Best Retail Stocks To Consider - November 6th

Key Points

• Amazon, Walmart and Costco were identified as the retail stocks with the highest dollar trading volume in recent days.
• Amazon shares rose $2.44 to $262.64 on Friday, valuing the company at $2.84 trillion; the stock remained below its one-year high of $287.20.
• Walmart fell $1.78 to $125.94, while Costco dropped $6.63 to $1,058.96. Both traded below their recent highs, with market capitalizations of about $999 billion and $469 billion, respectively.

Amazon.com, Walmart, and Costco Wholesale are the three Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of companies that sell goods or services directly to consumers, such as department stores, grocery chains, and online retailers. Their performance can be influenced by consumer spending, competition, and seasonal shopping trends. 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.

Shares of NASDAQ:AMZN traded up $2.44 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $262.64. The company had a trading volume of 21,417,196 shares, compared to its average volume of 46,666,789. The business's 50 day moving average price is $253.89 and its 200 day moving average price is $243.43. Amazon.com has a 1-year low of $196.00 and a 1-year high of $287.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The stock has a market cap of $2.84 trillion, a PE ratio of 21.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.49.

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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.

WMT stock traded down $1.78 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $125.94. The company had a trading volume of 13,193,439 shares, compared to its average volume of 24,883,813. The company has a market capitalization of $999.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.54, a PEG ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.53. Walmart has a 52 week low of $98.88 and a 52 week high of $135.15. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $112.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $118.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

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Costco Wholesale (COST)

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories.

Shares of NASDAQ COST traded down $6.63 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $1,058.96. The company had a trading volume of 1,172,699 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,207,799. Costco Wholesale has a 1-year low of $844.06 and a 1-year high of $1,096.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The firm's 50 day moving average is $950.04 and its 200-day moving average is $972.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $469.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.47 and a beta of 0.85.

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