Since July, investors have begun to shift money to areas that could benefit from rising inflation, with the energy sector being the most popular and attracting the most money. Morgan Stanley also said it was bullish on the energy sector in the fourth quarter.
Against the backdrop of inflation, energy stocks are extremely attractive.
Recently, US energy stocks have performed extraordinarily, supporting the rise of US stocks for many times.
According to the Futuo Niuniu market,$leading the energy industry ETF (VDE.US) $、Oil and gas recovery index ETF-SPDR Sipp (XOP.US) $It has risen more than 8% in all four trading days and has substantially outperformed the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq so far this year.
Lead the energy industry ETF, oil and gas production index ETF-SPDR index, compared with the S & P 500, the trend of the Nasdaq.
The purple line is the S & P 500 and the blue line is Nathan.
The relevant energy sectors are extremely eye-catching: the oil and gas drilling plate has doubled during the year, and the coking coal plate has risen nearly 60%.
After the recent price surge, a commodity index is now heading for its biggest annual gain (in percentage terms) since records began in the past three decades, according to FactSet.
Natural gas, an important fuel for power generation, has recently soared to a seven-and-a-half-year high, with prices exceeding $5 per million British thermal units.Many in the industry have warned that natural gas prices could accelerate if cold weather further boosts demand in the coming months.Shortages of natural gas and wind have pushed European electricity prices to record levels.
In addition, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC) estimatesBecause of natural gas shortages, companies are forced to switch to oil for power generation, and supplies in the global oil market are likely to tighten.
Soaring oil prices this year are driving US consumers' fuel costs to their highest level in years, with the average US gasoline price rising to about $3.20 a gallon, according to GasBuddy, an agency that tracks US gasoline prices.
Market participants said that at present, the supply is declining over the course of the year, and many weather forecasts believe that this winter will be much colder than in previous years, which may increase energy demand.
According to the Bank of America Research report,Since July, investors have begun to shift money to areas that could benefit from rising inflation, with the energy sector being the most popular and energy stocks attracting the most money. Morgan Stanley also said recently that it is optimistic about the energy sector in the fourth quarter.
From the perspective of the source composition of energy resources, it is mainly composed of five parts: oil, natural gas, coal, renewable energy and electricity. To hear that you have combed the relevant concept stocks for Niu friends' reference.
1. Petroleum
$Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.US) $: this year's increase为46%, with a total market capitalization of $243.8 billion.
Exxon Mobil Corp is the world's largest energy company, mainly engaged in the exploration, production, transportation and sales of crude oil and natural gas. Exxon Mobil Corp is also engaged in the manufacture, transportation and sale of petroleum products, the sale of commercial petrochemical products and a series of special products.
On September 24th, Indonesia approved Exxon Mobil Corp's drilling plan in the Cepu bloc, and according to SKK Migas, five infill wells will confirm an additional 42 million barrels of oil reserves, according to the Russian oil and gas network.
$Chevron Corp (CVX.US) $: this year's increase为24%, with a total market capitalization of US $194.5 billion.
Chevron Corp is a multinational energy company covering all aspects of the oil, gas and geothermal industries in more than 180 countries. Chevron Corp is engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production, hydrocarbon refining, marketing and transportation, chemical manufacturing and sales and power generation.
$ConocoPhillips (COP.US) $: this year's increase为66%, with a total market capitalization of US $87 billion.
ConocoPhillips is a world-renowned multinational energy company with core businesses including oil and gas exploration, production, processing and marketing, as well as the production and sales of chemicals and plastic products. ConocoPhillips is famous for its deep-sea exploration and production technology, reservoir management and development, 3D seismic technology and high-grade petroleum coke improvement technology.
ConocoPhillips bought Royal Dutch Shell's West Texas assets for $9.5 billion on Sept. 20, making it the second-largest oil and gas producer in the United States, a big investment that marks a shift in strategy. ConocoPhillips bought rival Concho Resources for $13.3 billion nine months ago.
$BP P.L.C. (BP.US) $: this year's increase为33%, with a total market capitalization of US $88.4 billion.
BP P.L.C. is one of the largest private oil companies in the world, mainly engaged in oil and gas exploration and development, oil refining, natural gas sales and power generation, oil retail and transportation, and the production and sale of petrochemical products. In addition, the company's business in solar power generation is growing.
Carbon trading accounts for about 5 per cent of BP P.L.C. 's trading activities, and has contributed between $50 million and $100m in annual trading profits over the past two years, according to people familiar with the business. BP P.L.C. 's overall annual trading profit over the past two years has been between $3.5 billion and $4 billion, it said.
$EOG Energy (EOG.US) $：It is up 61% this year, with a total market capitalization of $45.5 billion.
EOG Energy is one of the largest independent oil and gas companies in the United States, with proven reserves in the United States, Canada, Trinidad and the North Sea of the United Kingdom. It produces oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas in the United States, Canada, Trinidad, Tobago and China. EOG Energy has proven reserves of more than 3.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent, mainly in the United States.
Vanguard Natural Resources (PXD.US) $：This year's increase为45%, with a total market capitalization of $39.5 billion.
Pioneer Natural Resources is a company engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, as well as integrated services including oil and gas technology, royalties, well services and water management.
On April 1st, Pioneer Natural Resources announced that it would acquire DoublePoint Energy for about US $6.4 billion, an acquisition designed to consolidate Pioneer Natural Resources' position in Permian basins. In October 2020, Vanguard Natural Resources announced the acquisition of Parsley Energy for $4.5 billion.
$Marathon Oil (MRO.US) $：It is up 95% this year, with a total market capitalization of $10.1 billion.
Marathon Petroleum is an oil refining company mainly engaged in the refining, marketing and transportation of petroleum products, petrochemicals and gasoline, which are mainly sold in Marathon brand outlets and its retail subsidiary Speedway LLC. Marathon operates 16 refineries in the United States with a crude oil capacity of more than 3 million barrels per day.
2. Natural gas
$Williams (WMB.US) $: up 33% this year, with a total market capitalization of $30.9 billion
Williams is an energy infrastructure company focused on connecting North American oil and gas resources to growing markets through natural gas, natural gas liquids and olefins. The company's main business is located in the United States, but it spans from the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian oil sands. Through its joint venture company Williams Partners L.P. It controls a large number of its rights and interests in intercontinental gas pipelines, domestic mid-stream and domestic olefin production.
$Amenon (AEE.US) $An increase of 9% this year, with a total market capitalization of US $21.5 billion
Amenon is a utility holding company that provides electricity and natural gas services. It has rate-regulated power generation, transmission and distribution networks in Missouri and Illinois that can transport electricity and natural gas.
3. Coal
$Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU.US) $：It has increased by 438% this year, with a total market capitalization of US $1.5 billion.
Peabody Energy is the world's largest private coal company with stakes in 26 coal mining operations in the United States and Australia. In addition to the mining business, the company sells, brokers and trades coal through its trading and brokerage divisions.
Hedge fund Elliott Investment Management sold 1.8 million Peabody shares on Sept. 15-17 at an average price of about $16.66 "for portfolio management purposes". At present, Elliott still holds 27.1 million shares of Peabody, still the largest shareholder of Peabody, with a shareholding ratio of nearly 22%.
$Azi Coal (ARCH.US) $：This year's increase为78%, with a total market capitalization of US $1.2 billion
Aziz Coal is one of the world's largest coal producers, selling large amounts of coal to coal-fired power plants, steel mills and industrial facilities, often used by end-users as steam coal and metallurgical coal. The company's income mainly comes from the sales of coal and the income of its subsidiary ADDCAR.
$Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP.US) $This year's increase is 124%, with a total market capitalization of US $1.2 billion.
Alliance Resource is a diversified producer and coal distributor serving utilities and industrial users in the United States. The company started mining business in 1971. Since then, it has grown into a coal producer of bottom singles in the eastern United States through acquisitions and internal development.
$Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP.US) $：It has increased by 67% this year, with a total market capitalization of US $260 million.
Natural Resource owns, manages and leases a diversified portfolio of mineral assets in the United States, including interests in coal and other natural resources. The company has coal reserves in three major coal-producing areas in the United States: lignite reserves in Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the western United States, and along the Gulf Coast.
4. Renewable energy
$Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE.US) $：This year's increase is 3.8%, with a total market capitalization of $1.8 billion.
Clean Energy Fuel is one of the largest suppliers of clean fuel in the transportation market. The company is committed to transport decarbonization by developing and delivering renewable natural gas (RNG). The company can actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions from thousands of cars. It also does this through a large network of gas stations operating in the United States and Canada.
On Sept. 21, the company said it was entering the LNG fuel market for the first time under a contract to supply about 78 million gallons of LNG to two container ships owned by Pasha Hawaii. The deal will help the company expand its market share in RNG.
$Enphase Energy (ENPH.US) $：It is down 12% this year, with a total market capitalization of $20.6 billion.
Enphase Energy is a renewable energy company and the world's leading supplier of solar + energy storage systems based on micro inverters. The company also provides smart, easy-to-use solutions that connect solar power generation, storage and energy management to one platform.
The company has shipped more than 34 million miniature inverters and approximately 1.5 million Enphase-based systems to more than 130 countries.
In late June, the company launched the Encharge battery storage system in Germany, its first foray into the market outside the United States. Battery storage systems provide configurations from 3.5kWh to 42kWh and can be upgraded and extended through the system choice.
$first Solar (FSLR.US) $：It is down 8% this year, with a total market capitalization of $9.6 billion.
First Solar is committed to designing, manufacturing, selling and distributing photovoltaic solar power systems and solar modules.
In response to the sharp rise in demand, first Solar earlier announced that it would spin off its non-core business and focus on what it does best-solar panel manufacturing. Moreover, the company's management is planning to invest more than $1 billion to expand production capacity. First Solar, which supplied about 16 per cent of solar panels to the US last year, is confident of playing a bigger role and plans to roughly double its global capacity by 2023 by building new plants in Toledo and India.
$Blink Charging (BLNK.US) $：It is down 32% this year, with a total market capitalization of $1.2 billion.
Blink is a company that sells and operates charging stations for electric vehicles. Its main product is its Blink electric vehicle charging network, that is, electric vehicle charging equipment and charging services. Blink uses the company's proprietary cloud software to operate, maintain, and track electric vehicle charging stations and related charging data connected to the network, and has laid out charging networks in many locations across the United States.
Blink has deployed more than 23000 electric vehicle charging stations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Generate revenue through single charging, sales of electric vehicle charging hardware, provision of services, cooperation, advertising and so on.
5. Electricity
$NextEra Energy Inc (NEE.US) $：It has increased by 6% this year, with a total market capitalization of $158.3 billion.
NextEra Energy Inc is an electric power and energy infrastructure company. It operates through the following business units: FPL and NEER. The FPL division is primarily engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in Florida; the NEER division produces electricity through clean and renewable energy, including wind and solar energy.
The company has also invested more in battery energy storage, with plans to build nearly 700 megawatts of energy storage projects in California by the end of 2022.
$Duke Energy Corp (DUK.US) $：It has increased by 11% this year, with a total market capitalization of US $75.7 billion.
Duke Energy Corp is one of the largest power companies in the United States. Its power generation business provides power supply and transmission services to more than 4 million users in five states in the United States.
Prior to this, Duke Energy Corp's company eTransEnergy was nominated by General Motors Co as the preferred supplier to help General Motors Co team and BrightDrop customers transition to electric vehicles through General Motors Co Ultium Charge 360 services. Duke Energy Corp launched eTransEnergy in February 2021 as a wholly owned subsidiary to provide energy transport services to logistics, service and last mile delivery companies, as well as school districts and transportation institutions.
$first Energy Company (FE.US) $：It has increased by 24% this year, with a total market capitalization of $20 billion.
First Energy has a wide range of energy services such as power regulation and distribution and power transmission, ranking it as the fourth largest power supply company in the United States. The company owns and operates a full range of facilities including fossil fuels, coal, nuclear, oil and gas, wind, solar and hydropower, providing electricity and gas services to Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
$Exron Power (EXC.US) $：It has increased by 20% this year, with a total market capitalization of US $48.1 billion.
Exron Power is the largest nuclear power company in the United States, with 10 power plants and an annual generating capacity of 18000 megawatts, accounting for 20% of the nuclear power generation in the United States. On August 20, 2021, 2021 Hurun ranked 408th with an enterprise valuation of 285.3 billion yuan.
Exron said earlier this month that it would shut down its Byron nuclear power plant on September 13 and its Dresden plant in November unless the Illinois energy bill was passed.
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