Dow Jones Utility Average

The Dow Jones Utility Average (DJUA, also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a stock index from S&P Dow Jones Indices that tracks the performance of 15 prominent utility companies traded in the United States.Dow Jones Averages | Dow Jones Utility Average | Overview

The Dow Jones Utilities is a price-weighted average. All components of the DJUA are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with the exception of American Electric Power, Exelon, and Xcel Energy, which are listed on Nasdaq.

Components

, the current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):

+ DJUA component companies, showing ticker symbols and utility types Company Ticker Type American Electric Power AEP electric utilities American Water Works AWK water utilities Atmos Energy ATO gas utilities Consolidated Edison ED electric utilities Dominion Energy D electric utilities Duke Energy DUK electric utilities Edison International EIX electric utilities Exelon EXC diversified utilities FirstEnergy FE electric utilities NextEra Energy NEE electric utilities Public Service Enterprise Group PEG diversified utilities Sempra SRE multi-utilities Southern Company SO electric utilities Vistra Corp. VST independent power producer Xcel Energy XEL electric utilities

Former components Effective October 1, 2014, American Water Works replaced Williams Companies.

Effective January 18, 2019, Sempra Energy replaced PG&E Corporation.

Effective October 27, 2020, Atmos Energy and Xcel Energy replaced CenterPoint Energy and NiSource, respectively.

Effective November 8, 2024, Vistra Corp. replaced AES Corporation.

History

The index was created in 1929 when all utility stocks were removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

On April 20, 1965, the index closed at 163.32. On September 13, 1974, the index closed at 57.93.

Annual returns The following table shows the price return of the Dow Jones Utility Average, which was calculated back to 1928.

+ End-of-year closing values for DJUA, sortable Year Closing value Change in points Change in percent 1928 85.64 1929 88.27 2.63 3.07 1930 60.80 −27.47 −31.12 1931 31.41 −29.39 −48.34 1932 27.71 −3.70 −11.78 1933 23.09 −4.62 −16.67 1934 17.80 −5.29 −22.91 1935 29.55 11.75 66.01 1936 34.83 5.28 17.87 1937 20.35 −14.48 −41.57 1938 22.73 2.38 11.70 1939 25.32 2.59 11.39 1940 19.85 −5.47 −21.60 1941 14.02 −5.83 −29.37 1942 14.54 0.52 3.71 1943 21.87 7.33 50.41 1944 26.26 4.39 20.07 1945 38.13 11.87 45.20 1946 37.27 −0.86 −2.26 1947 33.40 −3.87 −10.38 1948 33.55 0.15 0.45 1949 41.31 7.76 23.13 1950 41.04 −0.27 −0.65 1951 47.22 6.18 15.06 1952 52.60 5.38 11.39 1953 52.04 −0.56 −1.06 1954 62.47 10.43 20.04 1955 64.16 1.69 2.71 1956 68.54 4.38 6.83 1957 68.58 0.04 0.06 1958 91.00 22.42 32.69 1959 87.83 −3.17 −3.48 1960 100.02 12.19 13.88 1961 129.16 29.14 29.13 1962 129.23 0.07 0.05 1963 138.99 9.76 7.55 1964 155.17 16.18 11.64 1965 152.63 −2.54 −1.64 1966 136.18 −16.45 −10.78 1967 127.91 −8.27 −6.07 1968 137.17 9.26 7.24 1969 110.08 −27.09 −19.75 1970 121.84 11.76 10.68 1971 117.75 −4.09 −3.36 1972 119.50 1.75 1.49 1973 89.37 −30.13 −25.21 1974 68.76 −20.61 −23.06 1975 83.65 14.89 21.66 1976 108.38 24.73 29.56 1977 111.28 2.90 2.68 1978 98.24 −13.04 −11.72 1979 106.60 8.36 8.51 1980 114.42 7.82 7.34 1981 109.02 −5.40 −4.72 1982 119.46 10.44 9.58 1983 131.84 12.38 10.36 1984 149.52 17.68 13.41 1985 174.81 25.29 16.91 1986 206.01 31.20 17.85 1987 175.08 −30.93 −15.01 1988 186.28 11.20 6.40 1989 235.04 48.76 26.18 1990 209.70 −25.34 −10.78 1991 226.15 16.45 7.84 1992 221.02 −5.13 −2.27 1993 229.30 8.28 3.75 1994 181.52 −47.78 −20.84 1995 225.40 43.88 24.17 1996 232.53 7.13 3.16 1997 273.07 40.54 17.43 1998 312.30 39.23 14.37 1999 283.36 −28.94 −9.27 2000 412.16 128.80 45.45 2001 293.94 −118.22 −28.68 2002 215.18 −78.76 −26.79 2003 266.90 51.72 24.04 2004 334.95 68.05 25.50 2005 405.11 70.16 20.95 2006 456.77 51.66 12.75 2007 532.53 75.76 16.59 2008 370.76 −161.77 −30.38 2009 398.01 27.25 7.35 2010 404.99 6.98 1.75 2011 464.68 59.69 14.74 2012 453.09 −11.59 −2.49 2013 490.57 37.48 8.27 2014 618.08 127.51 25.99 2015 577.82 −40.26 −6.51 2016 659.61 81.79 14.15 2017 723.37 63.76 9.67 2018 712.93 −10.44 −1.44 2019 879.17 166.24 23.32 2020 864.64 −14.53 −1.65 2021 980.78 116.14 13.43 2022 967.40 −13.38 −1.36 2023 881.67 −85.73 −8.86 2024 982.74 101.07 11.46 2025 1,068.07 85.33 8.68

Record values Category All-time highs Closing 1,190.23 Friday, February 27, 2026 Intraday 1,202.79 Thursday, April 9, 2026

Investing There is no fund that tracks this index. There are funds that have very similar behavior, such as Utilities Select Sector SPDR ().

See also Dow Jones Composite Average

References

External links Official Website