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Westar Energy
Rank: 983 (Previous rank: 936)
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Financials: Latest quarterly results
CEO: James S. Haines
Address: 818 S. Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-575-6300
Website: http://www.westarenergy.com
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Revenues 1,605.7 1.4
Profits 165.3 21.9
Assets 5,455.2
Stockholders' Equity 1,560.9
Market Value 3/23/2007 2,420.1
Revenues 10.3
Assets 3.0
Stockholders' equity 10.6
2006 $ 1.87
% change from 2005 21.4
1996-2006 annual growth rate % -2.5
2006 26.2
1996-2006 annual rate 4.6
1 Dominion Resources 140 16,524.0
2 Duke Energy 143 15,967.0
3 FPL Group 148 15,710.0
4 Exelon 150 15,654.0
5 Southern 168 14,356.0
6 Edison International 192 12,622.0
7 PG&E Corp. 196 12,539.0
8 Public Service Enterprise Group 199 12,288.0
9 Consolidated Edison 204 12,137.0
10 Sempra Energy 210 11,850.0
11 FirstEnergy 212 11,726.0
12 Entergy 225 11,066.6
13 Progress Energy 238 10,702.0
14 Xcel Energy 251 9,847.8
15 CenterPoint Energy 270 9,319.0
16 DTE Energy 279 9,024.0
17 Pepco Holdings 290 8,362.9
18 NiSource 320 7,495.9
19 KeySpan 326 7,181.6
20 PPL 336 6,904.0
21 Northeast Utilities 337 6,897.4
22 Ameren 339 6,880.0
23 CMS Energy 341 6,810.0
24 Atmos Energy 372 6,152.4
25 Energy East 434 5,230.7
26 SCANA 483 4,563.0
27 Wisconsin Energy 525 4,010.7
28 NSTAR 569 3,577.7
29 TECO Energy 582 3,448.9
30 Alliant Energy 587 3,406.0
31 Pinnacle West Capital 588 3,405.4
32 Sierra Pacific Resources 593 3,355.9
33 Allegheny Energy 630 3,121.5
34 Puget Energy 647 3,044.3
35 Peoples Energy 650 3,018.0
36 Nicor 656 2,960.0
37 Southern Union 674 2,853.1
38 Great Plains Energy 702 2,675.3
39 WGL Holdings 706 2,662.6
40 AGL Resources 717 2,621.0
41 PNM Resources 749 2,471.7
42 Hawaiian Electric Inds. 753 2,460.9
43 National Fuel Gas 785 2,311.7
44 Vectren 843 2,041.6
45 Southwest Gas 853 2,024.8
46 Laclede Group 860 1,997.6
47 Piedmont Natural Gas 878 1,924.6
48 Aquila 891 1,886.0
49 Westar Energy 983 1,605.7
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