Southern, EMCOR Group, and Quanta Services are the three Renewable Energy stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Renewable energy stocks represent shares in companies that produce electricity or fuel from sustainable sources such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal or biomass. By investing in these companies, shareholders gain exposure to the growth of the clean-energy sector and support the global transition away from fossil fuels. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Renewable Energy stocks within the last several days.
Southern (SO)
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations.
Shares of NYSE SO traded up $0.46 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $89.09. The stock had a trading volume of 10,746,136 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,589,540. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 0.86. The company has a 50 day moving average of $89.75 and a two-hundred day moving average of $87.35. Southern has a twelve month low of $76.96 and a twelve month high of $94.45. The firm has a market cap of $97.92 billion, a PE ratio of 21.26, a PEG ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 0.38.
Read Our Latest Research Report on SO
EMCOR Group (EME)
EMCOR Group, Inc. provides construction and facilities, building, and industrial services in the United States and the United Kingdom. It offers design, integration, installation, start-up, operation, and maintenance services related to power transmission, distribution, and generation systems; energy solutions; premises electrical and lighting systems; process instrumentation; low-voltage systems; voice and data communications systems; roadway and transit lighting, signaling, and fiber optic lines; computerized traffic control systems, and signal and communication equipment; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and geothermal solutions; clean-room process ventilation systems; fire protection and suppression systems; plumbing, process, and high-purity piping systems; controls and filtration systems; water and wastewater treatment systems; central plant heating and cooling systems; crane and rigging services; millwright services; and steel fabrication, erection, and welding services.
EME traded down $0.02 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $485.19. 1,452,509 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 454,054. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $446.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is $438.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.44 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. EMCOR Group has a 1-year low of $319.49 and a 1-year high of $545.30.
Read Our Latest Research Report on EME
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.
PWR traded up $0.08 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $360.51. 1,563,360 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 854,396. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $326.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is $305.35. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58. Quanta Services has a 1-year low of $227.08 and a 1-year high of $367.00.
Read Our Latest Research Report on PWR
See Also
Before you consider Southern, you'll want to hear this.
MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and Southern wasn't on the list.
While Southern currently has a Hold rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.
View The Five Stocks Here
Learn the basics of options trading and how to use them to boost returns and manage risk with this free report from MarketBeat. Click the link below to get your free copy.
Get This Free Report
