Top Nuclear Stocks To Follow Now - July 18th

Talen Energy, Berkshire Hathaway, and Vistra are the three Nuclear stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Nuclear stocks are a country’s total inventory of nuclear weapons and the fissile materials—such as highly enriched uranium and plutonium—required to produce them. This inventory typically includes warheads that are deployed, held in reserve, or retired but not yet dismantled. The size and composition of a state’s nuclear stocks serve as key indicators of its strategic deterrent capability and military posture. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Nuclear stocks within the last several days.

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.

Shares of NASDAQ:TLN traded up $59.74 on Friday, hitting $323.74. The stock had a trading volume of 3,279,376 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,100,403. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $265.26 and its 200-day moving average price is $231.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.52, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.62. Talen Energy has a twelve month low of $98.50 and a twelve month high of $329.94. The company has a market capitalization of $14.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.37 and a beta of 1.85.

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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.

NYSE:BRK.B traded up $0.57 on Friday, reaching $473.97. The stock had a trading volume of 2,144,977 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,411,993. The company has a market capitalization of $1.02 trillion, a P/E ratio of 12.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 0.83. Berkshire Hathaway has a 1-year low of $406.11 and a 1-year high of $542.07. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $492.40 and a 200-day moving average price of $494.52.

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Vistra (VST)

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia.

VST traded up $10.15 during trading on Friday, hitting $192.15. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,520,365 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,105,868. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $174.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $152.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $65.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.53. Vistra has a 12 month low of $66.50 and a 12 month high of $200.25.

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