Water Stocks To Consider – November 13th

Coca-Cola, Ecolab, Waters, IDEXX Laboratories, American Water Works, NuScale Power, and Xylem are the seven Water stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Water stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in supplying, treating, distributing, or managing water, including utilities, infrastructure firms, and water-technology businesses. Their performance can be influenced by regulation, infrastructure spending, water demand, and weather conditions. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Water stocks within the last several days.

Coca-Cola (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.

NYSE KO traded up $1.78 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $99.22. The stock had a trading volume of 9,019,618 shares, compared to its average volume of 16,990,355. Coca-Cola has a 52-week low of $67.27 and a 52-week high of $99.30. The company has a market cap of $426.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.19, a P/E/G ratio of 3.81 and a beta of 0.28. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $90.62 and a 200 day simple moving average of $83.18. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93.

Ecolab (ECL)

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries.

Shares of Ecolab stock traded up $4.71 during trading on Friday, hitting $309.12. 614,887 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,461,584. Ecolab has a fifty-two week low of $243.15 and a fifty-two week high of $318.93. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.14. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $285.88 and a 200 day moving average price of $277.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $86.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.04, a P/E/G ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.85.

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.

NYSE:WAT traded down $1.83 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $460.37. The stock had a trading volume of 308,696 shares, compared to its average volume of 964,094. The company has a market capitalization of $45.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 197.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 1.16. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $439.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $373.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.89 and a quick ratio of 0.40. Waters has a 1-year low of $282.77 and a 1-year high of $483.33.

IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX)

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes products primarily for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing markets in Africa, the Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Companion Animal Group; Water Quality Products; and Livestock, Poultry and Dairy.

Shares of IDEXX Laboratories stock traded up $5.96 on Friday, reaching $703.98. 180,743 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 580,242. IDEXX Laboratories has a 1-year low of $500.61 and a 1-year high of $769.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.19. The company’s 50-day moving average is $558.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is $573.47. The firm has a market cap of $55.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.46 and a beta of 1.55.

American Water Works (AWK)

American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems.

Shares of AWK traded up $1.46 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $149.03. 648,473 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,007,625. American Water Works has a 12-month low of $120.57 and a 12-month high of $153.69. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $137.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $133.23. The company has a quick ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 0.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17. The company has a market cap of $29.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.84, a P/E/G ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 0.56.

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.

Shares of NYSE:SMR traded down $0.20 on Friday, reaching $4.62. The company had a trading volume of 17,598,437 shares, compared to its average volume of 31,541,586. NuScale Power has a twelve month low of $4.28 and a twelve month high of $23.45. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $7.11 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.27. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.98 billion, a P/E ratio of -3.90 and a beta of 2.42.

Xylem (XYL)

Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions worldwide. It operates through four segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, Measurement & Control Solutions, and Integrated Solutions and Services. The Water Infrastructure segment offers products, including water, storm water, and wastewater pumps; controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment; and mobile dewatering equipment and rental services under the ADI, Flygt, Godwin, Sanitaire, Magneto, Neptune Benson, Ionpure, Leopold, Wedeco, and Xylem Vue brands.

Xylem stock traded down $0.10 on Friday, reaching $93.93. 838,558 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,210,154. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. Xylem has a twelve month low of $87.40 and a twelve month high of $146.76. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $102.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $115.56. The stock has a market cap of $21.54 billion, a PE ratio of 20.79, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.01.