No other company has this ticker symbol. If you want to buy stock, be sure the broker gets the right company, or the right issue, order by ticker symbol. By using company names when buying stock, you raise the potential for errors. Wall Street runs on ticker symbols, not company names. It is beyond my comprehension to understand why there is no place on the printed SSG for the ticker symbol, and yet, I have never seen the SSG completed by one of the NAIC instructors where it has been left off.
Utilities always seem to have a new issue pending.
More and more shares of the company's stock become available for purchase by the public. Your broker may not charge a commission on new utility offerings. Every time a new share is issued, each share requires its percentage of the company's total profit. Net profit divided by the number of shares outstanding equals earnings per share, a much better indication of growth than total sales or total profit would be. If you cannot locate any preferred offerings, you can be pretty sure that there is no dilution.