Best Utility Stocks To Follow Today – July 19th

Tesla, Berkshire Hathaway, Eaton, Ford Motor, Riot Platforms, Rivian Automotive, and American Electric Power are the seven 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, natural gas, water and sewage treatment. Because these businesses operate in regulated markets with relatively stable demand, utility stocks tend to generate predictable cash flows and offer higher-than-average dividend yields. Investors often include them in portfolios seeking income and lower overall volatility. 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.

TSLA stock traded up $10.24 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $329.65. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 93,904,102 shares, compared to its average volume of 98,883,688. Tesla has a 52 week low of $182.00 and a 52 week 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 business’s 50-day simple moving average is $326.27 and its 200-day simple moving average is $317.30. The stock has a market cap of $1.06 trillion, a PE ratio of 181.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 2.39.

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.

Berkshire Hathaway stock traded up $0.49 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $473.89. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,997,922 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,417,866. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $491.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is $494.67. Berkshire Hathaway has a 12 month low of $406.11 and a 12 month high of $542.07. The company has a market capitalization of $1.02 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.83.

Eaton (ETN)

Eaton Corporation plc operates as a power management company worldwide. The company’s Electrical Americas and Electrical Global segment provides electrical components, industrial components, power distribution and assemblies, residential products, single and three phase power quality and connectivity products, wiring devices, circuit protection products, utility power distribution products, power reliability equipment, and services, as well as hazardous duty electrical equipment, emergency lighting, fire detection, explosion-proof instrumentation, and structural support systems.

NYSE ETN traded down $1.83 during trading on Friday, reaching $378.89. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,941,019 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,666,753. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $339.29 and a 200 day moving average price of $314.81. Eaton has a 12 month low of $231.85 and a 12 month high of $384.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The firm has a market capitalization of $148.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 1.17.

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 F traded up $0.02 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $11.17. 68,710,977 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 83,520,036. Ford Motor has a fifty-two week low of $8.44 and a fifty-two week high of $14.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.26, a current ratio of 1.13 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $44.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.49. The business has a 50-day moving average of $10.80 and a 200-day moving average of $10.12.

Riot Platforms (RIOT)

Riot Platforms, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a bitcoin mining company in North America. The company operates through three segments: Bitcoin Mining, Data Center Hosting, and Engineering. It also provides co-location services for institutional-scale bitcoin mining companies; critical infrastructure and workforce for institutional-scale miners to deploy and operate their miners; operation of data centers; and maintenance/management of computing capacity.

Riot Platforms stock traded up $0.53 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $13.86. 54,782,294 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 28,877,299. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 3.23 and a current ratio of 3.23. Riot Platforms has a 52 week low of $6.19 and a 52 week high of $15.87. The firm has a market cap of $4.95 billion, a PE ratio of -10.50 and a beta of 4.57. The company’s fifty day moving average is $10.23 and its 200-day moving average is $9.71.

Rivian Automotive (RIVN)

Rivian Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles and accessories. The company offers consumer vehicles, including a two-row, five-passenger pickup truck under the R1T brand, a three-row, seven-passenger sport utility vehicle under the R1S name.

NASDAQ RIVN traded up $0.80 during trading on Friday, hitting $13.70. The company had a trading volume of 48,563,645 shares, compared to its average volume of 32,814,957. The company has a current ratio of 3.73, a quick ratio of 2.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The company’s fifty day moving average is $14.12 and its 200-day moving average is $13.09. The company has a market cap of $15.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.68 and a beta of 1.81. Rivian Automotive has a one year low of $9.50 and a one year high of $17.56.

American Electric Power (AEP)

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments.

NASDAQ:AEP traded up $1.47 on Friday, reaching $107.40. 4,443,910 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,236,445. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $102.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $102.72. The company has a current ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.42. The company has a market capitalization of $57.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.69, a PEG ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.42. American Electric Power has a 12 month low of $89.91 and a 12 month high of $110.48.