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12Stocks.com Utilities Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
August 14, 2025 - All trends (long term, mid-term and short term) for Utilities sector looks good.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 80 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Utilities sector in short term neutral to bullish trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 50 and an improvement of trend continues.

 Year To Date Performance: 15.85 %
 Weekly Performance: 0.99 %
 Daily Performance: 0.37 %
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Utilities Sector Trend
80 / 100
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12Stocks.com: Investing in Utilities sector with Stocks
The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance and trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score) of various stocks in the Utilities sector.

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12Stocks.com Performance of Stocks in Utilities Sector

TickerStock NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %YTD Change%
PCYOPure Cycle Water10.4570-15.24-17.59%
AQNAlgonquin Power  Utilities5.8250-30.7633.97%
SRESempra Energy  Utilities82.2280-43.20-4.59%
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Utilities Sector: Technical Analysis, Trends & YTD Performance
Utilities sector is composed of stocks from electric, gas, water, clean utilities subsectors.

Utilities sector, as represented by XLU, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of Utilities stocks (e.g, Duke Energy, Exelon) is up by 15.85% and is currently outperforming the overall market by 5.52% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

XLU Weekly Chart
Long Term Trend: Very Good
Medium Term Trend: Very Good

XLU Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Good
Overall Trend Score: 80
YTD Performance: 15.85%
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12Stocks.com: Top Performing Utilities Sector Stocks
Hot Utilities Stocks of 2025 We try to spot trends by analyzing the performances of various stocks or components within Utilities sector and try to find best performing stocks. The movers and shakers. The winners and losers.

The top performing Utilities sector stocks year to date are
Korea Electric[106%] NRG Energy[74%] Companhia de[61%]
Companhia Paranaense[55%] Kenon [52%] Centrais Eletricas[48%]
Algonquin Power[34%] Ormat Technologies[33%] UGI [30%]
Consolidated Water[30%] American Electric[26%] Fortis [24%]
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Now, more recently, over last week, the top performing Utilities sector stocks on the move are
Aris Water[20.4%] Centrais Eletricas[16.7%] Cadiz [16.1%]
Clean Energy[15.3%] Consolidated Water[14.7%] Companhia de[11.6%]
RGC Resources[6.9%] Pure Cycle[6.6%] Atmos Energy[6.3%]
Otter Tail[6%] Companhia Energetica[5.4%] Ormat Technologies[5%]
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Unfortunately not all Utilities stocks have done well this year. Investors of these stocks hope they have seen the worst and hope that these stocks are set to bounce back. The bearish stocks in this index year to date (YTD) are
Empresa Distribuidora[-32%] Cadiz [-31%] Edison [-27%]
PG&E [-24%] ONEOK [-22%] Excelerate Energy[-20%]
Pure Cycle[-18%] Pampa Energia[-13%] TransAlta [-13%]
MGE Energy[-8%] Clean Energy[-7%] Unitil [-6%]
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Investors can get enhanced performance by riding the current stock trends. Using complex algorithms, 12Stocks.com has come up with Smart Investing & Trading Scores (on 0-bearish to 100-bullish scale) to identify best trending stocks. Top trending Utilities stocks are
FirstEnergy [100] Southwest Gas[100] Atmos Energy[100]
Cadiz [100] Otter Tail[100] Chesapeake [100]
Consolidated Water[100] NorthWestern [100] ONE Gas[100]
Portland General[100] PPL [100] Black Hills[100]
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12Stocks.com: Investing in Utilities Sector using Exchange Traded Funds
The following table shows list of key exchange traded funds (ETF) that help investors track Utilities Index. For detailed view, check out our ETF Funds section of our website.

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12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Utilities Index

TickerETF NameWatchlistRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %Week %Year-to-date %
XLUUtilities  86.47800.370.9915.85%
JXIGlobal Utilities  76.429014.380.6220.92%
IDUUtilities  110.108020.230.8115.73%
VPUUtilities  187.07800.49116.11%
UPWUtilities  89.758030.731.8726.69%
SDPShort Utilities  12.5310-0.51-1.96-24.32%
FUTYUtilities  55.80800.351.0316.09%
FXUUtilities AlphaDEX  45.14900.561.1220.53%
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12Stocks.com: Charts, Trends, Fundamental Data and Performances of Utilities Stocks
We now take in-depth look at all Utilities stocks including charts, multi-period performances and overall trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score).

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Stock Chart of Pure Cycle CorporationPCYO Pure Cycle Corporation
Sector: Utilities
SubSector: Water Utilities
MarketCap: 247.102 Millions
Recent Price: 10.45    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
Day Percent Change: -15.24%    
Day Change: -1.85
Week Change: 6.63%    
Year-to-date Change: -17.6%
PCYO Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
Sector: Utilities
SubSector: Diversified Utilities
MarketCap: 5916.4 Millions
Recent Price: 5.82    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
Day Percent Change: -30.76%    
Day Change: -2.39
Week Change: -1.36%    
Year-to-date Change: 34.0%
AQN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sempra EnergySRE Sempra Energy
Sector: Utilities
SubSector: Diversified Utilities
MarketCap: 34339.9 Millions
Recent Price: 82.22    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: -43.2%    
Day Change: -61.91
Week Change: 1.32%    
Year-to-date Change: -4.6%
SRE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Utilities Stocks With Best Up Trends [0-bearish to 100-bullish]:
FirstEnergy [100], Southwest Gas[100], Atmos Energy[100], Cadiz [100], Otter Tail[100], Chesapeake [100], Consolidated Water[100], NorthWestern [100], ONE Gas[100], Portland General[100], PPL [100]

Best Utilities Stocks Year-to-Date:
Korea Electric[106.25%], NRG Energy[73.7%], Companhia de[60.94%], Companhia Paranaense[54.95%], Kenon [52.2%], Centrais Eletricas[48.32%], Algonquin Power[33.97%], Ormat Technologies[32.59%], UGI [30.08%], Consolidated Water[29.5%], American Electric[25.92%]

Best Utilities Stocks This Week:
Aris Water[20.42%], Centrais Eletricas[16.71%], Cadiz [16.08%], Clean Energy[15.27%], Consolidated Water[14.74%], Companhia de[11.59%], RGC Resources[6.88%], Pure Cycle[6.63%], Atmos Energy[6.34%], Otter Tail[5.97%], Companhia Energetica[5.35%]

Best Utilities Stocks Daily:
NRG Energy[127.03%], Transportadora de[58.85%], Empresa Distribuidora[28.87%], Southern [25.16%], Suburban Propane[22.85%], Unitil [19.45%], FirstEnergy [18.39%], Dominion Energy[14.61%], OGE Energy[14.57%], MGE Energy[13.28%], Pinnacle West[12.95%]


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