A stator includes a core having a plurality of slots and a plurality of U-shaped conductors, which are inserted in the corresponding slots. Each of the conductors has a pair of legs and a joint portion that connects the legs together. Each slot receives four legs and each of the legs in the slot is one leg of the corresponding one of the conductors. Two of the four conductors corresponding to the four legs inserted in each slot are overlapped with each other at the joint portions as viewed at least circumferentially.