Retail Stocks To Keep An Eye On – April 5th

Tesla, Apple, Amazon.com, Microsoft, Alibaba Group, Berkshire Hathaway, and UnitedHealth Group are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of companies that primarily engage in selling goods and services directly to consumers, either through physical stores or digital platforms. These stocks tend to be influenced by consumer spending habits, economic cycles, and broader market trends, making them a key indicator of the overall health of the retail sector. 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 NASDAQ TSLA traded down $27.85 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $239.43. 180,231,397 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 94,463,877. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $770.13 billion, a PE ratio of 117.37, 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 price is $305.98 and its 200 day moving average price is $322.90.

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.

Apple stock traded down $14.81 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $188.38. 125,530,035 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 55,311,127. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $229.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $232.96. Apple has a fifty-two week low of $164.08 and a fifty-two week high of $260.10. The stock has a market cap of $2.83 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.90, a P/E/G ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.18.

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 $7.41 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $171.00. The company had a trading volume of 122,919,361 shares, compared to its average volume of 40,641,072. The firm has a market cap of $1.81 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.92, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The business has a fifty day moving average of $212.18 and a 200-day moving average of $208.91. Amazon.com has a 12 month low of $151.61 and a 12 month high of $242.52.

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.

Microsoft stock traded down $13.27 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $359.84. The company had a trading volume of 49,130,329 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,761,517. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $399.08 and a 200 day moving average of $417.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The firm has a market cap of $2.68 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.97, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00. Microsoft has a one year low of $359.48 and a one year high of $468.35.

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.

NYSE:BABA traded down $12.78 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $116.56. 56,989,438 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 19,690,596. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 1.48. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $125.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $103.96. Alibaba Group has a fifty-two week low of $68.36 and a fifty-two week high of $148.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $276.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.24.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

BRK.B stock traded down $36.49 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $493.67. 12,589,647 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,940,158. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $498.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $473.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.07 trillion, a P/E ratio of 9.97, a P/E/G ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.80. Berkshire Hathaway has a 12 month low of $395.66 and a 12 month high of $539.00.

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.

UnitedHealth Group stock traded down $15.50 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $524.94. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,914,705 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,261,982. UnitedHealth Group has a 1-year low of $436.38 and a 1-year high of $630.73. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $509.24 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $542.37. The company has a market cap of $480.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.87, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.83 and a quick ratio of 0.91.