Best Utility Stocks Worth Watching – March 5th

Tesla, Berkshire Hathaway, and Ford Motor are the three Utility stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Utility stocks are shares in companies that deliver essential services such as electricity, gas, and water. They tend to offer steady dividends and lower volatility because of regulated pricing and consistent consumer demand, making them attractive to risk-averse investors. 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 up $3.41 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $275.45. The company had a trading volume of 64,865,243 shares, compared to its average volume of 80,884,703. The company has a market cap of $885.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 134.60, a PEG ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The company has a fifty day moving average of $378.63 and a two-hundred day moving average of $318.40. Tesla has a 12-month low of $138.80 and a 12-month high of $488.54.

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.

BRK.B traded up $3.08 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $498.94. 1,897,728 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,521,685. Berkshire Hathaway has a 12-month low of $395.66 and a 12-month high of $518.77. The company has a market cap of $1.08 trillion, a P/E ratio of 10.06, a PEG ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.88. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $469.99 and a 200 day simple moving average of $464.13.

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 $0.45 on Wednesday, hitting $9.57. 95,470,682 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 81,383,703. Ford Motor has a 52 week low of $9.06 and a 52 week high of $14.85. The company has a market cap of $37.91 billion, a PE ratio of 6.54, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.63. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $9.74 and its 200-day moving average price is $10.40. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.31.