Best Healthcare Stocks To Watch Today - July 11th

Alphabet, UnitedHealth Group, Oracle, GE Aerospace, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Medtronic are the seven Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of medical products and services. This sector includes pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, medical device manufacturers, hospital operators and health insurers, and is often viewed by investors as a defensive play due to the steady demand for healthcare regardless of economic cycles. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Healthcare stocks within the last several days.

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.

GOOGL traded up $2.34 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $179.96. The company had a trading volume of 18,797,381 shares, compared to its average volume of 31,794,670. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.77. The stock has a market cap of $2.18 trillion, a PE ratio of 20.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.00. Alphabet has a 12-month low of $140.53 and a 12-month high of $207.05. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $169.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $173.57.

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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 up $0.70 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $300.21. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,357,055 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,649,692. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $316.42 and a 200 day moving average price of $442.28. UnitedHealth Group has a one year low of $248.88 and a one year high of $630.73. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $272.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 0.45.

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Oracle (ORCL)

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.

Shares of NYSE ORCL traded down $2.11 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $232.89. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,282,843 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,215,970. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $185.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $166.09. Oracle has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $241.44. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $654.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.68, a P/E/G ratio of 3.53 and a beta of 1.39.

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GE Aerospace (GE)

GE Aerospace (also known as General Electric) is a company that specializes in providing aerospace products and services. It operates through two reportable segments: Commercial Engines and Services and Defense and Propulsion Technologies. It offers jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft.

NYSE GE traded up $3.48 on Friday, hitting $256.05. The stock had a trading volume of 3,840,111 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,529,928. GE Aerospace has a 52-week low of $150.20 and a 52-week high of $260.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 1.08. The company has a market capitalization of $273.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.02 and a beta of 1.37. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $238.22 and a 200-day moving average of $207.94.

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Salesforce (CRM)

Salesforce, Inc. provides Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology that brings companies and customers together worldwide. The company's service includes sales to store data, monitor leads and progress, forecast opportunities, gain insights through analytics and artificial intelligence, and deliver quotes, contracts, and invoices; and service that enables companies to deliver trusted and highly personalized customer support at scale.

NYSE CRM traded down $4.41 on Friday, hitting $259.56. The stock had a trading volume of 2,887,351 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,519,944. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $272.43 and a 200-day moving average of $289.84. The company has a market capitalization of $248.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 1.36. Salesforce has a 52-week low of $230.00 and a 52-week high of $369.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.07.

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ServiceNow (NOW)

ServiceNow, Inc. provides end to-end intelligent workflow automation platform solutions for digital businesses in the North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Now platform for end-to-end digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, and collaboration and development tools.

Shares of NYSE:NOW traded down $14.58 during trading on Friday, reaching $953.51. The company had a trading volume of 712,230 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,477,427. The company has a fifty day moving average of $1,008.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $961.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $197.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 129.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.66 and a beta of 0.94. ServiceNow has a 12 month low of $678.66 and a 12 month high of $1,198.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

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Medtronic (MDT)

Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients worldwide. Its Cardiovascular Portfolio segment offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices; cardiac ablation products; insertable cardiac monitor systems; TYRX products; and remote monitoring and patient-centered software.

Shares of Medtronic stock traded up $0.45 during trading on Friday, reaching $89.85. The company's stock had a trading volume of 6,994,913 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,998,667. Medtronic has a 52-week low of $76.68 and a 52-week high of $96.25. The company has a market cap of $115.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.84, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.80. The firm's 50-day moving average is $85.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $86.76. The company has a quick ratio of 1.42, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53.

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