Top 5 Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now

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Management teams tend to be very coy about what they're working on behind closed doors. Energy Transfer Equity's (NYSE:ETE) leadership, on the other hand, was very transparent about what's going on behind the scenes during the company's first-quarter conference call. They openly answered analysts' questions, which provided investors with an interesting glimpse into what's ahead.

We have our eyes on an acquisition

Energy Transfer Equity and its MLP Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE:ETP) have a long history of making acquisitions to expand their energy infrastructure empire. In fact, Energy Transfer Equity already has its sights set on its next target: NuStar GP Holdings (NYSE:NSH), which controls MLP�NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS). That interest led an analyst on the call to ask if the company could provide any more details.

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Top 5 Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: EQT Corporation(EQT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its stake in shares of EQT (NYSE:EQT) by 85.4% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 67,281 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,000 shares during the quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale’s holdings in EQT were worth $3,219,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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  In addition, Elliott Management, which often pushes for M&A and other strategic transactions at targeted companies, made investments in EQT Corp. (EQT) , CommVault Systems Inc. (CVLT) , Sabre Corp. (SABR) , Teradyne Inc. (TER)  and Windstream Holdings Inc. (WIN)

• [By Chris Lange]

  The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Thursday was EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT) which rose about 10% to $53.35. The stock��s 52-week range is $43.70 to $67.84. Volume was nearly 11 million compared to the daily average volume of 3.6 million.

• [By Chris Lange]

  The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Thursday was EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT) which traded down over 5% at $49.72. The stock��s 52-week range is $43.70 to $67.84. Volume was 7.6 million compared to the daily average volume of nearly 4 million.

Top 5 Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: Tesoro Corporation(TSO)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Peter Graham]

  A long term performance chart shows Valero Energy Corporation along with large cap peers�Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC) and Andeavor (NYSE: ANDV), formerly�Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO),�all giving a similar performance while�mid cap�Western Refining, Inc (NYSE: WNR) has varied a bit from its peers:

Top 5 Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: EMCORE Corporation(EMKR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Peter Graham]

  Small cap fiber-optic networking product Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ: AAOI), a potential peer of EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) and Oclaro Inc (NASDAQ: OCLR), is the�most�shorted stock on the�NASDAQ with short interest of 62.65% according to Highshortnterest.com.

Top 5 Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: CVR Energy Inc.(CVI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  CVR Energy Inc. (NYSE:CVI) reached a new 52-week high and low during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $41.88 and last traded at $41.81, with a volume of 8024 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $41.64.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  CVR Energy Inc. (NYSE:CVI) shares hit a new 52-week high and low during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as $39.74 and last traded at $39.69, with a volume of 566335 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $36.81.

Top 5 Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: Southwestern Energy Company(SWN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Lange]

  The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Friday was Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) which rose 20% to $4.46. The stock��s 52-week range is $3.42 to $8.94. Volume was about 52 million compared to the daily average volume of 26 million.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) traded down about 5.2% Friday and posted a new 52-week low of $4.00 after closing Thursday at $4.22. The stock’s 52-week high is $9.75. Volume was around 21 million, about 10% below the daily average of around 23 million shares. The company had no specific news.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) traded down 7.4% Monday and posted a new 52-week low of $4.63 after closing Friday at $5.00. The stock’s 52-week high is $9.75. Volume was over 37 million, approaching double the daily average of about 21 million shares. The company had no specific news.