EQT Corp (EQT): Today's Featured Utilities Laggard

EQT was a leading decliner within the utilities sector, falling $1.70 (-2.1%) to $80.48 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

EQT

(

EQT

) pushed the Utilities sector lower today making it today's featured Utilities laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.4%. By the end of trading, EQT fell $1.70 (-2.1%) to $80.48 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1,294,282 shares of EQT exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,468,900 shares. The stock ranged in price between $80.46-$82.45 after having opened the day at $82.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $82.18. Other companies within the Utilities sector that declined today were:

GreenHunter Resources

(

GRH

), down 7.8%,

Artesian Resource Corporation

(

ARTNA

), down 3.1%,

Ocean Power Technologies

(

OPTT

), down 3.0% and

Consolidated Water Company

(

CWCO

), down 2.3%.

EQT Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company in the United States. It operates in three segments: EQT Production, EQT Midstream, and Distribution. EQT has a market cap of $12.4 billion and is part of the utilities industry. Shares are up 39.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate EQT a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

EQT

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, increase in net income and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

On the positive front,

American DG Energy

(

ADGE

), up 17.6%,

Beacon Power

(

BCON

), up 7.7%,

Western Gas Equity Partners

(

WGP

), up 4.3% and

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras

(

EBR.B

), up 4.3% , were all gainers within the utilities sector with

Exelon

(

EXC

) being today's featured utilities sector leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, 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

).

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