Eversource Energy (ES) has been named as a Top 10 dividend paying utility stock, according to Dividend Channel, which published its weekly ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among utilities, ES shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. For example, the recent ES share price of $61.17 represents a price-to-book ratio of 1.5 and an annual dividend yield of 4.68% — by comparison, the average utility stock in Dividend Channel's coverage universe yields 4.2% and trades at a price-to-book ratio of 2.3. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Eversource Energy, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points. Read More »

Chevron Corporation (CVX) has been named as the ''Top Dividend Stock of the Dow'', according to Dividend Channel, which published its most recent ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among the components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, CVX shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. For example, the recent CVX share price of $162.67 represents a price-to-book ratio of 1.9 and an annual dividend yield of 4.0% — by comparison, the average dividend paying stock in the Dow yields 2.4% and trades at a price-to-book ratio of 8.0. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Chevron Corporation, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points. Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Crescent Energy Co (CRGY) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $11.76, changing hands as high as $11.92 per share. Crescent Energy Co shares are currently trading up about 9.8% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of CRGY shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Canadian Utilities Ltd (CU.CA) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $30.95, changing hands as high as $31.19 per share. Canadian Utilities Ltd shares are currently trading up about 1.5% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of CU.CA shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Calumet Specialty Product Partners LP (CLMT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $16.38, changing hands as high as $16.77 per share. Calumet Specialty Product Partners LP shares are currently trading up about 3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of CLMT shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Delek US Holdings Inc (DK) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $27.46, changing hands as high as $28.47 per share. Delek US Holdings Inc shares are currently trading up about 3.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of DK shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

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UGI Corp. (UGI) has been named as the ''Top Dividend Stock of the Dow Utilities'', according to Dividend Channel, which published its most recent ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among the components of the Dow Jones Utility Average, UGI shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. For example, the recent UGI share price of $24.35 represents a price-to-book ratio of 1.2 and an annual dividend yield of 6.2% — by comparison, the average dividend paying stock in the Dow Utilities yields 3.5% and trades at a price-to-book ratio of 3.0. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at UGI Corp., and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points. Read More »

In trading on Monday, shares of SilverBow Resources Inc (SBOW) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $32.69, changing hands as high as $33.62 per share. SilverBow Resources Inc shares are currently trading up about 8.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SBOW shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Monday, shares of Star Group LP (SGU) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $11.68, changing hands as high as $11.77 per share. Star Group LP shares are currently trading up about 2.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SGU shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Monday, shares of Brookfield Business Partners LP (BBU) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $18.48 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30. Read More »

In trading on Monday, shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $29.52, changing hands as high as $29.88 per share. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP shares are currently trading up about 1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of BIP shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

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Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in McDonald's Corp (MCD), where a total of 21,914 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 57.5% of MCD's average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.8 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $275 strike call option expiring May 10, 2024, with 1,284 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 128,400 underlying shares of MCD. Below is a chart showing MCD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $275 strike highlighted in orange: Read More »

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Investors in BP PLC (BP) saw new options begin trading today, for the June 14th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BP options chain for the new June 14th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. Read More »

Investors in Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) saw new options begin trading today, for the June 14th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XOM options chain for the new June 14th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. Read More »

In trading on Friday, shares of Tourmaline Oil Corp (TOU.CA) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $64.83, changing hands as low as $64.66 per share. Tourmaline Oil Corp shares are currently trading off about 0.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of TOU.CA shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Friday, shares of TC Energy Corp (TRP.CA) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $50.63, changing hands as high as $51.73 per share. TC Energy Corp shares are currently trading up about 2.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of TRP.CA shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Friday, shares of Bristow Group Inc (VTOL) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $27.27, changing hands as high as $27.61 per share. Bristow Group Inc shares are currently trading up about 1.5% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of VTOL shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

Investors in Schlumberger Ltd (SLB) saw new options become available today, for the September 2026 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 868 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SLB options chain for the new September 2026 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. Read More »

In trading on Friday, shares of TC Energy Corp (TRP) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $37.37, changing hands as high as $37.94 per share. TC Energy Corp shares are currently trading up about 3.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of TRP shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (AQNU) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $22.60, changing hands as high as $22.81 per share. Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp shares are currently trading up about 4.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of AQNU shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of Brookfield Renewable Partners LP (BEP) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $24.38, changing hands as high as $24.68 per share. Brookfield Renewable Partners LP shares are currently trading up about 4.3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of BEP shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of APA Corp (APA) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $28.9001 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30. Read More »

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 32 most recent 13F filings for the 03/31/2024 reporting period, and noticed that Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) was held by 19 of these funds. When hedge fund managers appear to be thinking alike, we find it is a good idea to take a closer look. Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of Brookfield Renewable Corp (BEPC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $26.28, changing hands as high as $26.72 per share. Brookfield Renewable Corp shares are currently trading up about 2.8% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of BEPC shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

The First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 144,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 25,000. Shares of MARB were up about 0.2% on the day. Read More »

Parker Hannifin (PH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.63 per share of common stock to shareholders of record as of May 10, 2024. The dividend is payable June 7, 2024. The dividend represents a 10% increase over the previous quarterly cash dividend of $1.48 per common share and will be the 296th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company. Read More »

In early trading on Friday, shares of American Express topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 3.4%. Year to date, American Express registers a 20.0% gain. Read More »

Humana announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend to stockholders of $0.885 per share payable on July 26, 2024 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 28, 2024. Read More »

In early trading on Friday, shares of Chevron topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.9%. Year to date, Chevron registers a 9.5% gain. Read More »

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In early trading on Thursday, shares of Salesforce topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.9%. Year to date, Salesforce registers a 18.0% gain. Read More »

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Chevron topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.6%. Year to date, Chevron registers a 7.3% gain. Read More »

The First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 104,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 25,000. Shares of MARB were up about 0.1% on the day. Read More »

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In early trading on Wednesday, shares of MMM topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 2.5%. Year to date, MMM has lost about 7.5% of its value. Read More »

In early trading on Friday, shares of Amgen topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.4%. Year to date, Amgen has lost about 3.5% of its value. Read More »

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In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.8%. Year to date, Walgreens Boots Alliance has lost about 18.2% of its value. Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, the MLP ETF (MLPA) is outperforming other ETFs, trading flat on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), down about 0.1% and shares of Western Midstream Partners (WES), off about 0.2% on the day. Read More »

Occidental announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share on common stock, payable on April 15, 2024, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 8, 2024. On an annual basis, the dividend is $0.88 per share at the new rate, compared to the previous annual rate of $0.72 per share. Read More »

In early trading on Friday, shares of Chevron topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.7%. Year to date, Chevron registers a 4.0% gain. Read More »

In early trading on Friday, shares of Chevron topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.8%. Year to date, Chevron registers a 0.9% gain. Read More »

The FT Energy Income Partners Strategy ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 245,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 37,000. Shares of EIPX were up about 0.7% on the day. Read More »

The iShares North American Natural Resources ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 520,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 94,000. Shares of IGE were up about 0.1% on the day. Read More »

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of General Motors topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 9.6%. Year to date, General Motors registers a 8.0% gain. Read More »

In early trading on Monday, shares of Visa topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.3%. Year to date, Visa registers a 4.3% gain. Read More »

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) declared a quarterly cash distribution to be paid to Enterprise common unitholders with respect to the fourth quarter of 2023 of $0.515 per unit, or $2.06 per unit on an annualized basis. The quarterly distribution will be paid Wednesday, February 14, 2024, to common unitholders of record as of the close of business Wednesday, January 31, 2024. This distribution represents a 5.1 percent increase over the distribution declared with respect to the fourth quarter of 2022, and a 3 percent increase over the distribution declared with respect to the third quarter of 2023. Read More »

In early trading on Monday, shares of American Airlines Group topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 5.1%. Year to date, American Airlines Group registers a 4.0% gain. Read More »

In early trading on Monday, shares of American Airlines Group topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 5.1%. Year to date, American Airlines Group registers a 4.0% gain. Read More »

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In early trading on Wednesday, shares of Chevron topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.5%. Year to date, Chevron has lost about 15.1% of its value. Read More »

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In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Amgen topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.9%. Year to date, Amgen registers a 4.6% gain. Read More »

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In early trading on Friday, shares of Boeing topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.3%. Year to date, Boeing registers a 26.2% gain. Read More »

The SPDR S&P North American Natural Resources ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 135,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 27,000. Shares of NANR were off about 1.1% on the day. Read More »

In early trading on Wednesday, shares of Caterpillar topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.2%. Year to date, Caterpillar registers a 7.8% gain. Read More »

The WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 147,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 36,000. Shares of USMF were up about 0.9% on the day. Read More »

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In early trading on Wednesday, shares of Intel topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 2.1%. Year to date, Intel registers a 68.5% gain. Read More »

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In trading on Thursday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.1%. Leading the group were shares of Coeur Mining, up about 7.5% and shares of New Gold up about 5.7% on the day. Read More »

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Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund, which added 9,350,000 units, or a 2.1% increase week over week. Among the largest underlying components of XLE, in morning trading today Exxon Mobil is up about 0.2%, and Chevron is up by about 0.2%. Read More »

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