometric technologies; and security monitoring solutions comprising remote monitoring and diagnostics, fire detection, intrusion protection, managed access control, energy management, remote video management and storage, logical security, and Web-based solutions. Further, the company provides strategic analysis and planning of new systems, systems integration, architectural engineering, consulting, and project management services; and elections and lottery equipment, networking, tabulation, diagnostic software development, training, support, and maintenance services, as well as designs, installs, maintains, and monitors electronic security systems. Diebold, Incorporated sells its products through its sales personnel, manufacturers’ representatives, and distributors. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in North Canton, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Eaton Vance Corp. (EV), through its subsidiaries, engages in the creation, marketing, and management of investment funds in the United States. It also provides investment management and counseling services to institutions and individuals. Further, the company operates as an adviser and distributor of investment companies and separate accounts. As of October 31, 2004, the company provided investment advisory or administration services to approximately 150 funds; approximately 1,300 separately managed individual and institutional accounts; and participated in approximately 40 retail-managed account broker/dealer programs. It markets and distributes shares of funds through a retail network of national and regional broker/dealers, banks, insurance companies, and financial planning firms. Eaton Vance Corp. was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Energen Corporation (EGN) is engaged in the development and exploration of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the continental United States. The company is also involved in the purchase, distribution, and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, as well as to other end-users of natural gas in central and north Alabama. In addition, it provides gas transportation services to industrial and commercial customers located on its distribution system. As of February 11, 2014, the company had approximately 775 million barrels of oil-equivalent proved, probable, and possible reserves. Energen Corporation was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership, management, development, and redevelopment of retail and mixed-use properties. As of June 30, 2005, it owned or had a majority interest in 103 community and neighborhood shopping centers, and retail mixed-use properties (excluding joint venture properties) comprising approximately 17.4 million square feet located primarily in strategic metropolitan markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and California. In addition, it had 30% interest in approximately 0.5 million square feet of retail space through its joint venture with an affiliate of Clarion Lion Properties Fund, and one apartment complex in Maryland. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT. As a REIT, it is not subject to federal income tax on taxable income that it distributes to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
The Gorman-Rupp Company (GRC) designs, manufactures, and sells pumps and pump systems worldwide. Its products include self priming centrifugal, standard centrifugal, magnetic drive centrifugal, axial and mixed flow, vertical turbine line shaft, submersible, high pressure booster, rotary gear, diaphragm, bellow, and oscillating pumps. The company’s products are used in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire protection, military, and other liquid-handling applications, as well as in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications. It markets its products through a network of distributors, manufacturers’ representatives, third-party distributor catalogs, and direct sales. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
H.B. Fuller Company (FUL) formulates, manufactures, and markets adhesives, sealants, and other specialty chemical products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Americas Adhesives; Construction Products; Europe, India, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific. The company produces and supplies a range of specialty adhesives, such as thermoplastic, thermoset, reactive, water-based, and solvent-based products. It also offers caulks and sealants for the consumer market and professional trade. The company provides its industrial adhesives products for applications in the assembly, packaging, converting, nonwoven and hygiene, performance wood, flooring, textile, flexible packaging, graphic arts, envelope, and electronics markets. In addition, it offers construction products comprising adhesives, grouts, mortars, sealers, levelers, etc. that are used for tile setting, as well as duct sealants, weather barriers, fungicidal coatings, block fillers, etc. for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and insulation applications. H.B. Fuller Company sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, and retailers. The company serves manufacturers of food and beverages, hygiene products, clothing, appliances, filters, construction materials, wood flooring, furniture, cabinetry, windows, doors, tissue and towel, corrugation, tube winding, packaging, labels, and tapes. H.B. Fuller Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (HP) primarily operates as a contract drilling company in North and South America. It provides drilling rigs, equipment, personnel, and camps on a contract basis to explore for and develop oil and gas from onshore areas and fixed platforms, tension-leg platforms, and spars in offshore areas. As of November 14, 2013, the company’s fleet included 305 land rigs in the U.S., 29 international land rigs, and 9 offshore platform rigs. Its contract drilling business operates through three reportable segments: U.S. Land, Offshore, and International Land. The U.S. Land segment operates primarily in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Utah, Arkansas, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Nevada. The Offshore segment conducts operations in the Gulf of Mexico, and offshore of California and Equatorial Guinea. The International Land segment has operates in Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Tunisia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. The company, through its subsidiaries, is also involved in the ownership, development, and operation of commercial real estate; and the research and development of rotary steerable technology. Its real estate investments include a shopping center containing approximately 441,000 leasable square feet, multi-tenant industrial warehouse properties containing approximately one million leasable square feet, and approximately 210 acres of undeveloped real estate located within Tulsa, Oklahoma. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Lancaster Colony Corporation (LANC) manufactures and markets specialty food products for the retail and foodservice markets in the United States. The company markets its products under its brand names or sells to an array of private-label customers. It offers dips, salad dressings, and croutons under the Marzetti name; frozen breads and croutons under the New York Brand name; and homemade rolls under the Sister Schubert’s name. The company also provides the Marzetti family of foodservice products in various convenient single-serve pouch and cup sizes, as well as bulk packaging for restaurant use. Lancaster Colony Corporation was founded in 1961 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Mercury General Corporation (MCY), together with its subsidiaries, writes personal automobile insurance solutions. It also writes homeowners, commercial automobile and property, mechanical breakdown, fire, and umbrella insurance. The company sells its policies through a network of independent agents in California, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. Mercury General Corporation was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
MGE Energy, Inc. (MGEE), through its subsidiaries, operates as a public utility holding company in Wisconsin. It operates through five segments: Regulated Electric Utility Operations; Regulated Gas Utility Operations; Nonregulated Energy Operations; Transmission Investments; and All Other. The company generates, purchases, and distributes electricity, as well as owns or leases electric generation facilities located in Wisconsin and Iowa; and plans, constructs, operates, and maintains transmission facilities to provide transmission services. It generates electricity from coal, natural gas, fuel oil, and wind, as well as purchases power under short and long-term commitments; owns gas fired combustion turbines that have a total of 154 megawatt (MW) net summer rated capacity; 30 MW consisting of 18 turbines in a wind-powered electric generating facility; and 11 MW consisting of 17 turbines in a wind-powered electric generating facility. The company also purchases and distributes natural gas covering approximately 1,649 square miles in seven south-central Wisconsin counties. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers, as well as public authorities, other utilities, and power marketers. As of December 31, 2013, the company supplied electric service to approximately 141,000 customers in the cities of Fitchburg, Madison, Middleton, and Monona; and natural gas service to approximately 147,000 customers in the cities of Elroy, Fitchburg, Lodi, Madison, Middleton, Monona, Prairie du Chien, Verona, and Viroqua. MGE Energy, Inc. was founded in 1855 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Middlesex Water Company (MSEX), through its subsidiaries, provides regulated and unregulated water, and wastewater utility services. The company operates in two segments, Regulated and Non-Regulated. The Regulated segment is involved in collecting, treating, and distributing water on a retail and wholesale basis to residential, commercial, industrial, and fire protection customers in parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. This segment also operates regulated wastewater systems in New Jersey and Delaware. The Non-Regulated segment provides non-regulated contract services for the operation and maintenance of municipal and private water and wastewater systems in New Jersey and Delaware. Middlesex Water Company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in, New Jersey. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
NACCO Industries, Inc. (NC) is engaged in the mining, small appliances, and specialty retail businesses worldwide. It designs, markets, and distributes a range of small electric household appliances, including, blenders, can openers, coffeemakers, food processors, indoor electric grills, irons, mixers, slow cookers, toasters, toaster ovens, air purifiers, and odor eliminators, as well as commercial products for restaurants, bars, and hotels. The company markets its small electric household appliances and commercial products under the Hamilton Beach, eclectrics, Proctor Silex, Melitta, and Jamba brands. NACCO Industries, Inc. markets its products through mass merchandisers, department stores, variety store chains, drug store chains, specialty home retailers, distributors, and other retail outlets. It also operates as a specialty retailer of kitchenware, home entertainment products, electric and non-electric kitchen items, and gourmet foods under the Kitchen Collection and Le Gourmet Chef store names in outlet and traditional malls. As of December 31, 2013, the company operated 272 Kitchen Collection and 32 Le Gourmet Chef stores. In addition, it is involved in mining and marketing steam and metallurgical coal for electric utilities, independent power providers, a coal cooperative and a synfuels plant, coke processing plants, cement plants, and coal brokers; and providing dragline mining services for independently owned limerock quarries in Florida and selected value-added mining services for other natural resources companies. NACCO Industries, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
National Fuel Gas Company (NFG) operates as a diversified energy company in the United States. The company’s Utility segment sells natural gas or provides natural gas transportation services to approximately 735,000 customers in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Jamestown, New York; and Erie and Sharon, Pennsylvania. Its Pipeline and Storage segment provides interstate natural gas transportation and storage services through an integrated gas pipeline system extending from southwestern Pennsylvania to the New York-Canadian border, and eastward to Ellisburg and Leidy, Pennsylvania; and owns and operates 27 underground natural gas storage fields, as well as 4 other underground natural gas storage fields. This segment also transports natural gas for Distribution Corporation, as well as for other utilities, industrial customers, and power producers in New York State. It owns and operates the Empire Pipeline, a 249-mile integrated pipeline system. The company’s Exploration and Production segment explores for, develops, and produces natural gas and oil reserves in California, in the Appalachian region of the United States, and in Kansas. As of September 30, 2013, this segment had proved developed and undeveloped reserves of 41,598 thousand barrels of oil and 1,299,515 million cubic feet of natural gas. Its Energy Marketing segment markets natural gas to industrial, wholesale, commercial, public authority, and residential customers primarily in western and central New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. The company’s Gathering segment builds, owns, and operates natural gas processing and pipeline gathering facilities in the Appalachian region. As of September 30, 2013, the company also owned approximately 95,000 acres of timber property and manages an additional 3,000 acres of timber cutting rights. National Fuel Gas Company was founded in 1902 and is based in Williamsville, New York. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Nordson Corporation (NDSN) engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems for dispensing and processing adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, fluid management, testing and inspection, surface treatment, and curing. Its Adhesive Dispensing Systems segment provides equipment to apply adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products; automated adhesive dispensing systems for packaged goods industries; adhesive and sealant dispensing systems to bond and seal plastics, metal, and wood products in the paper and paperboard converting industries; laminating and coating systems to manufacture continuous-roll goods in nonwovens, textile, and paper industries; and components and systems used in plastic extrusion and injection molding processes. The company’s Advanced Technology Systems segment offers automated dispensing systems for attachment, protection, and coating of fluids and related gas plasma treatment systems for cleaning and conditioning surfaces prior to dispense; precision manual and semi-automated dispensers, plastic molded syringes, cartridges tips, and fluid connection components for applying and controlling the flow of adhesives, sealants, lubricants, and biomaterials; and bond testing and automated optical and X-ray inspection systems. This segment serves electronics, medical, and related industries. Its Industrial Coating Systems segment provides automated and manual dispensing systems to apply component adhesives and sealant materials; liquid paints and coatings to consumer and industrial products; ultraviolet equipment to cure and dry operations for specialty coatings, semiconductor materials, and paints; and powder paints and coatings to various metal, plastic, and wood products. The company markets its products in the United States and internationally through direct sales force, distributors, and sales representatives. Nordson Corporation was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN) stores and distributes natural gas primarily in Oregon, Washington, and California. The company operates in two segments, Local Gas Distribution and Gas Storage. The Local Gas Distribution segment distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Oregon and southwest Washington. It is involved in building and maintaining pipeline distribution system; purchasing gas from producers and marketers; contracting for the transportation of gas from the supply basins to service territory over pipelines; and reselling the gas. This segment also transports customer-owned gas from the interstate pipeline connection or city gates to the customers’ end-use facilities. The Gas Storage segment offers underground natural gas storage services to interstate and intrastate customers. It holds leases and other property interests in approximately 12,000 net acres of underground natural gas storage in Oregon; and 5,000 net acres of underground natural gas storage in California. This segment serves primarily natural gas production or distribution, electric generation, and energy marketing companies. Northwest Natural Gas Company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Old Republic International Corporation (ORI), through its subsidiaries, is engaged in underwriting insurance products primarily in the United States and Canada. The company’s General Insurance Group segment offers automobile extended warranty, aviation, commercial automobile, commercial multi-peril, general liability, home warranty, inland marine, travel accident, and workers' compensation insurance products; and financial indemnity products for specialty coverages, including errors and omissions/directors and officers, fidelity, guaranteed asset protection, and surety. This segment offers its insurance products for businesses, government, and other institutions in transportation, commercial construction, healthcare, education, retail and wholesale, forest products, energy, general manufacturing, and financial services industries. Old Republic International Corporation’s Title Insurance Group segment provides lenders' and owners' title insurance policies to real estate purchasers and investors based upon searches of the public records. This segment also offers escrow closing and construction disbursement services; and real estate information products, national default management services, and services pertaining to real estate transfers and loan transactions. The company is also involved in small life and accident insurance business. Old Republic International Corporation markets its products directly, as well as through insurance agents and brokers. The company was founded in 1887 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Parker-Hannifin Corporation (PH) manufactures motion and control technologies and systems for various mobile, industrial, and aerospace markets worldwide. Its Industrial segment provides pneumatic and electromechanical components and systems; filters, systems, and instruments to monitor and remove contaminants from fuel, air, oil, water, and other liquids and gases; connectors, which control, transmit, and contain fluid; hydraulic components and systems for builders and users of industrial and mobile machinery and equipment; critical flow components for process instrumentation, healthcare, and ultra-high-purity applications; and static and dynamic sealing devices. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and their replacement markets in manufacturing, transportation, and processing industries. The company’s Aerospace segment offers flight control, hydraulic, fuel, fluid conveyance, and engine systems and components for commercial and military airframe and engine programs. It also provides electronics thermal management heat rejection systems, and single-phase and two-phase heat collection systems for radar, ISAR, and power electronics. This segment markets its products directly to original equipment manufacturers and end users in the commercial and military aerospace markets. Its Climate & Industrial Controls segment offers systems and components primarily for use in the mobile and stationary refrigeration, and air conditioning industry; and in fluid control applications in various industries, such as processing, fuel dispensing, beverage dispensing, and mobile emissions. This segment serves original equipment manufacturers and their replacement markets. The company markets its products through direct-sales employees, independent distributors, and sales representatives. Parker-Hannifin Corporation was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (PNY), an energy services company, distributes natural gas in the United States. It operates in two segments, Regulated Utility and Non-Utility Activities. The company also operates energy-related businesses comprising unregulated retail natural gas marketing, regulated interstate natural gas transportation, and storage and regulated intrastate natural gas transportation. It distributes natural gas through transmission pipelines and distribution mains. As of December 23, 2013, the company served approximately one million residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation customers in of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, including wholesale customers served by municipalities. Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Questar Corporation (STR) operates as an integrated natural gas company in the United States. It distributes natural gas as a public utility in Utah, southwestern Wyoming, and a small portion of southeastern Idaho serving 945,971 sales and transportation customers; and owns and operates distribution systems comprising 27,612 miles of street mains, service lines, and interconnecting pipelines, as well as has long-term franchises granted by communities and counties in its service area. The company also develops, produces, and delivers natural gas from its properties located in the Rocky Mountain region, primarily in the Vermillion, Pinedale, Moxa Arch, and Uinta Basin producing fields; produces and sells crude oil and natural gas liquids; provides interstate natural gas-transportation and underground-storage services in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado; and offers wellhead automation and measurement services for Rockies oil and gas producers. It owns and operates approximately 2,662 miles of interstate pipeline with total firm-capacity commitments of 5,121 Mdth per day transporting natural gas from Rocky Mountain producing areas to other pipeline systems, distribution systems, and other utility systems; and the Overthrust pipeline in southwestern Wyoming and the eastern segment of Southern Trails Pipeline, a 487-mile line that extends from the Blanco hub in the San Juan Basin to just inside the California state line near the Arizona border. In addition, the company owns and operates the White River Hub facilities that connect with six interstate-pipeline systems and a processing plant near Meeker, Colorado; the Clay Basin storage facility, an underground-storage reservoir in the Rocky Mountain region; and gathering lines and processing facilities near Price, Utah, which provide gas-processing services for third parties. Questar Corporation was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Raven Industries, Inc. (RAVN), together with its subsidiaries, provides various products for the industrial, agricultural, energy, construction, and military/aerospace markets in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Applied Technology, Engineered Films, and Aerostar. The Applied Technology segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services precision agriculture products and information management tools that enable growers to enhance farm yields. Its products include field computers, application controls, GPS-guidance and assisted-steering systems, automatic boom controls, yield monitoring planter controls, seeder and harvest controls, and motor controls, as well as Slingshot, an integrated real-time kinematic navigation and information platform. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, as well as through after market distributors. The Engineered Films segment produces plastic films and sheeting for industrial, energy, construction, geomembrane, and agricultural applications. This segment sells plastic sheeting to independent third-party distributors through its sales force. The Aerostar segment designs and manufactures high-altitude balloons, tethered aerostats, and radar processing systems to provide research, communications, and situational awareness to government and commercial customers. This segment also sells military parachutes, uniforms, and protective wear to the government agencies as a prime or sub-contractor, as well as provides electronics manufacturing services. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
RLI Corp. (RLI), through its subsidiaries, underwrites property and casualty insurance primarily in the United States. Its Casualty segment provides general liability products consisting of coverage for third party liability of commercial insureds, including manufacturers, contractors, apartments, real estate investment trusts, and mercantile. This segment also offers coverages in the area of environmental liability for underground storage tanks, contractors and asbestos, and environmental remediation specialists; commercial and personal umbrella liability insurance; commercial automobile liability and physical damage insurance products; other types of commercial automobile risks; and incidental insurance coverages, including general liability, excess liability, and motor truck cargo. In addition, it provides various management professional liability coverages, such as directors and officers liability insurance, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, and fidelity coverages; professional liability coverages; medical professional liability insurance; and various other products, including home business insurance, which provides limited liability and property coverage for various small business owners. The company’s Property segment comprises primarily of commercial fire; earthquake; difference in conditions; marine; facultative and treaty reinsurance, including crop and property; and personal lines policies, such as recreational vehicle and Hawaii homeowners coverages. The company’s Surety segment specializes in writing small-to-large commercial and contract surety coverages, as well as surety coverages for the energy, petrochemical, and refining industries; and offers miscellaneous bonds, including license and permit, notary, and court bonds. RLI Corp. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
RPM International Inc. (RPM) manufactures, markets, and sells specialty chemical products for industrial and consumer markets in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Industrial and Consumer. The Industrial segment offers waterproofing and institutional roofing systems; sealants, tapes, and foams; residential home weatherization systems; roofing and building maintenance and related services; insulated building cladding materials; industrial adhesives and sealants; concrete and masonry additives, and related construction chemicals; polymer flooring systems; and industrial and commercial tile systems. This segment also provides fiberglass reinforced plastic gratings and shapes for industrial platforms, staircases, and walkways; corrosion-control coatings, containment linings, fireproofing and soundproofing products, and heat and cryogenic insulation products; bridge expansion joints, bridge deck and parking deck membranes, curb and channel drains, highway markings, protective coatings, and concrete repairs; fluorescent colorants and pigments; shellac-based-specialty coatings for industrial and pharmaceutical uses, edible glazes, and food coatings; exterior insulating and finishing systems; and fire and water damage restoration, and carpet cleaning and disinfecting products. The Consumer segment manufactures and markets professional use and do-it-yourself (DIY) products for various consumer applications, including home improvement and personal leisure activities. This segment offers nail care enamels, coating components, specialty products for paint contractors and the DIYers, deck and fence restoration products, metallic and faux finish coatings, hobby paints and cements, caulks, sealants, adhesives, and insulating foams, as well as spackling, glazing, and other general patch and repair products. It sells its products directly, as well as through distributors. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Medina, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
SJW Corp. (SJW), through its subsidiaries, operates as a water utility company. The company operates through two segments, Water Utility Services and Real Estate Services. It is engaged in the production, purchase, storage, purification, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of water. The company also provides non-tariffed services, including water system operations, maintenance agreements, and antenna leases. Its water supply consists of groundwater from wells, surface water from watershed run-off and diversion, and imported water purchased from the Santa Clara Valley Water District. The company offers water service to approximately 228,000 connections that serve customers in portions of the cities of Cupertino and San Jose, as well as in Campbell, Monte Sereno, Saratoga, the Town of Los Gatos, and adjacent unincorporated territories in Santa Clara County, California. It also provides water service to approximately 11,000 connections, which serve approximately 36,000 people in a service area comprising approximately 240 square miles in the region between San Antonio and Austin, Texas. In addition, the company, through its subsidiary, SJW Land Company, owns undeveloped land in California and Tennessee; owns and operates commercial buildings in California, Texas, Arizona, and Tennessee; and holds a 70% limited partnership interest in 444 West Santa Clara Street, L.P., a real estate limited partnership that operates commercial building rentals. SJW Corp. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Sonoco Products Company (SON) manufactures and sells industrial and consumer packaging products in the United States, Europe, and Canada. The company operates in four segments: Consumer Packaging, Paper and Industrial Converted Products, Display and Packaging, and Protective Solutions. The Consumer Packaging segment offers round composite cans, shaped rigid paperboard containers, fiber caulk/adhesive tubes, aluminum, steel, and peel able membrane easy-open closures for composite and metal cans; plastic bottles, jars, jugs, cups, and trays; and printed flexible packaging, rotogravure cylinder engraving, and global brand management products. The Paper and Industrial Converted Products segment provides recycled paperboard, chipboard, tubeboard, lightweight corestock, boxboard, linerboard, corrugating medium, and specialty grades; and paperboard tubes and cores, molded plugs, and reels, as well as is engaged in the collection, processing, and recycling of old corrugated containers, paper, plastics, metal, glass, and other recyclable materials. The Display and Packaging segment offers point-of-purchase displays, custom packaging, fulfillment, primary package filling, supply chain management, and paperboard specialty products. The Protective Solutions segment provides engineered, custom-designed protective, temperature-assurance, and retail security packaging solutions. Sonoco Products Company was formerly known as Southern Novelty Company. The company was founded in 1899 and is based in Hartsville, South Carolina. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Stepan Company (SCL), together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells specialty and intermediate chemicals to manufacturers in various industries worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Surfactants, Polymers, and Specialty Products. The Surfactants segment offers surfactants that are used as principal ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning products, such as detergents for washing clothes, dishes, carpets, floors, and walls; shampoos, body washes, toothpastes, and fabric softeners; and germicidal quaternary compounds, lubricating ingredients, emulsifiers, plastics and composites, biodiesel, and enhanced oil recovery. The Polymers segment provides polyols that are used in the manufacture of rigid laminate insulation board and panels for thermal insulation in the construction industry, as well as a base raw material for coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers, and flexible foams; and phthalic anhydride, which is used in unsaturated polyester resins, alkyd resins, and plasticizers for applications in construction materials, as well as components of automotive, boating, and other consumer products. The Specialty Products segment offers flavors, emulsifiers, and solubilizers that are used in the food, nutritional supplement, and pharmaceutical industries. Stepan Company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Northfield, Illinois. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS), a diversified telecommunications service company, provides wireless and wireline telecommunications services in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Wireline, Cable, and Hosted and Managed Services. The company’s wireless services include postpaid national plans; data and business rate plans; prepaid service plans; smartphone messaging, data, and Internet services; new services comprising family protector and an international dialing plan; multimedia services, including digital radio, Mobile TV, and gaming; and data services that enables customers to access news, weather, sports information, games, ring tones, and other services. It also offers wireless devices, including handsets, modems, mobile hotspots, home phone, and tablets; and accessories comprising carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, battery chargers, memory cards, and other products. In addition, the company provides voice services, such as local and long-distance telephone service, voice over Internet protocol, voice mail, caller ID, and call forwarding services; broadband services, which include digital subscriber lines and other high-speed Internet data services; network access services; and Internet protocol television and satellite video services. Further, it offers cloud computing, colocation, hosted application management, and hosted and managed services; and planning, engineering, procurement, sales, installation, and management of information technology infrastructure hardware solutions, as well as printing and distribution services. As of December 31, 2013, the company served approximately 4.8 million wireless customers and 1.1 million wireline connections. Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. sells its products through retail sales and service centers, direct sales, third-party retailers, and independent agents, as well as through Website and telesales. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Tennant Company (TNC) designs, manufactures, and markets cleaning solutions worldwide. The company offers floor maintenance and outdoor cleaning equipment; chemical-free and other cleaning technologies that reduce the need for chemicals in the cleaning process; and coatings and related products for protecting, repairing, and upgrading floors and other surfaces. Its products are used to clean and coat surfaces in factories, transportation facilities, public venues, warehouses, retail, education, healthcare, office buildings, parking lots, and streets, and other environments. The company also provides parts, consumables, and service maintenance and repair; business solutions, such as rental and leasing programs, as well as surface coatings and floor preservation products. Tennant Company markets its products under the Tennant, Nobles, Green Machines, Alfa Uma Empresa Tennant, and Orbio brands. The company sells its products to building service contract cleaners, end-user businesses, healthcare facilities, and schools, as well as local, state, and federal governments through direct sales and service organization, and a network of authorized distributors. Tennant Company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Tompkins Financial Corporation (TMP) operates as a community-based financial services company that offers commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, financial planning and wealth management, insurance, and brokerage services in New York and Pennsylvania. It operates in three business segments: Banking, Insurance, and Wealth Management. The company generates deposit products, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, time deposits, IRA products, brokered time deposits, and municipal money market accounts. Its loan portfolio includes loans for various business purposes, such as real estate financing, construction, equipment financing, accounts receivable financing, and commercial leasing; residential real estate loans comprising home equity loans; commercial and industrial loans; commercial real estate loans; agriculturally-related loans; and consumer loans, such as personal installment loans, direct and indirect automobile financing, and overdraft lines of credit. The company also provides cash management services, letters of credit, sweep accounts, credit cards, Internet-based account services, mobile banking and remote deposit services, debit cards, and safe deposit services. In addition, it offers trust and estate, investment and wealth management, financial and tax planning, and insurance planning services; life, long-term care, and disability insurance services; and property and casualty insurance, and employee benefits consulting services. The company operates approximately 66 banking offices. It primarily serves individuals, corporations, and other business clients. The company was founded in 1836 and is headquartered in Ithaca, New York. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (TR), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells confectionery products primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It sells its products under the TOOTSIE ROLL, TOOTSIE ROLL POPS, CHILD’S PLAY, CARAMEL APPLE POPS, CHARMS, BLOW-POP, CHARMS MINI POPS, CELLA’S, MASON DOTS, MASON CROWS, JUNIOR MINTS, CHARLESTON CHEW, SUGAR DADDY, SUGAR BABIES, ANDES, FLUFFY STUFF, DUBBLE BUBBLE, RAZZLES, CRY BABY, and NIK-L-NIP trademarks. The company sells its products directly and through approximately 30 candy and grocery brokers to wholesale distributors of candy and groceries, supermarkets, variety stores, dollar stores, chain grocers, drug chains, discount chains, cooperative grocery associations, warehouse and membership club stores, mass merchandisers, vending machine operators, the U.S. military, and fund-raising charitable organizations. Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. was founded in 1896 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
UGI Corporation (UGI), through its subsidiaries, distributes, stores, transports, and markets energy products and related services in the United States and internationally. It distributes propane to approximately 2 million residential, commercial/industrial, motor fuel, agricultural, and wholesale customers in 50 states through 2,500 propane distribution locations; and sells, installs, and services propane appliances, including heating systems. The company also distributes liquid petroleum gas (LPG) to residential and small business users, housing developments, hospitals, municipalities and medium-sized industrial enterprises, and poultry brooders for space and water heating, cooking, process heat, transportation, construction work, manufacturing, crop drying, power generation, and irrigation; and provides logistic and storage services to third-party LPG distributors. In addition, it distributes natural gas to approximately 600,000 customers primarily in the portions of 46 Pennsylvania counties through its distribution system of 12,000 miles of gas mains; and supplies electricity to approximately 62,000 customers in Pennsylvania through 1,900 miles of lines and 13 substations. Further, the company is involved in the retail sale of natural gas, liquid fuels, and electricity to approximately 17,000 commercial and industrial customers at approximately 41,000 locations. Additionally, it operates electric generation facilities, which include solar and landfill gas facilities; a natural gas liquefaction, storage, and vaporization facility; propane storage and propane-air mixing stations; and rail transshipment terminals. The company also manages natural gas pipeline and storage contracts; develops, owns, and operates pipelines, gathering infrastructure, and gas storage facilities; and provides heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and electrical contracting services. UGI Corporation was founded in 1882 and is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
United Bankshares, Inc. (UBSI), through its subsidiaries, provides commercial and retail banking services and products in the United States. Its deposit products include checking, savings, time, and money market accounts; and demand deposits, statement and special savings, and NOW accounts, as well as individual retirement accounts. The company’s loan products portfolio comprises personal, commercial, floor plan, and student loans; construction and real estate loans; and consumer loans, including credit card and home equity loans. It also offers safe deposit boxes, wire transfers, credit cards, and other banking products and services; trust services; services to correspondent banks, such as check clearing, safekeeping, and the buying and selling of federal funds; and Internet, online, and telephone banking services, as well as automated teller machines. In addition, the company provides community banking services, such as asset management, real property title insurance, investment banking, financial planning, and brokerage services. As of February 27, 2014, it operated 133 full-service offices in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., as well as in Pennsylvania. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Universal Corporation (UVV) operates as a leaf tobacco merchant and processor worldwide. It is engaged in selecting, procuring, processing, packing, storing, shipping, and financing leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company processes and/or sells flue-cured and burley, and oriental tobaccos that are used in the manufacture of cigarettes; and dark air-cured tobaccos for the manufacture of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products. It also provides various value-added services, such as blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, service cutting for various manufacturers, manufacturing reconstituted leaf tobacco, and just-in-time inventory management. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) is a publicly owned real estate investment trust. The firm invests in the real estate markets of United States. It invests in the health care and human service related facilities including acute care hospitals, behavioral healthcare facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, sub-acute facilities, surgery centers, childcare centers, and medical office buildings. Universal Health Realty Income Trust was founded in 1986, and is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
The Valspar Corporation (VAL) manufactures and distributes various coatings, paints, and related products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Coatings and Paints. The Coatings segment offers decorative and protective coatings for metal, wood, and plastic primarily for original equipment manufacturing customers. Its products include primers, top coats, varnishes, sprays, stains, fillers, and other coatings used in manufacturing industries, such as agricultural and construction equipment, appliances, building products, furniture, metal fabrication, metal packaging, and transportation. This segment also provides color design and technical services. The Paints segment sells paints, primers, topcoats, aerosol spray paints, and automotive refinish paints, as well as crowns for glass bottles, and plastic packaging and bottle closures primarily through retailers, distribution networks, and company-owned stores. The company also manufactures and sells specialty polymers and colorants, as well as sells furniture protection plans, and furniture care and repair products under the Guardsman brand. The company was founded in 1806 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Vectren Corporation (VVC), through its subsidiaries, provides energy delivery services to residential, commercial, and industrial and other contract customers in Indiana and Ohio. The company offers natural gas distribution and transportation services, and electric distribution services; and owns and operates coal-fired and gas-fired electric generating facilities with an installed generating capacity of 1,298 megawatts. Its electric transmission system consists of 1,022 circuit miles of 345, 138, and 69 kilovolt lines, and 36 substations; and distribution system comprises 4,339 pole miles of lower voltage overhead lines and 390 trench miles of conduit containing 2,042 miles of underground distribution cable, 95 distribution substations, and 52,200 distribution transformers. The company also provides underground pipeline construction and repair services; performance contracting and renewable energy services; and invests in energy-related opportunities and services, real estate, and leveraged leases, as well as mines and sells coal. In addition, it operates as a specialty contractor focusing on transmission pipeline construction and maintenance; pump station, compressor station, terminal, and refinery construction; and hydrostatic testing. The company serves the automotive assembly, parts and accessories; feed, flour, and grain processing; metal castings, aluminum products, polycarbonate resin, and plastic products; gypsum products; electrical equipment, metal specialties, glass, and steel finishing; pharmaceutical and nutritional products; gasoline and oil products; ethanol; and coal mining industries. As of December 31, 2013, it supplied natural gas services to approximately 1,005,900 customers; and electric services to approximately 142,900 customers. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
Weyco Group, Inc. (WEYS), together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the distribution and retail of footwear. It operates in two segments, North American Wholesale and North American Retail. The company designs and markets footwear for men, women, and children under the Florsheim, Nunn Bush, Stacy Adams, BOGS, Rafters, and Umi brand names. It offers mid-priced leather dress shoes and casual footwear of man-made materials or leather; and outdoor boots, shoes, and sandals for agricultural, industrial, outdoor specialty, outdoor sport, lifestyle, and fashion markets. The company wholesales its products to footwear, department, and specialty stores primarily in the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2013, it had 17 company-owned retail stores in the United States; and an Internet business. Weyco Group also has licensing agreements with third parties, who sell its branded apparel, accessories, and specialty footwear in the United States, as well as its footwear in Mexico and certain markets internationally. The company was formerly known as Weyenberg Shoe Manufacturing Company and changed its name to Weyco Group, Inc. in April 1990. Weyco Group, Inc. was founded in 1896 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
WGL Holdings, Inc. (WGL), through its subsidiaries, sells and delivers natural gas, and provides energy-related products and services. The company operates in four segments: Regulated Utility, Retail Energy-Marketing, Commercial Energy Systems, and Midstream Energy Services. The Regulated Utility segment sells and delivers natural gas to retail customers; and owns full and partial interests in underground natural gas storage facilities, including pipeline delivery facilities located in and around Hampshire County, West Virginia. The Retail Energy-Marketing segment sells natural gas and electricity directly to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The Commercial Energy Systems segment provides design-build energy efficient and sustainable solutions, including commercial solar, energy efficiency, and combined heat and power projects to government and commercial clients. This segment also focuses on upgrading the mechanical, electrical, and water and energy-related infrastructure of governmental and commercial facilities by implementing traditional, as well as alternative energy technologies primarily in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The Midstream Energy Services segment is engaged in developing, acquiring, managing, and optimizing natural gas storage and transportation assets. As of September 30, 2013, the company had approximately 667 miles of transmission mains; 12,897 miles of distribution mains; 13,380 miles of distribution services; and storage capacity for approximately 15.0 million gallons of propane for peak-shaving, as well as served approximately 168,000 natural gas customers and approximately 180,000 electricity customers in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. WGL Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
