Investing Topics: Mergers
Dividend Cuts Caused by Mergers Can Raise Returns
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Oct. 9, 2018
Last month, Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) announced it’s buying the 39 percent of Dominion Midstream (NYSE: DM) it doesn’t already own.
In the September 19 Alert, we noted the offer of 0.2468 D shares per partnership unit equates to a roughly 41 percent distribution cut. We also said Dominion will have to increase that closer to the initial public offering price of $21 per unit to succeed.
Utility Update: AmeriGas Reports, ONEOK Spins
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Nov. 26, 2013
Shares of transmission line operator ITC Holdings (NYSE: ITC) have dropped more than 14 percent from the all-time highs reached in early November. The immediate catalyst: A group of industrial users have demanded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cut its allowed returns.
Moving Forward: A Q&A with Roger Conrad
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jun. 23, 2013
I had a chance to sit down with Conrad’s Utility Investor Managing Editor Gregg Early and we had a wide-ranging conversation about some of the big issues in the essential services industry today as well some of the hot topics of the day.
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