Pepco Holdings, Inc. (POM)

high yield

Putting real skin in the game on this one at this point in time. Quite frankly I'm a little nervous about the decrease in EPS as they arent even earning the dividend they are paying out, however, they are sitting on a boatload of cash and i'm expecting they can weather the short term storm. Even with that dividend burn rate on cash, the downside is more limited with the low beta and 7% yield.

Analysts upgrade, Great Div Return Yield, Sales Strong, Income Stronger, Strong Cash Position for Future Div, Solid Numbers

natural gas

Pepco Holdings is another one of those boring utility companies that deliver electricity and natural gas (to Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington, DC., in the case of POM). It pays a boringly consistent dividend (currently just over 7.5%), quarter after quarter, year after year, for as long as people want to heat and light their homes. Bore me all the way to the bank.

Another buy and hold pick based upon the dividends.

I'll take a run....

Safe, solid, good debt position. I have no idea what the market will do, but this would be a decent retirement bet. It may not beat the market, but it will make money. If the market does poorly, this stock will have higher ralative returns.

east coast power,population,sells power.

div

A solid performer I expect to double from it's current $13. I bought at $12 and $13. The stock even goes up the day of power outages in DC! Have to enjoy those dividends too.

Considering Book value, earnings, and market cap...this should beat the market in 5 years.

This is a great company and dividend is 100 % safe. The earnings are under pressure but will recover very nicely when the market over-all turns around, because of pension payments. The company is a regulated utility and is already applying for a rate increases. Great buying opportunity.

dividend yield above 8.5% and mgt is committed to maintaining the dividend

Low relative PE, good star ranking, PEG & 09 PE still below normal - bottom fishing 5/3 picks.

Confidence backed up

Utility company with decent yield and did NOT overextend its balance sheet during the boom years. What I mean by this is that since 2004, the company has not purchased alot of "stuff" and financed it with debt/loans at boom-level high prices. Let's face it, across the board, assets such as real estate, commodities, stocks, companies, and albeit industrial equipment were at very inflated, unrealistic levels. This company was lucky enough not to take a big bite out of the high prices and will perform relatively well and outperform other utilities, and I bet, the S&P 500.

Pepco was well above this price before the beginning of the "stock bubble" in 1997. It has real energy holdings which will continue to turn a profit and secure the dividend.

depends on quick start