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Electricity Demand Projections Shift Utility Stocks From Income To Growth

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Ellis Montgomery

index fund expense ratio · Apr 10, 2026

Electricity Demand Projections Shift Utility Stocks From Income To Growth

Source: The Digital Ledger Data Terminal

Investors can participate in the rising demand for electricity through the Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU). The fund's 0.09% expense ratio and 2.5% dividend yield provide a broad entry point into a sector currently undergoing a step change in demand. Between 2000 and 2020, electricity demand grew by 9% over the entire 20-year span. Projections now indicate demand will increase as much as 55% between 2020 and 2040.

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The Vanguard Growth ETF Outpaced the S&P 500 by 2 Percentage Points Annually Over a Decade

Investors using the Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) achieved a 16% average annual return over the past 10 years, compared to 14% for the S&P 500. This outperformance is driven by a strategy that targets growth stocks, which typically outperform value stocks over the long term. The fund tracks the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index, which selects holdings based on six factors: expected long-term and short-term growth in earnings per share, three-year historical growth in earnings per share and sales per share, and current investment-to-assets ratio and return on assets. The Vanguard Growth ETF is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500, with a 10-year beta of 1.19. The S&P 500 has a 10-year annualized return of 14%.

This growth is driven by the world's push toward electrification and power-hungry technologies like artificial intelligence and electric vehicles. To maintain grid reliability, utilities must increase capital spending. Regulators, who grant utilities monopolies in the regions they serve, are likely to approve this spending and accompanying rate hikes.

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The S&P 500 Index Automates the Replacement of Losing Companies

Investors in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF avoid the need to predict future market winners. This is the result of the S&P 500 index's self-correcting mechanism, which automatically replaces losing companies with winning companies year after year. By holding the ETF, investors gain exposure to multiple growth vectors, including cloud computing, payment networks, and pharmaceuticals. This structural patience allows the investor to accrue a compounding advantage over long-term holding periods.

VPU allocates 62% of its portfolio to electric utilities and 30% to multi-utilities, renewable power providers, and independent power producers with an electrical component.

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This ETF offers a defensive way to diversify beyond U.S. stocks

This ETF offers a defensive way to diversify beyond U.S. stocks. Portfolio manager Richard Orrell highlighted the Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF as a way to reduce U.S. market concentration. The ETF provides exposure to high-dividend-paying companies in developed markets outside North America. Orrell views international dividend stocks as a defensive component that can diversify returns when U.S. market leadership weakens. Research into historical 'lost decades' for U.S. equities supports allocating to international markets ahead of potential leadership shifts. The ETF allows investors to gain diversified exposure to G7 and other developed markets while benefiting from dividend yield as a performance factor.

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