Tesla, UnitedHealth Group, and Berkshire Hathaway are the three Insurance stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Insurance stocks are equity shares of publicly traded insurance companies that underwrite and sell policies covering life, health, property, casualty and other risks. Their performance depends on a combination of underwriting results (premiums minus claims and expenses), investment income earned on those premiums, and macro factors such as interest‐rate movements and regulatory changes. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Insurance 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 NASDAQ:TSLA traded up $15.07 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $349.14. 110,932,405 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 96,665,341. The stock has a market cap of $1.12 trillion, a P/E ratio of 171.15, a P/E/G ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.43. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. Tesla has a 12-month low of $167.41 and a 12-month high of $488.54. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $260.85 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $328.28.
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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 up $0.49 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $311.87. 28,933,248 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,938,637. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $482.53 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $519.28. 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 12-month low of $309.10 and a 12-month high of $630.73. The stock has a market cap of $282.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.56.
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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 stock traded down $7.72 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $504.16. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,845,659 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,267,966. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $519.13 and its 200 day moving average price is $485.72. Berkshire Hathaway has a 1 year low of $401.58 and a 1 year high of $542.07. The stock has a market cap of $1.09 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.19, a PEG ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.88.
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