Ike knocked out power to 93% of Centerpoint Energy's 2.2 million customers around Houston.
Other companies receiving awards include New York's Consolidated Edison Company, Houston's CenterPoint Energy, and Progress Energy.
Analysts generally think investors should stand pat on CenterPoint, with eight of 13 analysts rating it hold.
Centerpoint Energy's (nyse: CNP - news - people ) 2.2 million customers around Houston.
CenterPoint Energy of Houston, for example, plans to install 2 million Internet-capable electric meters over the next five years.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc shares are currently trading down about 1.1% on the day.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc shares are currently trading off about 0.9% on the day.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc shares are currently trading off about 1.9% on the day.
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CenterPoint Energy, Inc shares are currently trading down about 1% on the day.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc shares are currently trading up about 5.2% on the day.
"We're on the threshold of being able to digitize the system, " says Thomas Standish, the head of regulated operations at CenterPoint.
Although CenterPoint reported profit of 37 cents a year ago, the consensus estimate calls for earnings per share of 34 cents.
Other competitors in the utilities sector include: Dominion Resources (D), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and OGE Energy Corp. (OGE).
The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at CenterPoint Energy, Inc, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points.
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"Successful people like Gates take advantage of opportunities because they're ready for them, " says Carol Vecchio, founder of the Seattle-based Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal.
Manager Steven Buller concentrates on just ten REIT stocks, among them two from the industrial sector, which has held up relatively well (11% vacancy rate): Prologis Trust and Centerpoint Properties Trust.
CenterPoint Energy (nyse: CNP - news - people ) of Houston, for example, plans to install 2 million Internet-capable electric meters over the next five years.
The meters CenterPoint is installing store billing information and upload it three times a day to nearby radio receivers that are connected to computers via broadband over power lines.
CenterPoint's network was engineered by ibm and runs on open-source software, meaning anybody can access the underlying code to develop new products to ride on the communications system CenterPoint is building.
The family's SM Development is currently building four 38-story residential towers, called Mezza Residences, across from its SM Centerpoint mall, and claims to have sold out two towers, to be completed in 2009.
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