There are no energy stocks in the S&P 500’s top 10. The biggest utility, NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE), is only #56. And even all utilities and oil and gas stocks together are just 6 percent of the stock market’s premier blue chip index.
That’s historic underweighting. But since oil prices bottomed in spring 2020, the S&P Energy Index has beaten the technology-stock laden S&P 500 by nearly 160 percentage points.
Utility stocks have lagged by about 70 points. But they’ve outperformed by almost 10 since the beginning of April—Thanks to AI-led demand growth, M&A windfalls and now a building return to favor for survivors of the past three years’ renewable energy stock washout.
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