Best Water Stocks To Consider – June 11th

NuScale Power, Home Depot, and PepsiCo are the three Water stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Water stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the treatment, distribution, infrastructure or technology of fresh water supply. Investors buy these equities to gain exposure to the water sector’s long-term demand drivers, such as population growth, urbanization and environmental regulation. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Water stocks within the last several days.

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.

SMR stock traded up $6.17 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $40.72. 27,369,052 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,404,188. NuScale Power has a 52 week low of $6.88 and a 52 week high of $41.69. The company has a quick ratio of 2.24, a current ratio of 2.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.58 billion, a PE ratio of -42.94 and a beta of 2.00. The business has a 50-day moving average of $21.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of $21.06.

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 down $7.61 on Wednesday, hitting $360.30. 2,222,069 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,406,627. Home Depot has a 52 week low of $326.31 and a 52 week high of $439.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $358.47 billion, a PE ratio of 24.49, a P/E/G ratio of 4.03 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.65. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $361.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $383.94.

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.

Shares of NASDAQ:PEP traded down $1.86 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $129.97. The stock had a trading volume of 5,877,921 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,622,622. PepsiCo has a 52 week low of $127.75 and a 52 week high of $180.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $178.20 billion, a PE ratio of 18.71, a P/E/G ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.65. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $135.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $145.74.