Utility Stocks To Follow Now - July 9th

Tesla, Berkshire Hathaway, AES, Ford Motor, and Plug Power are the five Utility stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Utility stocks are shares of companies that provide essential public services—such as electricity, water, natural gas and telecommunications—often operating as regulated monopolies. Because demand for these services remains relatively stable regardless of economic conditions, utility stocks typically offer steady revenues, predictable cash flows and higher-than-average dividend yields. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Utility stocks within the last several days.

Tesla (TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services.

Shares of NASDAQ TSLA traded down $1.69 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $296.12. 57,700,484 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 100,663,223. The company has a market cap of $953.78 billion, a PE ratio of 162.86, a PEG ratio of 8.57 and a beta of 2.39. Tesla has a 12 month low of $182.00 and a 12 month high of $488.54. The company has a quick ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $321.21 and a 200-day moving average price of $323.29.

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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.

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock traded up $0.09 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $477.56. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,843,768 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,411,784. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $499.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $493.90. Berkshire Hathaway has a 1-year low of $406.11 and a 1-year high of $542.07. The company has a market cap of $1.03 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.72, a P/E/G ratio of 3.33 and a beta of 0.83.

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AES (AES)

The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. The company owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries; owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market.

NYSE:AES traded up $2.16 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $13.23. 51,391,235 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 13,502,878. The company's 50 day moving average price is $10.80 and its 200-day moving average price is $11.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.15, a PEG ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.95. AES has a 52-week low of $9.46 and a 52-week high of $20.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.42, a current ratio of 0.84 and a quick ratio of 0.78.

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Ford Motor (F)

Ford Motor Company develops, delivers, and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sport utility vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. It operates through Ford Blue, Ford Model e, and Ford Pro; Ford Next; and Ford Credit segments. The company sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, service parts, and accessories through distributors and dealers, as well as through dealerships to commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments.

Shares of Ford Motor stock traded up $0.14 on Wednesday, reaching $11.82. 47,342,874 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 82,891,607. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.26. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $10.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $10.04. Ford Motor has a twelve month low of $8.44 and a twelve month high of $14.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $46.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.45, a PEG ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 1.49.

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Plug Power (PLUG)

Plug Power Inc. develops hydrogen and fuel cell product solutions in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers GenDrive, a hydrogen-fueled proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system that provides power to material handling electric vehicles; GenSure, a stationary fuel cell solution that offers modular PEM fuel cell power to support the backup and grid-support power requirements of the telecommunications, transportation, and utility sectors; ProGen, a fuel cell stack and engine technology used in mobility and stationary fuel cell systems, and as engines in electric delivery vans; GenFuel, a liquid hydrogen fueling delivery, generation, storage, and dispensing system; GenCare, an ongoing Internet of Things-based maintenance and on-site service program for GenDrive fuel cell systems, GenSure fuel cell systems, GenFuel hydrogen storage and dispensing products, and ProGen fuel cell engines; and GenKey, an integrated turn-key solution for transitioning to fuel cell power.

Shares of Plug Power stock traded up $0.38 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $1.80. The stock had a trading volume of 200,711,826 shares, compared to its average volume of 70,829,364. The stock's 50 day moving average is $1.03 and its 200 day moving average is $1.49. The company has a current ratio of 1.95, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. Plug Power has a twelve month low of $0.69 and a twelve month high of $3.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.06 billion, a PE ratio of -0.73 and a beta of 2.29.

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