Alphabet, UnitedHealth Group, Salesforce, Oracle, Zscaler, ServiceNow, and Johnson & Johnson are the seven Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are shares of publicly traded companies operating in the healthcare sector, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical device manufacturers, health insurers and providers of medical services. By investing in these equities, investors gain exposure to drug development, medical innovation and the ongoing demand for healthcare services, which can offer both growth potential and defensive qualities in varied market conditions. 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.
NASDAQ GOOGL traded down $2.13 on Friday, reaching $169.73. 52,598,920 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 29,980,356. Alphabet has a one year low of $140.53 and a one year high of $207.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.06 trillion, a PE ratio of 21.08, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.01. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $159.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $174.59. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03.
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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 up $2.91 on Friday, reaching $301.08. 16,265,624 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,787,922. 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 one year low of $248.88 and a one year high of $630.73. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $430.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $494.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $273.12 billion, a PE ratio of 19.42, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.56.
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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.
CRM traded down $1.89 during trading on Friday, reaching $265.03. 12,373,506 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,790,605. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. Salesforce has a 12-month low of $216.06 and a 12-month high of $369.00. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $267.31 and a 200 day simple moving average of $304.75. The company has a market cap of $254.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.59, a PEG ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 1.42.
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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.
ORCL traded up $2.13 during trading on Friday, reaching $165.03. 17,537,919 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,540,299. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $144.55 and a 200 day simple moving average of $161.26. Oracle has a 12-month low of $114.55 and a 12-month high of $198.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.65, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 0.81. The company has a market cap of $461.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.35, a PEG ratio of 3.46 and a beta of 1.27.
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Zscaler (ZS)
Zscaler, Inc. operates as a cloud security company worldwide. The company offers Zscaler Internet Access solution that provides users, workloads, IoT, and OT devices secure access to externally managed applications, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and internet destinations; and Zscaler Private Access solution, which is designed to provide access to managed applications hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds.
Shares of ZS stock traded up $22.92 on Friday, reaching $274.03. The company's stock had a trading volume of 9,940,403 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,077,576. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $220.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $206.35. Zscaler has a 1 year low of $153.45 and a 1 year high of $276.49. The company has a market capitalization of $42.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1,096.12 and a beta of 1.14.
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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 NOW stock traded down $3.43 on Friday, reaching $1,011.80. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,663,194 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,516,529. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $899.20 and its 200-day simple moving average is $975.24. ServiceNow has a 1 year low of $637.99 and a 1 year high of $1,198.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The company has a market capitalization of $209.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 148.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.51 and a beta of 0.97.
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension.
JNJ traded up $1.41 during trading on Friday, reaching $154.99. The company had a trading volume of 15,529,047 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,975,430. The stock has a market cap of $372.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.31, a PEG ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 0.42. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $154.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of $153.65. Johnson & Johnson has a 52 week low of $140.68 and a 52 week high of $169.99. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43.
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