CSX, United Rentals, Riot Platforms, NuScale Power, PepsiCo, O'Reilly Automotive, and AutoZone are the seven Water stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Water stocks are shares in companies whose core businesses involve the supply, treatment, infrastructure or technology of water and wastewater services. By investing in water stocks, shareholders gain exposure to an essential, defensively positioned resource whose demand is driven by population growth, aging infrastructure and increasingly stringent environmental regulations. These equities can offer stable cash flows and long-term growth potential as global water scarcity and infrastructure needs rise. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Water stocks within the last several days.
CSX (CSX)
CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services. The company offers rail services; and transportation of intermodal containers and trailers, as well as other transportation services, such as rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations. It also transports chemicals, agricultural and food products, minerals, automotive, forest products, fertilizers, and metals and equipment; and coal, coke, and iron ore to electricity-generating power plants, steel manufacturers, and industrial plants, as well as exports coal to deep-water port facilities.
Shares of CSX stock traded up $0.11 during trading on Thursday, hitting $35.08. 24,950,466 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 15,608,106. The stock has a market cap of $65.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.02, a PEG ratio of 3.15 and a beta of 1.23. CSX has a 52 week low of $26.22 and a 52 week high of $37.10. The firm's fifty day moving average is $32.52 and its 200-day moving average is $31.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52.
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United Rentals (URI)
United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company. It operates in two segments, General Rentals and Specialty. The General Rentals segment rents general construction and industrial equipment includes backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, such as boom and scissor lifts; and general tools and light equipment comprising pressure washers, water pumps, and power tools for construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and government entities.
Shares of United Rentals stock traded up $69.46 during trading on Thursday, reaching $872.71. 950,215 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 660,422. The firm has a market cap of $56.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.69. United Rentals has a 1 year low of $525.91 and a 1 year high of $896.98. The stock's fifty day moving average is $739.56 and its 200 day moving average is $690.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.31.
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Riot Platforms (RIOT)
Riot Platforms, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a bitcoin mining company in North America. The company operates through three segments: Bitcoin Mining, Data Center Hosting, and Engineering. It also provides co-location services for institutional-scale bitcoin mining companies; critical infrastructure and workforce for institutional-scale miners to deploy and operate their miners; operation of data centers; and maintenance/management of computing capacity.
NASDAQ RIOT traded up $0.47 during trading on Thursday, hitting $14.81. The company had a trading volume of 48,625,562 shares, compared to its average volume of 33,488,172. The company's fifty day moving average is $10.55 and its 200-day moving average is $9.78. The company has a current ratio of 3.23, a quick ratio of 3.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The company has a market cap of $5.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.21 and a beta of 4.57. Riot Platforms has a one year low of $6.19 and a one year high of $15.87.
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NuScale Power (SMR)
NuScale Power Corporation engages in the development and sale of modular light water reactor nuclear power plants to supply energy for electrical generation, district heating, desalination, hydrogen production, and other process heat applications. It offers NuScale Power Module (NPM), a water reactor that can generate 77 megawatts of electricity (MWe); and VOYGR power plant designs for three facility sizes that are capable of housing from one to four and six or twelve NPMs.
Shares of NYSE:SMR traded up $2.95 during trading on Thursday, hitting $50.80. The stock had a trading volume of 13,686,687 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,382,324. The company has a market capitalization of $14.45 billion, a PE ratio of -36.88 and a beta of 2.04. The firm's fifty day moving average is $36.33 and its 200 day moving average is $24.83. NuScale Power has a 12 month low of $6.88 and a 12 month high of $53.39.
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PepsiCo (PEP)
PepsiCo, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region.
PEP traded down $1.17 during trading on Thursday, reaching $144.49. The stock had a trading volume of 4,060,126 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,542,228. The stock's 50 day moving average is $133.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $141.05. The company has a market capitalization of $197.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.27, a P/E/G ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a current ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12. PepsiCo has a one year low of $127.60 and a one year high of $180.91.
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O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY)
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer and supplier of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The company provides new and remanufactured automotive hard parts and maintenance items, such as alternators, batteries, brake system components, belts, chassis parts, driveline parts, engine parts, fuel pumps, hoses, starters, temperature control, water pumps, antifreeze, appearance products, engine additives, filters, fluids, lighting products, and oil and wiper blades; and accessories, including floor mats, seat covers, and truck accessories.
NASDAQ ORLY traded up $3.62 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $99.04. 5,198,455 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,722,852. The firm has a market cap of $84.66 billion, a PE ratio of 36.40, a PEG ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 0.58. O'Reilly Automotive has a 52-week low of $70.05 and a 52-week high of $100.10. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $91.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $89.52.
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AutoZone (AZO)
AutoZone, Inc. retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. The company provides various products for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans, and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, and non-automotive products.
Shares of NYSE AZO traded up $98.23 on Thursday, reaching $3,869.42. 121,920 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 133,548. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $3,708.69 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $3,587.96. AutoZone has a 12 month low of $2,898.57 and a 12 month high of $3,916.81. The company has a market cap of $64.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 0.39.
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