Promising Water Stocks To Follow Now - July 19th

PepsiCo, Talen Energy, and Home Depot are the three Water stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Water stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business involves the supply, treatment, distribution or infrastructure of water resources—ranging from municipal utilities and pipeline manufacturers to filtration and wastewater-treatment technology firms. Investors often view them as defensive assets and a way to gain exposure to the essential, increasingly scarce resource of clean water. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Water stocks within the last several days.

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 $2.20 on Friday, hitting $143.24. The company had a trading volume of 13,738,009 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,231,964. The company's fifty day moving average price is $132.23 and its 200 day moving average price is $141.18. PepsiCo has a 1-year low of $127.60 and a 1-year high of $180.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.65. The stock has a market cap of $196.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.45 and a beta of 0.45.

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Talen Energy (TLN)

Talen Energy Corporation is a U.S.-based energy and power generation company. The Company owns or controls approximately 16,000 megawatts of capacity in wholesale power markets, principally in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions of the United States. The Company generates and sells electricity, capacity and related products from power plants that use fuel sources, such as nuclear, natural gas and coal.

TLN traded up $64.63 on Friday, hitting $328.63. The company had a trading volume of 4,493,970 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,106,557. The company's fifty day moving average price is $267.33 and its 200 day moving average price is $232.19. Talen Energy has a 1-year low of $98.50 and a 1-year high of $330.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The stock has a market cap of $14.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.35 and a beta of 1.85.

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Home Depot (HD)

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows.

HD traded up $0.28 on Friday, hitting $359.32. The company had a trading volume of 3,360,940 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,438,531. Home Depot has a 1-year low of $326.31 and a 1-year high of $439.37. The stock has a market cap of $357.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 1.00. The company's fifty day moving average price is $366.03 and its 200 day moving average price is $374.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.95, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.28.

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