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Short-term Top 10 — Utilities — 18 Aug 2026

The ten as they stood on 18 Aug 2026. Scores, pillars and reasons are the ones recorded that day; nothing here is recomputed. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100.

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The ten

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1 AMERICAN STATES WATER (AWR)

Catalysts 79th: analysts have raised their average price target by 9.8% since the prior reading; setup 72nd: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; weakest is volume and participation 37th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.

  • Trend71.1
  • Momentum54.0
  • Setup71.8
  • Volume and participation36.9
  • Catalysts78.8
Utilities 64.2
2 American Water Works (AWK)

Setup 91st: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move; volume and participation 59th: it gapped 2.7% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed; weakest is momentum 47th: MACD momentum is negative.

  • Trend49.6
  • Momentum47.0
  • Setup91.2
  • Volume and participation59.0
  • Catalysts54.0
Utilities 59.7
3 Xcel Energy (XEL)

Volume and participation 81st: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; catalysts 59th: the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading; weakest is setup 43rd: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down.

  • Trend54.2
  • Momentum50.1
  • Setup42.6
  • Volume and participation81.1
  • Catalysts58.9
Utilities 56.0
4 PG&E Corporation (PCG)

Trend 67th: a trend forming but not yet strong (ADX below 25); setup 57th: no Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings; weakest is volume and participation 38th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.

  • Trend66.5
  • Momentum49.5
  • Setup56.9
  • Volume and participation37.7
  • Catalysts56.5
Utilities 54.9
5 National Fuel Gas (NFG)

Volume and participation 72nd: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; catalysts 61st: analysts have raised their average price target by 1.1% since the prior reading; weakest is momentum 42nd: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought).

  • Trend52.5
  • Momentum41.6
  • Setup50.9
  • Volume and participation72.1
  • Catalysts60.6
Utilities 54.6
6 UGI Corporation (UGI)

Volume and participation 100th: trading volume is running unusually high — about 11.9× its 30-day average, a sign of heightened interest; trend 59th: it is trading 8.1% above its 50-day average, the short-term trend line; weakest is catalysts 24th: analysts have cut their average price target by 2.4% since the prior reading.

  • Trend59.2
  • Momentum51.0
  • Setup48.4
  • Volume and participation99.5
  • Catalysts23.6
Utilities 54.3
7 ONE GAS INC (OGS)

Volume and participation 72nd: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; setup 70th: no Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings; weakest is catalysts 43rd: analysts have cut their average price target by 1.0% since the prior reading.

  • Trend48.1
  • Momentum44.6
  • Setup69.5
  • Volume and participation72.4
  • Catalysts42.6
Utilities 54.2
8 SPIRE INC (SR)

Volume and participation 89th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; setup 51st: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced a bit over half of its move over the past year — 59% of it; weakest is catalysts 44th: analysts have cut their average price target by 1.9% since the prior reading.

  • Trend46.7
  • Momentum44.2
  • Setup51.2
  • Volume and participation88.5
  • Catalysts43.9
Utilities 52.8
9 PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC (POR)

Volume and participation 76th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; trend 56th: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day; weakest is setup 31st: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down.

  • Trend55.9
  • Momentum49.5
  • Setup30.8
  • Volume and participation75.6
  • Catalysts54.4
Utilities 52.3
10 Essential Utilities (WTRG)

Setup 91st: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; trend 49th: it is trading 3.9% above its 50-day average, the short-term trend line; weakest is volume and participation 29th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.

  • Trend49.0
  • Momentum43.4
  • Setup91.1
  • Volume and participation28.8
  • Catalysts41.4
Utilities 51.8

Entered on 18 Aug 2026

AMERICAN STATES WATER (AWR) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 1, score 64.2.

American Water Works (AWK) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 2, score 59.7.

Xcel Energy (XEL) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 3, score 56.0.

PG&E Corporation (PCG) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 4, score 54.9.

National Fuel Gas (NFG) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 5, score 54.6.

UGI Corporation (UGI) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 6, score 54.3.

ONE GAS INC (OGS) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 7, score 54.2.

SPIRE INC (SR) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 8, score 52.8.

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC (POR) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 9, score 52.3.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 10, score 51.8.

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