Best Retail Stocks To Watch Today - March 19th

Key Points

• Amazon (AMZN), Alibaba (BABA) and Walmart (WMT) are MarketBeat’s top retail stocks to watch today after posting the highest dollar trading volume among retail stocks in recent days, a group that can show elevated short‑term volatility when driven by individual investors or social‑media activity.
• All three are large, diversified retailers: Amazon combines e‑commerce, advertising, subscriptions and AWS; Alibaba provides China/international commerce platforms and cloud services; and Walmart operates global brick‑and‑mortar stores and e‑commerce (including Sam’s Club and Flipkart).

Amazon.com, Alibaba Group, and Walmart are the three Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that are primarily bought and sold by individual, non‑institutional investors (people trading with personal accounts rather than banks, funds, or pension plans). These stocks can include popular consumer companies and may experience higher short‑term volatility when trading is driven by large numbers of retail investors or social‑media activity. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Retail stocks within the last several days.

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.

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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.

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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.

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