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WEC

WEC Energy Group Inc. (NYSE:WEC) shares are trading at $92.31, after a 0.29% increase. Over the past month, the stock spiked by 5.56%, but decreased by 10.36% in the past year. The company's P/E ratio is lower than the aggregate P/E of 51.26 of the Multi-Utilities industry, indicating that the stock might be undervalued.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

July 26, 2023 | 7:45 pm

GLD

SPY

The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 25 basis points, the highest level since February 2001, as part of its efforts to bring inflation to a 2% objective. Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the full impact of policy tightening is yet to be experienced and that the Fed will maintain a data-dependent approach. Powell also expressed concern over the core inflation rate in June, at 4.8%, significantly above the Fed’s mandate. The stock market erased post-Fed statement gains, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) dropping 0.4% during the session and the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE:GLD) rising by 0.5% for the session.

Portfolio Pulse from Piero Cingari

July 26, 2023 | 7:43 pm

TUP

Tupperware Brands' shares are experiencing an increase due to heightened interest from retail investors and high short interest.

Portfolio Pulse from Bill Haddad

July 26, 2023 | 7:41 pm

AMC

TUP

Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE:TUP) shares are trading higher amid growing retail investor interest, associated with a rally in AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) stock. Despite a pullback in AMC shares, Tupperware stock has continued to soar on increased momentum. Tupperware also has high short interest with 27.06% of shares currently sold short. The company is set to report second quarter earnings on Aug. 7.

Portfolio Pulse from Ryan Gustafson

July 26, 2023 | 7:38 pm

AMWL

TDOC

American Well's stock is trading higher in sympathy with Teladoc, which reported better-than-expected Q2 results.

Portfolio Pulse from Bill Haddad

July 26, 2023 | 7:36 pm

LYG

Lloyds Banking Group's (NYSE:LYG) short percent of float has fallen 28.57% since its last report, with 8.36 million shares sold short, which is 0.05% of all regular shares available for trading. This decrease in short interest could signal a more bullish market sentiment towards Lloyds. Compared to its peers, Lloyds has less short interest.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

July 26, 2023 | 7:30 pm

D

Dominion Energy's short percent of float has risen 19.3% since its last report, with 5.68 million shares sold short, which is 0.68% of all regular shares available for trading. This increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish. However, Dominion Energy's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 1.96%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

July 26, 2023 | 7:30 pm

KKR

KKR & Co (NYSE:KKR) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 7.21% on an annualized basis, producing an average annual return of 17.25%. If an investor had bought $100 of KKR stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $222.01 today.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

July 26, 2023 | 7:30 pm

AWK

American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years, producing an average annual return of 14.54%. If an investor had bought $1000 of AWK stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $7,576.57 today.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

July 26, 2023 | 7:30 pm

CPRT

Copart's (NYSE:CPRT) short percent of float has fallen 5.61% since its last report, with 4.35 million shares sold short, which is 1.01% of all regular shares available for trading. It would take traders 2.21 days to cover their short positions on average. The company has less short interest than most of its peers, with an average of 3.97% for its peer group.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

July 26, 2023 | 7:30 pm