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Top Manufacturing Stocks To Research - November 8th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat’s manufacturing stocks to research are Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Applied Materials (AMAT), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Fabrinet (FN), selected for their high recent dollar trading volume.
  • In Friday trading, TSM, AMAT, JCI, and FN rose, while Phillips 66 fell. The companies span semiconductors, building systems, energy manufacturing and logistics, and optical and electronic manufacturing services.
  • Interested in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing? Here are five stocks we like better.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Applied Materials, Johnson Controls International, Phillips 66, and Fabrinet are the five Manufacturing stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Manufacturing stocks are shares of companies that make or assemble physical goods, such as machinery, vehicles, electronics, or industrial materials. For investors, they offer exposure to production and industrial activity, and their performance can be affected by economic cycles, demand, and the cost of materials and labor. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Manufacturing stocks within the last several days.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It provides a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal- oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, bipolar CMOS mixed-signal, and others.

Shares of NYSE TSM traded up $22.05 during trading on Friday, reaching $375.15. The company had a trading volume of 23,785,880 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,992,285. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a twelve month low of $266.82 and a twelve month high of $487.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.95 trillion, a PE ratio of 24.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 1.44. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $431.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $400.77. The company has a current ratio of 2.46, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

Read Our Latest Research Report on TSM

Applied Materials (AMAT)

Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits.

NASDAQ:AMAT traded up $13.46 on Friday, reaching $332.71. The stock had a trading volume of 9,456,460 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,125,014. The company has a market cap of $264.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.68, a P/E/G ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 1.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.42 and a quick ratio of 1.79. The firm's fifty day moving average is $444.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $444.66. Applied Materials has a 12-month low of $203.40 and a 12-month high of $739.67.

Read Our Latest Research Report on AMAT

Johnson Controls International (JCI)

Johnson Controls International plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, and retrofitting building products and systems in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Building Solutions North America, Building Solutions EMEA/LA, Building Solutions Asia Pacific, and Global Products.

JCI stock traded up $3.32 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $134.78. The stock had a trading volume of 5,876,701 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,652,734. The firm has a market cap of $81.64 billion, a PE ratio of 28.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.75. Johnson Controls International has a 12-month low of $108.41 and a 12-month high of $160.41. The company's 50-day moving average price is $147.11 and its 200 day moving average price is $141.47.

Read Our Latest Research Report on JCI

Phillips 66 (PSX)

Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment transports crude oil and other feedstocks; delivers refined petroleum products to market; provides terminaling and storage services for crude oil and refined petroleum products; transports, stores, fractionates, exports, and markets natural gas liquids; provides other fee-based processing services; and gathers, processes, transports, and markets natural gas.

Shares of NYSE:PSX traded down $1.59 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $245.45. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,068,963 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,916,474. The firm has a market cap of $95.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 0.69. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $268.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $201.52. Phillips 66 has a 1 year low of $127.16 and a 1 year high of $299.39. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49.

Read Our Latest Research Report on PSX

Fabrinet (FN)

Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services in North America, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company offers a range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities in the manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly, and testing.

Shares of FN traded up $35.25 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $328.22. The company had a trading volume of 1,996,205 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,142,338. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $394.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is $518.32. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 2.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Fabrinet has a 1-year low of $286.07 and a 1-year high of $748.89. The stock has a market cap of $11.72 billion, a PE ratio of 24.77 and a beta of 1.35.

Read Our Latest Research Report on FN

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