19 Good Companies With Bad Stewardship
These firms all have wide and narrow economic moats but earn poor stewardship ratings.
Markets
Market Indexes
Name
|
Value
|
Graph
|
Change
|
Change %
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Market | Closed | 8,432.50 |
115.06
|
1.38%
|
| U.S. Small Cap | Closed | 9,703.10 |
46.89
|
0.49%
|
| U.S. Mid Cap | Closed | 10,791.45 |
75.10
|
0.70%
|
| DJIA | Closed | 27,976.84 |
289.93
|
1.05%
|
| S&P 500 | Closed | 3,380.35 |
46.66
|
1.40%
|
| NASDAQ | Closed | 11,012.24 |
229.42
|
2.13%
|
U.S. Barometer Closed
Gainers, Losers, Actives
Equity Name
|
Price Change
|
Percent Change
|
|---|---|---|
| Sorrento Therapeutics Inc |
1.68
|
−11.92%
|
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc |
5.73
|
7.45%
|
| American Airlines Group Inc |
0.19
|
−1.38%
|
| NIO Inc ADR |
0.37
|
2.85%
|
| General Electric Co |
0.01
|
−0.15%
|
| Plug Power Inc |
0.68
|
−5.97%
|
| Bank of America Corp |
0.19
|
−0.71%
|
| Ford Motor Co |
0.12
|
−1.66%
|
| Moderna Inc |
0.55
|
0.80%
|
| Wells Fargo & Co |
0.13
|
−0.51%
|
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