5 Stocks Pushing The Utilities Sector Lower

1. As of noon trading, Exelon (EXC) is down $0.19 (-0.6%) to $29.49 on light volume Thus far, 1.2 million shares of Exelon exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $29.43-$29.79 after having opened the day at $29.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.68.

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy generation and distribution business in the United States. Exelon has a market cap of $25.5 billion and is part of the utilities industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.9, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 31.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Exelon a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 14 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Exelon as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and deteriorating net income. Get the full Exelon Ratings Report now.

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If you are interested in one of these 5 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the utilities sector could consider Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) while those bearish on the utilities sector could consider ProShares UltraShort Utilities (SDP).

A reminder about TheStreet Ratings group: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.

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