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3 Utility Stocks With Strong Dividends and Room to Run HigherAuthored by Dan Schmidt. 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 rages on, investors continue to look for safe havens beyond the oil and gas industry. Precious metals are a common refuge, but gold and silver remain in a drawdown after their unprecedented winter run-up. Bonds are another typical shelter, but rising interest rates have pushed bond prices lower. That leaves low-beta sectors like utilities, which often offer steady revenue streams and generous dividend yields. And that’s exactly where we’ll be looking for bargains today—the utility sector. 3 Utilities That Combine Income Generation and Capital AppreciationUtilities are large and highly regulated, which limits upside potential but provides predictability and stability during volatile periods. We looked for utilities that offer a bit of both: reliable dividend income and potential capital appreciation, not just preservation. The three stocks highlighted here have strong dividends, consistent earnings growth, and low volatility—characteristics that 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) combines a stable, income-generating utility business with a fast-growing renewable-energy platform. NextEra operates Florida Power and Light, the largest regulated utility in the country, and NextEra Energy Resources, which owns one of the world’s largest portfolios of wind and solar assets. 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. Renewable energy has been a volatile area, and NextEra shares have the highest beta of any stock on this list at 0.75. But 0.75 is still 25% less volatile 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 elevated but not alarming for a regulated utility. The company has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years, with roughly 10% annualized growth over the last five years. 
NEE trades at about 25 times forward earnings—rich for a utility—but you’re paying for upside as well as income, and the shares appear to be gaining bullish momentum. The stock consolidated into a bullish wedge pattern over the last few weeks, and both the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) are showing signs of renewed buying pressure. Xcel Energy: Steady Earnings with a Strong DividendXcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL) brings a track record of consistency. The company has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and has met or beaten earnings-per-share (EPS) guidance for 21 straight years—a streak reaffirmed in its Q4 2025 earnings report released on Feb. 4. Management guided fiscal 2026 EPS to $4.18, a 9% increase from 2025. Steady earnings growth is the goal with an investment like XEL. The stock trades at about 21 times forward earnings and has a low beta of 0.45. It yields 2.9%, with a 69% DPR and payout representing only 26% of cash flow—the lowest cash-flow payout of the three names featured here. 
XEL recently dipped into oversold territory on the RSI, which has been an attractive entry point over the past year. The last three times the RSI fell into oversold levels, the stock touched the 200-day moving average before rebounding. On the daily chart, the price has again bounced off the 200-day moving average and recently reclaimed the 50-day moving average. Buyers appear to be back in control, and the RSI suggests room for the rally to extend. WEC Energy: The Midwest Compounder With the Highest YieldWEC Energy Group Inc. (NYSE: WEC) has paid dividends since the early 1940s, and its current yield of 3.27% is the highest of our picks. WEC has held up relatively well amid the Iran conflict, trading roughly flat over the past month while broader markets weakened. The company serves nearly 5 million customers across Midwest states such as Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan—regions that tend to produce favorable rate outcomes. WEC has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years, though its DPR is rising toward cautionary territory at about 78.8%. Dividend growth has been solid, averaging roughly 7% annualized over the last five years, including a 6.7% boost for fiscal 2026. 
WEC bounced off its 50-day moving average after a recent Golden Cross, reinforcing that the uptrend remains intact. Momentum may be accelerating now that the RSI has reached about 50—a level often interpreted as the point where buyers begin to outnumber sellers. |
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