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Are Utilities Stocks Lagging ENGIE - Sponsored ADR (ENGIY) This Year?

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Investors interested in Utilities stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has ENGIE - Sponsored ADR (ENGIY - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Utilities peers, we might be able to answer that question.

ENGIE - Sponsored ADR is a member of the Utilities sector. This group includes 107 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #6. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.

The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. ENGIE - Sponsored ADR is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for ENGIY's full-year earnings has moved 0.5% higher. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.

Based on the latest available data, ENGIY has gained about 29.2% so far this year. In comparison, Utilities companies have returned an average of 12.8%. This means that ENGIE - Sponsored ADR is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.

Enel SpA (ENLAY - Free Report) is another Utilities stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has returned 15.5%.

The consensus estimate for Enel SpA's current year EPS has increased 3.6% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Looking more specifically, ENGIE - Sponsored ADR belongs to the Utility - Electric Power industry, which includes 58 individual stocks and currently sits at #78 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 13.6% so far this year, so ENGIY is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns. Enel SpA is also part of the same industry.

Going forward, investors interested in Utilities stocks should continue to pay close attention to ENGIE - Sponsored ADR and Enel SpA as they could maintain their solid performance.

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