Best Retail Stocks To Watch Now - May 3rd

Tesla, Apple, Amazon.com, Microsoft, and UnitedHealth Group are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that sell goods or services directly to consumers through physical storefronts, e-commerce platforms, or a combination of both. They include businesses such as supermarkets, department stores, apparel brands, electronics retailers, and specialty shops. Because their revenues depend heavily on consumer confidence and spending patterns, retail stocks tend to be sensitive to economic cycles and seasonal trends. 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 Tesla stock traded up $6.69 during trading on Friday, hitting $287.21. The company's stock had a trading volume of 113,968,586 shares, compared to its average volume of 95,779,003. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 2.02. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $258.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $324.47. Tesla has a 52 week low of $167.41 and a 52 week high of $488.54. The company has a market capitalization of $925.09 billion, a PE ratio of 140.79, a P/E/G ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.58.

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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.

NASDAQ AAPL traded down $7.97 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $205.35. The company's stock had a trading volume of 100,891,435 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,620,753. The company has a market cap of $3.08 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.26. Apple has a 12 month low of $169.21 and a 12 month high of $260.10. 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 company's 50 day simple moving average is $212.15 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $228.63.

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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.

NASDAQ AMZN traded down $0.22 on Friday, reaching $189.98. 77,794,995 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 41,684,289. Amazon.com has a one year low of $151.61 and a one year high of $242.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.02 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.35, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.39. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $190.48 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $207.77.

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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.

Shares of NASDAQ MSFT traded up $9.88 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $435.28. 30,732,671 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 21,356,359. Microsoft has a one year low of $344.79 and a one year high of $468.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00. The company's 50 day moving average is $384.93 and its 200 day moving average is $411.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.34.

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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.

NYSE UNH traded down $1.96 on Friday, hitting $398.72. 11,384,114 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,602,582. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.83. UnitedHealth Group has a 52-week low of $393.11 and a 52-week high of $630.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $362.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.72, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.61. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $495.85 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $528.74.

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