WESTPORT, Conn., March 25, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to unprecedented economic and regulatory uncertainty, Rivel Research Group today announced the launching of Perspectives on the Utility Industry Today – the company's first national, survey research-based examination of the investment community's attitudes toward the utilities industry.
Focused exclusively on a representative sample of utility analysts and investors, yielding over 100 interviews, Perspectives on the Utility Industry Today will provide valuable insight into current controversies and how utilities are perceived from various viewpoints. It will afford strategic guidance for communicating with and targeting the most appropriate investment professionals. In addition, the report will offer a reservoir of knowledge and analysis to help ensure that the unique information needs and requirements of utility investors are satisfied.
Highlights from the report include:
- Positive/negative factors currently affecting the industry
- The most important valuation drivers for utility investors when making investment decisions in the sector
- Investment appeal of regulated versus non-regulated companies
- What constitutes an attractive dividend yield
- Which utilities employ a solid strategic plan and the rationale for why a specific company was chosen
- The most important capital deployment initiatives for utilities to pursue
Perspectives on the Utility Industry also delves into what comprises a utility investor in today's economic recovery by way of a firm's percentage of assets in utilities, the investment horizon and style (i.e., GARP vs. value) and the type of funds primarily investing in the sector (i.e., hedge vs. mutual fund).
For nearly 20 years, Rivel Research Group has completed numerous custom survey research studies addressing the practices of corporate investor relations programs, including many in the utility field. This expertise has allowed Rivel to gain a well-founded understanding of the investment and communication issues most important to the financial community as well as the particular challenges facing utilities.
Perspectives on the Utility Industry Today will be available in spring 2010. For further information about the report and to reserve a copy, please contact Barbara Sullivan, Director of Marketing, at (203) 635-4383 or via bsullivan@rivel.com.
About Rivel Research Group
Rivel Research Group specializes in delivering actionable insight based on in-depth measurements of the global investment community. Gathering, analyzing and interpreting investment community feedback is our only business. Rivel's highly experienced staff provides the well-informed, unbiased and strategically relevant intelligence companies need to effectively communicate with such important constituencies as sell-side analysts, buy-side analysts, portfolio managers, the financial media and other influential audiences. The comprehensive information that Rivel supplies enables companies to evaluate performance, formulate strategy and identify opportunities to achieve corporate objectives directed toward these groups. Additional information concerning Rivel is available on its website at www.rivel.com
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