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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Infrastructure | - | - | AMT, CCI, CMCSA, ENB, ETR, KMI, OKE, PPL, SRE, TRP, UPS | AI, Data centers, dividends, energy, infrastructure, Natural Gas, Utilities | AI training requires increasingly more computational power and energy, with usage doubling every 5.5 months for compute and 1.2 years for energy. Major tech companies are investing billions in data center infrastructure and signing agreements to secure reliable energy. This trend is expected to continue for the next generation of AI models. | CMCSA CCI |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | - | - | ATO, AWK, CNP, ETR, FTS, MDU, NI, NRG, PEG, PPL, SRE, VST, XEL | Data centers, dividends, energy, infrastructure, Transmission, Utilities | Excitement around data centers and their implications for US electricity demand have been a major driver of utility performance. The requisite power generation and high-voltage transmission needed to deliver that power represents a clear opportunity for utilities to deploy incremental capital and earn regulated returns. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Infrastructure | - | - | AMT, ATO, AWK, CCI, CEG, CMCSA, CSX, EQIX, ETR, EXC, HCA, NI, SRE, T, TMUS, TRGP, UPS, WCN, WM, WMB | Data centers, Defensive, dividends, infrastructure, Telecom, Utilities, Waste management | Infrastructure sector outperformed S&P 500 by widest margin in 20 years, providing downside protection amid market uncertainty. Portfolio focuses on essential service providers with high barriers to entry, stable cash flows, and attractive risk-adjusted returns with strong up/down capture ratios. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | - | - | AEE, AEP, ATO, AWK, CEG, CNP, EIX, ETR, EVRG, EXC, NGG, NI, PCG, SO, SRE, VST, XEL | Data centers, Defensive, dividends, infrastructure, regulation, Utilities | 15 of 31 holdings announced dividend increases with an average increase of 5.4%. Portfolio transactions were focused on improving dividend and earnings growth profile, which historically leads to outperformance. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | 0.0% | 0.0% | AES, BKH, ES, ETR, EVRG, NEE, NEP, OGS, PEG, POR, VST | dividends, energy, income, infrastructure, interest rates, Utilities | The letter extensively discusses dividend growth as an underappreciated tailwind, showing how companies with larger dividend increases historically outperform. The analysis demonstrates that dividend increases compound to substantially higher income over time, with 40 basis points of annual increases tripling the beginning yield after 10 years. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Infrastructure | - | - | AES, AM, AMT, CCI, EQIX, ETR, HCA, KMI, LNG, NEE, OKE, PAGP, SOBO, TRGP, TRP, WMB | Data centers, dividends, income, infrastructure, Midstream, REITs, Utilities | The portfolio focuses on high and rising income through dividend increases, with 7 of 35 holdings announcing dividend increases averaging 8% this quarter. Over 80% of holdings increased dividends annually over the last 5 years, exceeding the large-cap dividend-paying universe. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Income-Equity Strategies | - | - | ABBV, CPT, EIX, ETR, EWBC, GILD, GS, GSK, HST, JEF, JNJ, JPM, KO, LAMR, LYB, MAA, MDT, MRK, MSM, ORI, RY, TTE, USB | dividends, financials, healthcare, income, Utilities, value | The fund focuses on companies with high and rising dividend yields, tracking both the percentage of holdings announcing dividend increases and the average size of those increases. In 2024, over 90% of holdings announced dividend increases versus only 50% for the Russell 1000 Index. The average dividend increase was 23 basis points for Income-Equity versus only 5 basis points for Russell 1000 dividend payers. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | - | - | AEP, AES, CEG, CNP, ETR, MDU, NEE, NI, PCG, SO, VST | AI, dividends, energy, Power, rates, regulation, Utilities | Data center and artificial intelligence trends are driving growing electricity demand, benefiting power producers like Vistra Corp. The company was the second-best performing name in the S&P 500 this year as a key beneficiary of these trends. Entergy also increased guidance due to META's plans to build a $10B AI data center in northeast Louisiana. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments | - | - | ABBV, AESI, AM, CPT, EIX, EQIX, ETR, GSK, HCA, HST, LAMR, LBRT, LNG, LYB, MAA, MRK, MSM, OKE, ORI, PAGP, PCG, RY, SM, SOBO, TRP, USB, VST, WMB | Data centers, dividends, energy, infrastructure, Natural Gas, retirement, Utilities | The letter extensively analyzes dividend-based retirement strategies, demonstrating that high-yield stocks historically outperformed the S&P 500 with 11.1% vs 9.8% annualized returns from 1928-2023. Dividend spending strategies never failed in 67 simulated 30-year retirements, while allowing higher average spending than the traditional 4% Rule. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Infrastructure | 3.0% | - | AMT, CCI, CMCSA, ENB, ETR, KMI, OKE, PPL, SRE, TRP, UPS | AI, Data centers, dividends, energy, infrastructure, Natural Gas, Utilities | AI training requires increasingly more computational power and energy, with usage doubling every 5.5 months for compute and 1.2 years for energy. Major tech companies are investing billions in data center infrastructure and signing agreements to secure reliable energy for AI development. | PPL SRE ETR ENB CN CCI |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | - | - | ATO, AWK, CNP, ETR, FTS, MDU, NI, NRG, PEG, PPL, SRE, VST, XEL | AI, Data centers, dividends, Electrification, energy, infrastructure, Transmission, Utilities | Excitement around data centers and their implications for US electricity demand have been a major driver of utility performance. The requisite power generation and high-voltage transmission needed to deliver that power represents a clear opportunity for utilities to deploy incremental capital and earn regulated returns. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 24, 2026 | Miller Howard Investments Income-Equity Strategies | 15.6% | 15.6% | ABBV, C, COP, CSCO, EMN, ETR, GILD, GPS, GSK, HRB, HRL, JEF, JNJ, JPM, MPLX, MTB, PAYX, RF, STT, VICI, VZ | AI, dividends, income, productivity, value | AI represents a transformative technology that could drive step-change improvements in economic productivity. The manager believes AI's greatest impact will come from companies using it as an input to improve operations rather than those selling AI products. Many dividend-paying companies in labor-intensive industries could benefit significantly from AI adoption through process automation and efficiency gains. The portfolio focuses on high dividend yields approximately 3x the S&P 500, with strong dividend coverage ratios and projected dividend growth. Six companies increased dividends in the quarter, led by MPLX with a 13% increase. The strategy emphasizes collecting high and rising dividends while compounding real cash returns through disciplined reinvestment. The portfolio trades at significant discounts to the broad market, with P/E ratios 40-42% below the S&P 500. The manager believes many steady-growing companies are overlooked by markets focused on AI winners, creating opportunities in businesses with lower assumed margins and productivity that could benefit from AI adoption. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Income-Equity Strategies | 3.6% | 0.0% | ABBV, BAC, BK, CAH, CNQ, EPD, ETR, GILD, GS, HST, JEF, JPM, KO, LAMR, MRK, NTR, OGE, ORI, PSX, TXN | AI, dividends, financials, Market Concentration, Utilities, value | The firm focuses on high-yield dividend stocks that offer yields over 2.5x the S&P 500. They had 7 dividend increases in the quarter and believe their portfolios are well-positioned for dividend growth throughout the full market cycle. The relationship between market breadth and high-yield dividend stock performance is central to their investment thesis. | ETR |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Infrastructure | 0.0% | 0.0% | AEE, AMT, AWK, CEG, CNP, CSX, ETR, HCA, LNG, MPC, NEE, NEP, NI, PAGP, TMUS | Data centers, dividends, infrastructure, Midstream, Natural Gas, Power, REITs, Utilities | Datacenter proliferation is driving accelerating power demand, benefiting utilities and midstream sectors. Natural gas will be used to meet incremental demand as intermittent renewable power requires dispatchable generation supplementation. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | 0.0% | 0.0% | ATO, AWK, BKH, CEG, CNP, DUK, ETR, MDU, MSFT, NEE, NEP, NI, PCG, VST | Data centers, dividends, income, nuclear, Power, rates, Utilities | Rising electricity demand from datacenter trends remained at the forefront of investors' minds and drove independent power producer performance. Constellation Energy's 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft to restart Three Mile Island nuclear unit created a catalyst for the group. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Miller Howard Investments Income-Equity Strategies | Entergy Corporation | Utilities | Electric Utilities | Bull | NYSE | Electric Utilities, Equity, Gulf Coast, Industrial Investment, regulated utility, Southeast | View Pitch |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Adam Fackler | Entergy Corporation | Utilities | Electric Utilities | Bull | NYSE | dividends, Grid, Modernization, Regulation, Renewable integration, utilities | View Pitch |
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