The market appeared to be losing the 10,000 mark battle. The Dow lost 259.6 points (-2.6%) this week. At the end of the week, my watch list expanded to 21 companies compared to 15 from the previous week. Here are the companies on my watch list as of October 30, 2009.
| Symbol | Name | Price | P/E | % Yr Low | Yield | EPS | Div/Shr | Payout Ratio |
| WTR | AQUA AMERICA INC | 15.45 | 19.81 | 0.00% | 3.75% | 0.78 | 0.58 | 74% |
| SHEN | Shenandoah Telecom | 16.69 | 26.49 | 0.91% | 1.92% | 0.63 | 0.32 | 51% |
| WMT | WAL MART STORES | 49.68 | 14.57 | 7.42% | 2.19% | 3.41 | 1.09 | 32% |
| BCR | BARD C R INC | 75.07 | 15.04 | 8.89% | 0.91% | 4.99 | 0.68 | 14% |
| CWT | CALIFORNIA WATER SVC | 36.57 | 17.33 | 9.20% | 3.23% | 2.11 | 1.18 | 56% |
| NWN | NORTHWEST NAT GAS | 41.81 | 15.15 | 10.87% | 3.97% | 2.76 | 1.66 | 60% |
| WEYS | Weyco Group, Inc. | 22.30 | 20.65 | 10.89% | 2.69% | 1.08 | 0.60 | 56% |
| PNY | PIEDMONT NAT GAS CO | 23.28 | 15.02 | 12.57% | 4.64% | 1.55 | 1.08 | 70% |
| UGI | U G I CP | 23.88 | 9.91 | 12.96% | 3.35% | 2.41 | 0.80 | 33% |
| CAH | CARDINAL HEALTH INC | 28.34 | 8.88 | 13.95% | 2.47% | 3.19 | 0.70 | 22% |
| WGL | WGL HOLDINGS INC | 33.06 | 13.83 | 15.63% | 4.45% | 2.39 | 1.47 | 62% |
| XOM | EXXON MOBIL CP | 71.67 | 11.50 | 15.86% | 2.34% | 6.23 | 1.68 | 27% |
| MCD | MCDONALDS CP | 58.61 | 15.14 | 16.20% | 3.75% | 3.87 | 2.20 | 57% |
| NJR | N J RESOURCES CP | 35.20 | 13.38 | 17.53% | 3.52% | 2.63 | 1.24 | 47% |
| BDX | BECTON DICKINSON CO | 68.36 | 14.18 | 17.58% | 1.93% | 4.82 | 1.32 | 27% |
| FPL | F P L GROUP INC | 49.10 | 10.37 | 18.37% | 3.85% | 4.74 | 1.89 | 40% |
| SJW | S J W CP | 21.77 | 23.92 | 19.48% | 3.03% | 0.91 | 0.66 | 73% |
| PGN | PROGRESS ENERGY INC | 37.53 | 13.08 | 19.71% | 6.61% | 2.87 | 2.48 | 86% |
| T | AT&T INC. | 25.67 | 12.71 | 19.73% | 6.39% | 2.02 | 1.64 | 81% |
| AWR | AMER ST WATER | 33.15 | 24.56 | 20.28% | 3.02% | 1.35 | 1.00 | 74% |
| 21 Companies | ||||||||