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Best Utility Stocks To Watch Now - October 21st

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Key Points

  • Ford Motor, Eos Energy Enterprises, Berkshire Hathaway, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Quanta Services are highlighted as the top utility stocks to watch, known for providing essential public services.
  • Utility companies typically offer lower volatility and higher dividend yields, making them attractive to income-focused investors despite sensitivity to interest rates and regulatory costs.
  • Each listed company has experienced the highest dollar trading volume among utility stocks in recent days, indicating significant investor interest.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of Ford Motor.

Ford Motor, Eos Energy Enterprises, Berkshire Hathaway, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Quanta Services are the five Utility stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Utility stocks are shares of companies that provide essential public services—such as electricity, natural gas, water, and sometimes telecommunications—and often operate in heavily regulated markets with stable, predictable demand. They tend to offer lower volatility and relatively high dividend yields, making them popular with income-focused investors, though they can be sensitive to interest rate changes and regulatory or infrastructure costs. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Utility stocks within the last several days.

Ford Motor (F)

Ford Motor Company develops, delivers, and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sport utility vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. It operates through Ford Blue, Ford Model e, and Ford Pro; Ford Next; and Ford Credit segments. The company sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, service parts, and accessories through distributors and dealers, as well as through dealerships to commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments.

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Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE)

Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets zinc-based energy storage solutions for utility-scale, microgrid, and commercial and industrial (C&I) applications in the United States. The company offers Znyth technology battery energy storage system (BESS), which provides the operating flexibility to manage increased grid complexity and price volatility.

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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG)

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Quanta Services (PWR)

Quanta Services, Inc. provides infrastructure solutions for the electric and gas utility, renewable energy, communications, and pipeline and energy industries in the United States, Canada, Australia, and internationally. The company's Electric Power Infrastructure Solutions segment engages in the design, procurement, construction, upgrade, repair, and maintenance of electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure and substation facilities; installation, maintenance, and upgrade of electric power infrastructure projects; installation of smart grid technologies on electric power networks; and design, installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial and industrial wirings.

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