Top Renewable Energy Stocks To Follow Today – May 1st

Quanta Services, Southern, MasTec, EMCOR Group, and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras are the five Renewable Energy stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Renewable energy stocks are shares of companies involved in generating power from sustainable sources like solar, wind, hydro and geothermal. By buying these equities, investors gain exposure to firms driving the transition away from fossil fuels, such as solar panel manufacturers, wind-turbine developers and bioenergy producers. Performance in this sector often reflects policy support for clean energy and technological advances that lower production costs. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Renewable Energy stocks within the last several days.

Quanta Services (PWR)

Quanta Services, Inc. provides infrastructure solutions for the electric and gas utility, renewable energy, communications, and pipeline and energy industries in the United States, Canada, Australia, and internationally. The company’s Electric Power Infrastructure Solutions segment engages in the design, procurement, construction, upgrade, repair, and maintenance of electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure and substation facilities; installation, maintenance, and upgrade of electric power infrastructure projects; installation of smart grid technologies on electric power networks; and design, installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial and industrial wirings.

Quanta Services stock traded up $26.69 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $319.38. 2,160,493 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,631,818. Quanta Services has a twelve month low of $227.08 and a twelve month high of $365.88. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $262.54 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $300.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.30. The firm has a market cap of $47.35 billion, a PE ratio of 52.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.04.

Southern (SO)

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations.

Shares of Southern stock traded up $0.41 on Thursday, hitting $92.30. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,089,663 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,461,777. The company has a market capitalization of $101.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 0.39. The company has a quick ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $90.02 and a 200-day moving average price of $87.41. Southern has a 52-week low of $73.20 and a 52-week high of $94.45.

MasTec (MTZ)

MasTec, Inc., an infrastructure construction company, provides engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade services for communications, energy, utility, and other infrastructure primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates through five segments: Communications, Clean Energy and Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Power Delivery, and Other.

Shares of MTZ stock traded up $7.76 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $135.08. 957,456 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 939,115. The firm has a market cap of $10.68 billion, a PE ratio of 120.65 and a beta of 1.62. MasTec has a 1 year low of $86.12 and a 1 year high of $166.95. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $120.09 and a 200 day moving average of $132.44.

EMCOR Group (EME)

EMCOR Group, Inc. provides construction and facilities, building, and industrial services in the United States and the United Kingdom. It offers design, integration, installation, start-up, operation, and maintenance services related to power transmission, distribution, and generation systems; energy solutions; premises electrical and lighting systems; process instrumentation; low-voltage systems; voice and data communications systems; roadway and transit lighting, signaling, and fiber optic lines; computerized traffic control systems, and signal and communication equipment; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and geothermal solutions; clean-room process ventilation systems; fire protection and suppression systems; plumbing, process, and high-purity piping systems; controls and filtration systems; water and wastewater treatment systems; central plant heating and cooling systems; crane and rigging services; millwright services; and steel fabrication, erection, and welding services.

EME traded up $10.42 on Thursday, reaching $411.12. 304,717 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 463,801. The company’s 50 day moving average is $385.35 and its 200-day moving average is $443.09. The company has a market cap of $18.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.87 and a beta of 1.08. EMCOR Group has a twelve month low of $319.49 and a twelve month high of $545.30.

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR)

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras explores, produces, and sells oil and gas in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Exploration and Production; Refining, Transportation and Marketing; and Gas and Power. The Exploration and Production segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas primarily for supplies to the domestic refineries.

NYSE:PBR traded up $0.09 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $11.38. The stock had a trading volume of 10,703,022 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,382,306. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a 1-year low of $11.03 and a 1-year high of $17.44. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $12.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $13.48. The company has a market cap of $73.30 billion, a PE ratio of 4.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 0.94.