Promising Retail Stocks To Consider - November 8th

Key Points

• Amazon, Walmart, and Costco were identified by MarketBeat’s screener as retail stocks with the highest recent dollar trading volume.
• All three shares fell Friday: Amazon to $259.30, Walmart to $125.52, and Costco to $1,053.56.
• The companies span online and physical retail, broad-based and international retail, and membership warehouses; their market capitalizations were approximately $2.80 trillion, $995.84 billion, and $466.86 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 in 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, economic conditions, competition, and seasonal demand. 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 AMZN traded down $0.91 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $259.30. 42,467,151 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 48,027,676. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market cap of $2.80 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.96, a PEG ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.49. Amazon.com has a 52 week low of $196.00 and a 52 week high of $287.20. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $253.96 and a 200-day moving average of $243.57.

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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.

NASDAQ WMT traded down $2.20 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $125.52. 24,820,838 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 21,872,242. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The stock has a market cap of $995.84 billion, a PE ratio of 45.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.53 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 moving average price of $112.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $118.59.

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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.

Costco Wholesale stock traded down $12.03 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $1,053.56. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,513,062 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,372,044. The company has a 50 day moving average of $952.42 and a 200-day moving average of $972.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 1.06. The stock has a market cap of $466.86 billion, a PE ratio of 50.75, a P/E/G ratio of 4.50 and a beta of 0.85. Costco Wholesale has a one year low of $844.06 and a one year high of $1,096.50.

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