Retail Stocks To Watch Now – April 10th

Tesla, Apple, Amazon.com, Microsoft, UnitedHealth Group, Alibaba Group, and Costco Wholesale are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks refer to the shares of companies predominantly involved in the sale of consumer goods and services, such as clothing, electronics, groceries, and more. These stocks are influenced by consumer spending patterns and economic conditions, making them particularly sensitive to shifts in market demand and overall economic health. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Retail stocks within the last several days.

Tesla (TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services.

Shares of TSLA traded down $17.34 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $254.86. The stock had a trading volume of 131,655,470 shares, compared to its average volume of 105,707,328. The company has a market capitalization of $819.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 124.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.58. Tesla has a 12-month low of $138.80 and a 12-month high of $488.54. The company’s 50-day moving average is $290.62 and its 200 day moving average is $323.14. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

Apple (AAPL)

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod.

Shares of Apple stock traded down $7.71 on Thursday, hitting $191.14. The stock had a trading volume of 79,283,803 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,780,796. The stock has a market cap of $2.87 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.34, a PEG ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.26. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $224.31 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $231.59. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. Apple has a one year low of $164.08 and a one year high of $260.10.

Amazon.com (AMZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.

Shares of AMZN traded down $8.72 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $182.38. 44,793,250 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 41,440,298. Amazon.com has a 12 month low of $151.61 and a 12 month high of $242.52. The company has a market capitalization of $1.93 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.39. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $206.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $208.56. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

Microsoft (MSFT)

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.

MSFT traded down $11.19 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $379.30. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 19,854,443 shares, compared to its average volume of 24,366,080. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $392.96 and its 200-day moving average is $415.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.82 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.54, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00. Microsoft has a 1 year low of $344.79 and a 1 year high of $468.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.

Shares of UnitedHealth Group stock traded up $20.26 on Thursday, reaching $598.76. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,728,334 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,103,696. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74. The company has a market capitalization of $547.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.61. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $510.86 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $541.73. UnitedHealth Group has a 52 week low of $436.38 and a 52 week high of $630.73.

Alibaba Group (BABA)

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others.

Shares of BABA traded up $2.47 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $107.25. The stock had a trading volume of 27,233,185 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,044,838. Alibaba Group has a 12 month low of $68.36 and a 12 month high of $148.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $254.75 billion, a PE ratio of 15.50, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 1.48 and a quick ratio of 1.48. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $126.38 and a 200 day moving average price of $104.51.

Costco Wholesale (COST)

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories.

COST traded up $3.31 during trading on Thursday, hitting $968.50. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,664,877 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,994,788. The firm has a market cap of $429.71 billion, a PE ratio of 56.82, a P/E/G ratio of 6.15 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $984.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is $948.65. Costco Wholesale has a one year low of $702.00 and a one year high of $1,078.24.