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Top Water Stocks To Consider - March 17th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat flags three water-related stocks — Coca‑Cola (KO), Waters (WAT), and NuScale Power (SMR) — because they registered the highest dollar trading volume among water-sector companies in recent days.
  • Coca‑Cola is highlighted for its global beverage and bottled water business; Waters provides high- and ultra-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry systems; and NuScale develops modular light‑water reactors that can supply electricity, desalination, and hydrogen production.
  • Water stocks are viewed as a thematic or defensive long‑term play, but investors should weigh sector risks such as heavy regulation, capital‑intensive projects, and exposure to regional water policies.
  • Five stocks we like better than CocaCola.

CocaCola, Waters, and NuScale Power are the three Water stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. "Water stocks" refers to shares of companies whose primary business is tied to the water sector — including utilities that supply water, firms that design and build water infrastructure, and companies that provide treatment, purification, monitoring, or desalination technologies. Investors often view these stocks as a thematic or defensive play tied to long‑term demand for clean water, but they also carry sector-specific risks such as heavy regulation, capital‑intensive projects, and exposure to regional water policies. 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

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

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

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