Hims & Hers Health, Alphabet, and UnitedHealth Group are the three Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are shares of companies that develop, manufacture or distribute medical products and services, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology firms, medical-device makers, hospitals and health insurers. By buying these equities, investors gain exposure to the healthcare sector’s growth drivers—such as aging populations and medical innovation—as well as its defensive qualities, since demand for care tends to remain steady in economic downturns. Prices can be influenced by factors like clinical trial results, regulatory approvals and patent expirations. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Healthcare stocks within the last several days.
Hims & Hers Health (HIMS)
Hims & Hers Health, Inc. operates a telehealth consultation platform. It connects consumers to healthcare professionals, enabling them to access medical care for mental health, sexual health, dermatology and primary care. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
Shares of HIMS traded up $4.86 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $46.74. The company had a trading volume of 100,935,081 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,370,167. The stock has a market cap of $10.38 billion, a PE ratio of 106.00 and a beta of 1.84. Hims & Hers Health has a 1-year low of $11.45 and a 1-year high of $72.98. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.22 and a 200-day simple moving average of $31.70.
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Alphabet (GOOGL)
Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.
NASDAQ:GOOGL traded down $0.26 on Tuesday, reaching $163.95. 9,032,802 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 28,091,236. Alphabet has a 52-week low of $140.53 and a 52-week high of $207.05. The business has a fifty day moving average of $160.02 and a 200-day moving average of $175.50. The company has a quick ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.99 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.01.
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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 NYSE UNH traded down $8.73 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $396.08. The company had a trading volume of 3,383,374 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,621,312. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74. UnitedHealth Group has a 52-week low of $393.11 and a 52-week high of $630.73. The stock has a market cap of $360.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.56, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.61. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $494.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $527.03.
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