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Best Grocery Stocks To Keep An Eye On - May 31st

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Costco Wholesale, Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, Uber Technologies, and PepsiCo are the five Grocery stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Grocery stocks are the assortment of food items, beverages and household supplies that a grocery store keeps on its shelves and in its back-room inventory to meet customer demand. Proper management of these stocks—through monitoring inventory levels, rotating perishable goods and scheduling timely reorderings—helps ensure product freshness, availability and minimal waste. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Grocery stocks within the last several days.

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.

NASDAQ COST traded up $40.04 on Friday, hitting $1,048.78. The stock had a trading volume of 5,400,884 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,061,175. Costco Wholesale has a one year low of $788.20 and a one year high of $1,078.24. 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 stock has a market cap of $465.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.58, a P/E/G ratio of 6.15 and a beta of 1.00. The company's 50-day moving average is $983.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is $975.34.

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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.

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock traded down $2.67 on Friday, hitting $503.51. The company had a trading volume of 9,150,028 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,346,341. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $517.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $489.78. The company has a market cap of $1.09 trillion, a PE ratio of 10.17, a PEG ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.88. Berkshire Hathaway has a 52 week low of $403.33 and a 52 week high of $542.07.

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Walmart (WMT)

Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.

Shares of Walmart stock traded up $1.47 on Friday, hitting $98.57. The company had a trading volume of 29,968,085 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,929,072. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $93.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of $93.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.23. The company has a market cap of $788.65 billion, a PE ratio of 40.90, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.70. Walmart has a 52 week low of $64.16 and a 52 week high of $105.30.

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Uber Technologies (UBER)

Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services.

Shares of Uber Technologies stock traded down $0.30 on Friday, hitting $84.00. The company had a trading volume of 29,036,834 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,577,416. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $79.34 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 1.41. The company has a market cap of $175.66 billion, a PE ratio of 18.42, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.43. Uber Technologies has a 52 week low of $54.84 and a 52 week high of $93.60.

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PepsiCo (PEP)

PepsiCo, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region.

Shares of PepsiCo stock traded down $0.30 on Friday, hitting $131.62. The company had a trading volume of 12,988,871 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,558,275. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $137.98 and a 200-day simple moving average of $147.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.65. The company has a market cap of $180.46 billion, a PE ratio of 18.94, a PEG ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.47. PepsiCo has a 52 week low of $127.75 and a 52 week high of $180.91.

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