Best Restaurant Stocks To Consider - May 16th

Alibaba Group, Uber Technologies, Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, and CAVA Group are the five Restaurant stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Restaurant stocks are shares of publicly traded companies in the restaurant and foodservice industry, ranging from fast-food chains to upscale dining establishments. They represent fractional ownership in those businesses and their prices fluctuate according to factors like consumer spending trends, labor and commodity costs, menu innovation, and economic conditions. Investors buy restaurant stocks to gain exposure to dining-related growth but must also manage risks such as shifting consumer tastes, food-safety concerns, and cyclical downturns. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Restaurant stocks within the last several days.

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 $0.77 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $124.67. The stock had a trading volume of 11,635,384 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,505,212. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 1.48. Alibaba Group has a 12 month low of $71.80 and a 12 month high of $148.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $297.69 billion, a PE ratio of 18.01, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.24. The company's 50-day moving average is $123.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is $107.05.

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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.

Uber Technologies stock traded up $1.84 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $92.00. The stock had a trading volume of 14,599,589 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,336,639. The stock has a market cap of $192.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.16, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a quick ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $75.91 and its 200-day simple moving average is $71.91. Uber Technologies has a one year low of $54.84 and a one year high of $92.89.

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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.

BRK.B traded up $5.82 during trading on Friday, reaching $513.15. 2,578,319 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,286,208. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.11 trillion, a PE ratio of 10.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.88. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $519.47 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $485.98. Berkshire Hathaway has a one year low of $401.58 and a one year high of $542.07.

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Coca-Cola (KO)

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores.

KO traded up $0.28 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $71.89. 10,796,227 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 15,600,323. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $70.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $66.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61. The firm has a market capitalization of $309.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.10, a P/E/G ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 0.47. Coca-Cola has a 1-year low of $60.62 and a 1-year high of $74.38.

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CAVA Group (CAVA)

Shares of NYSE:CAVA traded down $2.61 during trading on Friday, reaching $96.46. The stock had a trading volume of 6,765,304 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,146,300. CAVA Group has a 52 week low of $70.00 and a 52 week high of $172.43. The firm's fifty day moving average is $87.72 and its 200 day moving average is $112.19. The stock has a market cap of $11.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 209.58 and a beta of 3.28.

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