Analyst Upgraded Stocks on the NYS August 2023

August 17, 2023

Analyst Upgrades

Companies are upgraded when at least one analyst has upgraded their view on the stock, therefore increasing its average consensus value. Companies can get upgraded for a number of reasons, including improved future earnings potential due to new contracts, new products, cost savings or restructuring.

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SymbolNameBuyOutperformHoldUnderperformSellNo OpinionMean RatingPrev Mean LabelMean Label
UL Unilever PLC 2 1 2 0 2 0 3.1 3.0 Hold
SO Southern Co 4 0 1 1 0 0 4.2 3.7 Outperform
DUK Duke Energy Corp 1 1 3 0 0 0 3.6 3.5 Outperform
D Dominion Energy Inc 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4 3.3 Hold
ED Consolidated Edison Inc 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5 3.4 Hold
PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.4 4.2 Outperform
WEC WEC Energy Group Inc 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 3.3 Outperform
EIX Edison International 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.6 4.3 Buy
ES Eversource Energy 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.5 4.3 Outperform
AES The AES Corp 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.6 4.3 Buy
All data provided as at market close July 24, 2023.

Company Details

Unilever PLC

UL:NYS

Buy

2

Hold

2

Sell

2

Mean Rating

3.1

Prev Mean Rating

3.0

Mean Label

Hold

Unilever is a diversified personal-care (52% of 2022 sales by value), homecare (14%), and packaged food (34%) company. Its brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme haircare brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years; notable purchases include Paula's Choice, Liquid I.V., Horlicks, Garancia, and The Vegetarian Butcher.

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Southern Co

SO:NYS

Buy

4

Hold

1

Mean Rating

4.2

Prev Mean Rating

3.7

Mean Label

Outperform

Southern is one of the largest utilities in the U.S. The company serves 9 million customers with vertically integrated electric utilities in three states and natural gas distribution utilities in four states. It owns 50 gigawatts of rate-regulated generating capacity, primarily for serving customers in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Subsidiary Southern Power owns 13 gigawatts of natural gas generation and renewable energy across the U.S.

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Duke Energy Corp

DUK:NYS

Buy

1

Hold

3

Mean Rating

3.6

Prev Mean Rating

3.5

Mean Label

Outperform

Duke Energy is one of the largest U.S. utilities, with regulated utilities in the Carolinas, Indiana, Florida, Ohio, and Kentucky that deliver electricity to 8.2 million customers. Its natural gas utilities serve more than 1.6 million customers. Duke agreed to sell its commercial renewable energy in mid-2023.

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Dominion Energy Inc

D:NYS

Buy

1

Hold

4

Mean Rating

3.4

Prev Mean Rating

3.3

Mean Label

Hold

Based in Richmond, Virginia, Dominion Energy is an integrated energy company with over 30 gigawatts of electric generation capacity and more than 90,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines. Dominion is constructing a rate-regulated 5.2 GW wind farm off the Virginia Beach coast.

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Consolidated Edison Inc

ED:NYS

Buy

1

Hold

3

Mean Rating

3.5

Prev Mean Rating

3.4

Mean Label

Hold

Con Ed is a holding company for Consolidated Edison of New York, or CECONY, and Orange & Rockland, or O&R. These utilities provide steam, natural gas, and electricity to customers in southeastern New York—including New York City—and small parts of New Jersey. The two utilities generate nearly all of Con Ed's earnings following the sale of its clean energy business to RWE in early 2023.

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Public Service Enterprise Group Inc

PEG:NYS

Buy

3

Hold

1

Mean Rating

4.4

Prev Mean Rating

4.2

Mean Label

Outperform

Public Service Enterprise Group is the holding company for a regulated utility (PSE&G) and other nonregulated businesses such as nuclear power generation and clean energy projects. PSE&G provides regulated gas and electricity delivery services in New Jersey to a combined 4 million customers. Public Service Enterprise Group also operates the Long Island Power Authority system. In 2022, the company sold its gas and oil power plants in the Mid-Atlantic, New York, and the Northeast.

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WEC Energy Group Inc

WEC:NYS

Buy

1

Hold

1

Mean Rating

4.0

Prev Mean Rating

3.3

Mean Label

Outperform

WEC Energy Group's electric and gas utility businesses serve electric and gas customers in its Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin service territories. The company also owns a 60% stake in American Transmission Co. WEC's asset mix is approximately 49% electric generation and distribution, 36% gas distribution, 10% electric transmission, and 5% unregulated renewable generation.

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Edison International

EIX:NYS

Buy

4

Hold

1

Mean Rating

4.6

Prev Mean Rating

4.3

Mean Label

Buy

Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison, an electric utility that supplies power to 5 million customers in a 50,000-square-mile area of Southern California, excluding Los Angeles. Edison Energy owns interests in nonutility businesses that deal in energy-related products and services. In 2014, Edison International sold its wholesale generation subsidiary Edison Mission Energy out of bankruptcy to NRG Energy.

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Eversource Energy

ES:NYS

Buy

4

Hold

1

Mean Rating

4.5

Prev Mean Rating

4.3

Mean Label

Outperform

Eversource Energy is a diversified holding company with subsidiaries that provide rate-regulated electric, gas, and water distribution service to more than 4 million customers in the Northeast U.S. The company expanded its service territories with acquisitions of NStar (2012), Aquarion (2017), and Columbia Gas (2020). Eversource is exiting its 50% partnership with European utility Orsted to develop 2 gigawatts of offshore wind projects by 2025.

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The AES Corp

AES:NYS

Buy

4

Hold

1

Mean Rating

4.6

Prev Mean Rating

4.3

Mean Label

Buy

AES is a global power company. Its current generation portfolio as of year-end 2022 consists of over 32 gigawatts of generation including renewable energy (46%), gas (32%), coal (20%), and oil (2%). AES has majority ownership and operates six electric utilities distributing power to 2.6 million customers.

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Analysts upgraded Unilever and Southern on the NYS this month. See the full list of analyst upgrades on the blog: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/analyst-upgraded-stocks-nys-august-2023
Unilever $UL and Southern $SO upgraded on the #NYS this month. See the full list of upgrades: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/analyst-upgraded-stocks-nys-august-2023
Analysts upgraded Unilever and Southern on the NYS this month. See the full list of analyst upgrades on the blog: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/analyst-upgraded-stocks-nys-august-2023

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