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Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (PNY)

CAPS Rating:
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An energy services company primarily engaged in the distribution of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial utility customers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

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Income (1401), Defensive (1457), Utilities (167), Growth (1902), Hard Asset (1002), Gas Utilities (29), Distressed (1597), Small Cap (1645)
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Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $24.39
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:02 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $24.30
Daily Range: $24.27 - $24.64
52-Week Range: $20.68 - $27.84
Volume: 377,798
Market Cap: $1.79B
P/E Ratio: 14.46
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Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (PNY)

Avatar bankingonobama (< 20) Submitted: 9/10/08 11:24 PM

This stock has been passed down in my family for over 20 years and gone steadily up.

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Avatar USC4METWO (< 20) Submitted: 11/10/09 10:11 AM : Outperform Start Price: $22.96 PNY Score: 8.58

dividend of .27 declare on 12-23-09 give or take a few days....pay date in Jan....with xtra dividend from sale gain of .42 per share...should offer .15 to .25 of this gain as payout?





with cold weather coming....earning will be to guideance..

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Avatar LIZANDE (60.38) Submitted: 9/14/09 8:45 PM : Outperform Start Price: $22.45 PNY Score: 10.90

HOPEFULLY WILL BE 1 OF THE NATURAL GAS BONAZOS

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Avatar drog98 (< 20) Submitted: 8/23/09 8:24 PM : Outperform Start Price: $25.19 PNY Score: -7.39

dividends

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Avatar MCMAccelGrowth (98.46) Submitted: 6/03/09 4:09 AM : Outperform Start Price: $22.49 PNY Score: -6.75

Of the top 10 fastest growing cities since 2000 Charlotte is #7 and Raliegh is #9.

97% consolidated assets in regulated utilities by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) and the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) under the umbrella of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Supplies provided by the Midwestern Gas Transmission Company (Midwestern), among others, & provides access to Canadian and Rocky Mountain gas supplies.

Last conference call highlights (May 26th):

- Dividends since 1956, increases since 1978. 3.8% increased announced for 2009. The solid dividend provides a floor at 20 that hasn't been penetrated for over 5 years.

- 1.9MM cost cutting from last year's Q1 numbers through lower headcounts/maintance. 2.5% of the workforce attrition, from 1870 to 1823.

- 350 basis points borrowing cost lower than last year.

- 1.10 EPS versus 1.12 last year Q1. 2.7% sales growth estimate for Oct 2010.

Technicals:

Near 52-week low. Option pressure pointing to 30 by June expiration, representing a 30% gain; 1251/155 contracts long versus short. 147,000 order started the market day nearly 0.20 higher than Friday's end. Money flow >50 for most of the day, brought down by a 60,000 share sale but quickly rebounding.

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Avatar cyberccs (62.04) Submitted: 5/25/09 5:33 AM : Outperform Start Price: $21.00 PNY Score: -6.45

bullish

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