A stator that includes a core formed by stacking annular steel sheets on each other and having teeth and slots provided between the teeth; and a plurality of continuous coils each continuously formed from a single conductor wire and each having a plurality of slot housed portions to be housed in the slots which are different from each other, a coil end portion on one side in an axial direction that connects the slot housed portions to each other, and a coil end portion on the other side in the axial direction that connects the slot housed portions to each other.