Utilities have always had a reputation for being a "sleepy" corner of the stock market. Steady, predictable dividend payers one bought late in the bull market to preserve a portfolio. Naturally, this classification has not been attractive in one of the strongest bull markets in history that saw numerous tech-driven growth stocks dominate the market.Yet, 2025 has turned the stereotype on its head, with the sector returning over 15% year-to-date and outpacing the S&P 500 itself. On the surface, some of that s ...

Utilities have always had a reputation for being a "sleepy" corner of the stock market. Steady, predictable dividend payers one bought late in the bull market to preserve a portfolio. Naturally, this classification has not been attractive in one of the strongest bull markets in history that saw numerous tech-driven growth stocks dominate the market.Yet, 2025 has turned the stereotype on its head, with the sector returning over 15% year-to-date and outpacing the S&P 500 itself. On the surface, some of that s ...

U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones falling more than 50 points on Monday.The Dow traded down 0.12% to 46,190.92 while the NASDAQ rose 0.40% to 22,574.89. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.13% to 6,652.27.Check This Out: How To Earn $500 A Month From Lamb Weston Stock Ahead Of Q1 EarningsLeading and Lagging SectorsInformation technology shares jumped by 0.6% on Monday.In trading on Monday, energy stocks fell by 1.9%.Top HeadlineCarnival (NYSE: CCL) reported better-than-expect ...

In the current session, the stock is trading at $72.00, after a 0.91% increase. Over the past month, Lattice Semiconductor Inc. (NASDAQ: LSCC) stock increased by 6.49%, and in the past year, by 38.54%. With performance like this, long-term shareholders are optimistic but others are more likely to look into the price-to-earnings ratio to see if the stock might be overvalued.Lattice Semiconductor P/E Compared to CompetitorsThe P/E ratio is used by long-term shareholders to assess the company's market performa ...

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE: FUN).And retail traders should know.We noticed this today when the positions showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with FUN, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 8 options trades for Six Flags En ...

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bearish stance on UnitedHealth Group.Looking at options history for UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) we detected 74 trades.If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 35% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 47% with bearish.From the overall spotted trades, 18 are puts, for a total amount of $2,406,409 and 56, calls, for a total amount of $3,047,647.Predicted Price RangeAnalyzing the Volume and Ope ...

Lithium-themed ETFs touched 52-week highs last week, prompting questions on if the rally is driven more by political tailwinds than commodity fundamentals.LIT is approaching key resistance levels. See the full breakdown here.On Friday, Sept. 26, the Themes Lithium & Battery Metal Miners ETF (BATS: LIMI), Sprott Lithium Miners ETF (NASDAQ: LITP), ProShares S&P Global Core Battery Metals ETF (NYSE: ION), and the flagship Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (NYSE: LIT) all reached new yearly highs. This came a ...

Markets rise and fall not just on cash flows and discount rates, but on the beliefs of investors. For 70 years, the Value Line Investment Survey has quietly compiled long-term earnings forecasts and price targets for thousands of companies.That trove of forward-looking expectations and beliefs gives us a rare window into what sophisticated analysts were thinking across multiple market cycles.A recent study by MIT's David Thesmar and Emil Verner digs into this data and compares it with surveys of individual ...

Trading in Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: C) is quiet Monday.  This comes after the shares lost almost 3% in Friday's trading. A disappointing earnings report drove the move.Some traders are watching to see if there will be a reversal and move higher soon. This is why it is today's Stock of the Day.If Costo drops to levels around $885, there is a good chance it finds support. As you can see on the chart below, there was support in March and again in April.Costco technicals.Stocks tend to find support ...

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) will release earnings results for the first quarter, before the opening bell on Tuesday, Sept. 30.Analysts expect the company to report quarterly earnings at 53 cents per share. That's down from 73 cents per share in the year-ago period. Lamb Weston projects to report quarterly revenue at $1.62 billion. It generated $1.65 billion the previous year, according to data from Benzinga Pro.On July 23, Lamb Weston reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results. ...