Best Solar Stocks To Research – July 19th

Tesla, Berkshire Hathaway, and Vistra are the three Solar stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Solar stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that develop, manufacture or install solar energy systems and related equipment. Investors buy them to gain exposure to the solar power sector, whose growth is driven by factors like government incentives, technological advances and shifting energy prices. Their performance tends to correlate with global demand for clean energy and the cost-competitiveness of solar technology. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Solar 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.

NASDAQ:TSLA traded up $10.24 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $329.65. 93,904,102 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 98,883,688. Tesla has a 12 month low of $182.00 and a 12 month high of $488.54. The company has a fifty day moving average of $326.27 and a 200 day moving average of $317.30. 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 stock has a market cap of $1.06 trillion, a PE ratio of 181.13, a PEG 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.

Shares of NYSE BRK.B traded up $0.49 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $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 stock has a market cap 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. Berkshire Hathaway has a one year low of $406.11 and a one year high of $542.07. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $491.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $494.67.

Vistra (VST)

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia.

Vistra stock traded up $11.04 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $193.04. 6,414,225 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,110,758. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $65.50 billion, a PE ratio of 30.35, a P/E/G ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $175.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $152.59. Vistra has a 52 week low of $66.50 and a 52 week high of $200.25.