Most Active Utilities Stocks - The AES Corporation (AES), NRG Energy (NRG), PPL Corporation (PPL)

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The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) slid -0.17% to close at $11.62 and its overall volume in the last trading session was 8.72 million shares, beating the average volume of 6.37 million. Analysts at SunTrust recently reiterated their “buy” rating on the stock. Earlier this week, it reported fourth-quarter profit declined 27% even as salesincreased, as the company was hurt by comparison with a year-agoperiod buoyed by a one- time gain.

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Excluding this profit advanced, and results topped analyst estimates.For the 2013 year, the company predicts adjusted per-share earnings in a range of $1.24 to $1.32, while analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected $1.27.

AES hit the day high price of $11.79 and day low of $11.60. The stock is trading with positive year-to-date performance of +9.01%. It has current ratio of 1.15 and its debt-to-equity ratio is 4.87. The company has total market cap of $8.64billion.

NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) showed no change and closed at $24.00 after quarterly report.The company posted fourth-quarter profit to investors of $514 million or $2.06 per shareversus a loss of $111 million or $0.48 per share last year. The company also unveiled plans to raise common stock dividend in 2013 by 33% to $0.48 per share annually. NRG is also authorized to buy back up to $200 million of its common stock.Analysts, on average, predicted a loss per share of $0.15 with revenue of $2.55 billion for the quarter.

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The overall volume in the last trading session was 6.98 million shares. Its fifty two week range was $14.29-$24.56. The total market capitalization remained $5.48 billion.The stock is ahead its 52 week low with 70.08% and its last month price volatility remained 1.69%. Its beta coefficient was 0.72 with a target price of $27.17. In its share capital, the company has 322.29 million outstanding shares while 321.65 million shares have been floated in market.

It has insider ownership of 0.49% with its institutional ownership remained 96.89%. Its current year earnings per share fell with -57.66% while the five year EPS growth rate was -15.24%.

PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) shares went 0.36% up and closed at $30.82 in the last trading session after a Form 10-K filing. Its overall traded volume was 6.18 million shares. The stock’s opening price was $30.70, hitting the day high price of $30.93 and day low of $30.62.

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PPL has earnings per share of $2.62 and its price to earnings ratio was 11.75. The company has 3.56% returns on assets, 14.31% returns on equity and its return on investments is 4.09%.

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