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Water Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - September 21st

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat’s screener identified five water-related stocks with the highest recent dollar trading volume: Coca-Cola (KO), NuScale Power (SMR), Waters (WAT), Xylem (XYL), and IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX).
  • The companies provide varied exposure to the water theme, including beverages, modular reactors and desalination, analytical testing equipment, water infrastructure and treatment, and water-quality testing.
  • Investors seeking long-term clean-water exposure should consider risks including regulation, capital costs, drought conditions, and reliance on government contracts.
  • Five stocks we like better than CocaCola.

CocaCola, NuScale Power, Waters, Xylem, and IDEXX Laboratories are the five Water stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Water stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in water supply, utilities, treatment, testing, infrastructure, or water-management technology. Investors may view them as a way to gain exposure to long-term demand for clean water, though their performance can be affected by regulation, capital costs, drought conditions, and government contracts. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Water stocks within the last several days.

CocaCola (KO)

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores.

Read Our Latest Research Report on KO

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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on SMR

Waters (WAT)

Waters Corporation provides analytical workflow solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through two segments: Waters and TA. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services high and ultra-performance liquid chromatography, as well as mass spectrometry (MS) technology systems and support products, including chromatography columns, other consumable products, and post-warranty service plans.

Read Our Latest Research Report on WAT

Xylem (XYL)

Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions worldwide. It operates through four segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, Measurement & Control Solutions, and Integrated Solutions and Services. The Water Infrastructure segment offers products, including water, storm water, and wastewater pumps; controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment; and mobile dewatering equipment and rental services under the ADI, Flygt, Godwin, Sanitaire, Magneto, Neptune Benson, Ionpure, Leopold, Wedeco, and Xylem Vue brands.

Read Our Latest Research Report on XYL

IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX)

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes products primarily for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing markets in Africa, the Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Companion Animal Group; Water Quality Products; and Livestock, Poultry and Dairy.

Read Our Latest Research Report on IDXX

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