Alphabet, UnitedHealth Group, Oracle, GE Aerospace, Elevance Health, Salesforce, 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 involved in the delivery, development, and support of medical goods and services. This sector includes pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical device manufacturers, health insurers, and healthcare providers such as hospitals and clinics. Investors often view healthcare stocks as a defensive play, since demand for medical products and services tends to remain stable 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.
Shares of GOOGL stock traded up $1.46 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $185.04. 19,371,166 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 32,041,458. The stock's 50 day moving average is $172.26 and its 200-day moving average is $173.15. The company has a market cap of $2.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alphabet has a fifty-two week low of $140.53 and a fifty-two week high of $207.05.
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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 down $6.89 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $281.18. The stock had a trading volume of 7,835,922 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,774,169. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 0.85. The company has a 50 day moving average of $306.43 and a two-hundred day moving average of $434.93. UnitedHealth Group has a twelve month low of $248.88 and a twelve month high of $630.73. The firm has a market cap of $255.07 billion, a PE ratio of 11.78, a PEG ratio of 1.42 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.
ORCL traded down $3.02 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $245.73. 5,156,417 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 10,318,624. The firm has a market capitalization of $690.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.61 and a beta of 1.39. Oracle has a 1-year low of $118.86 and a 1-year high of $251.60. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $194.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $168.39. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.07.
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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.
Shares of GE stock traded up $3.88 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $264.16. 4,427,422 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,630,041. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $243.40 and a 200 day moving average of $211.08. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90. GE Aerospace has a 52-week low of $150.20 and a 52-week high of $272.80. The company has a market cap of $281.70 billion, a PE ratio of 41.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 1.37.
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Elevance Health (ELV)
Elevance Health, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health benefits company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Health Benefits, CarelonRx, Carelon Services, and Corporate & Other. It offers a variety of health plans and services to program members; health products; an array of fee-based administrative managed care services; and specialty and other insurance products and services, such as stop loss, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health insurance benefits.
ELV traded down $25.15 during trading on Friday, reaching $277.30. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,842,026 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,805,308. The company has a quick ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $374.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $396.26. Elevance Health has a 1 year low of $278.26 and a 1 year high of $567.26. The company has a market cap of $62.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.83, a PEG ratio of 0.88 and a beta of 0.60.
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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.
Shares of NYSE CRM traded up $0.04 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $259.92. 3,271,760 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,542,655. The stock has a market capitalization of $248.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.66, a PEG ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.07. Salesforce has a twelve month low of $230.00 and a twelve month high of $369.00. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $270.71 and a 200 day simple moving average of $286.99.
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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.
NYSE JNJ traded up $1.25 on Friday, reaching $164.23. The stock had a trading volume of 4,385,679 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,093,397. The firm has a market capitalization of $395.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.57, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.41. The company has a quick ratio of 1.03, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. Johnson & Johnson has a 12-month low of $140.68 and a 12-month high of $169.99. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $154.10 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $154.84.
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