The market is still battling the 10,000 mark and ended the week at 10,023.42, up 3.2% this week. At the end of the week, my watch list shrank to 17 companies compared to 20 from the previous week. Here are the companies on my watch list as of November 6, 2009.
| Symbol | Name | Price | P/E | % Yr Low | Yield | EPS | Div/Shr | Payout Ratio |
| WTR | AQUA AMERICA INC | 16.16 | 20.72 | 5.00% | 3.59% | 0.78 | 0.58 | 74% |
| CWT | CALIFORNIA WATER | 36.32 | 18.34 | 8.45% | 3.25% | 1.98 | 1.18 | 60% |
| MON | MONSANTO COMPANY | 69.14 | 18.19 | 8.93% | 1.53% | 3.80 | 1.06 | 28% |
| WMT | WAL MART STORES | 51.25 | 15.03 | 10.81% | 2.13% | 3.41 | 1.09 | 32% |
| PNY | PIEDMONT NAT GAS | 22.94 | 14.80 | 10.93% | 4.71% | 1.55 | 1.08 | 70% |
| WEYS | Weyco Group, Inc. | 22.63 | 20.95 | 12.53% | 2.65% | 1.08 | 0.60 | 56% |
| BCR | BARD C R INC | 78.39 | 15.71 | 13.71% | 0.87% | 4.99 | 0.68 | 14% |
| UGI | U G I CP | 24.14 | 10.02 | 14.19% | 3.31% | 2.41 | 0.80 | 33% |
| NWN | NORTHWEST NAT GAS | 43.09 | 15.61 | 14.27% | 3.85% | 2.76 | 1.66 | 60% |
| WGL | WGL HOLDINGS INC | 33.23 | 13.90 | 16.23% | 4.42% | 2.39 | 1.47 | 62% |
| XOM | EXXON MOBIL CP | 72.58 | 16.92 | 17.33% | 2.31% | 4.29 | 1.68 | 39% |
| CAH | CARDINAL HEALTH | 29.50 | 9.25 | 18.62% | 2.37% | 3.19 | 0.70 | 22% |
| NJR | N J RESOURCES CP | 35.59 | 13.53 | 18.83% | 3.48% | 2.63 | 1.24 | 47% |
| RLI | R L I CP | 50.60 | 15.86 | 19.03% | 2.13% | 3.19 | 1.08 | 34% |
| FPL | F P L GROUP INC | 49.76 | 12.05 | 19.96% | 3.80% | 4.13 | 1.89 | 46% |
| PGN | PROGRESS ENERGY | 37.62 | 14.53 | 20.00% | 6.59% | 2.59 | 2.48 | 96% |
| T | AT&T INC. | 25.93 | 12.87 | 20.94% | 6.32% | 2.02 | 1.64 | 81% |
| 17 Companies | ||||||||
Something to note, I've taken Shenandoah Telecom (SHEN) out because of an annual dividend payment. I feel that it offer less cushion for myself. I replaced this company with Monsanto (MON) which appear to be on its way to becoming part of the Dividend Achiever. Take a look at this report for more on MON.