Manufacturing Stocks Worth Watching - August 16th

Key Points

• Applied Materials, Salesforce, Oracle, Lam Research, Exxon Mobil, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and KLA are highlighted as key manufacturing stocks worth watching due to their recent high trading volumes.
• Applied Materials traded down to $161.76, with a market cap of $129.81 billion and a P/E ratio of 19.28, indicating significant market activity and a potential buying opportunity.
• Salesforce reported a stock increase to $242.78, driven by its robust Customer Relationship Management offerings, reflecting strong investor interest in CRM technologies.

Applied Materials, Salesforce, Oracle, Lam Research, Exxon Mobil, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and KLA are the seven Manufacturing stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Manufacturing stocks are the inventories that a manufacturing firm holds at various stages of its production cycle. They include raw materials and components awaiting use, work-in-progress items in the midst of assembly, and finished goods ready for sale or distribution. Effective management of these stocks helps balance production flow, meet customer demand, and optimize the company’s working capital. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Manufacturing stocks within the last several days.

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.

Applied Materials stock traded down $26.48 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $161.76. The company's stock had a trading volume of 31,753,938 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,199,587. The company has a 50 day moving average of $184.18 and a 200-day moving average of $166.71. The stock has a market cap of $129.81 billion, a PE ratio of 19.28, a P/E/G ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a current ratio of 2.46. Applied Materials has a one year low of $123.74 and a one year high of $215.70.

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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.

Salesforce stock traded up $9.41 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $242.78. The company's stock had a trading volume of 12,936,592 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,984,759. The company has a 50 day moving average of $260.41 and a 200-day moving average of $275.84. The stock has a market cap of $232.10 billion, a PE ratio of 37.99, a P/E/G ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.37. 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 one year low of $226.48 and a one year high of $369.00.

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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.

Oracle stock traded up $3.52 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $248.48. The company's stock had a trading volume of 11,535,891 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,821,110. The company has a 50 day moving average of $230.54 and a 200-day moving average of $180.39. The stock has a market cap of $697.94 billion, a PE ratio of 57.25, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.07, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 0.75. Oracle has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $260.87.

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Lam Research (LRCX)

Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company offers ALTUS systems to deposit conformal films for tungsten metallization applications; SABRE electrochemical deposition products for copper interconnect transition that offers copper damascene manufacturing; SOLA ultraviolet thermal processing products for film treatments; and VECTOR plasma-enhanced CVD ALD products.

Shares of LRCX traded down $7.87 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $99.51. 23,149,390 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,415,345. Lam Research has a 52 week low of $56.32 and a 52 week high of $108.02. The company's 50 day moving average is $97.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $83.90. The company has a market capitalization of $125.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.92, a PEG ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38.

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Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.

XOM stock traded down $0.84 during trading on Friday, reaching $106.54. 19,264,554 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 16,134,398. Exxon Mobil has a 12 month low of $97.80 and a 12 month high of $126.34. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $110.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of $108.88. The company has a market capitalization of $454.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.25.

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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.

TSM stock traded down $2.03 during trading on Friday, reaching $238.97. 8,150,806 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,823,982. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a 12 month low of $134.25 and a 12 month high of $248.28. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $230.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $197.90. The company has a market capitalization of $1.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 2.15 and a current ratio of 2.37.

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KLA (KLAC)

KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection.

KLAC stock traded down $80.47 during trading on Friday, reaching $874.94. 2,063,166 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,029,476. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $902.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $780.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a quick ratio of 1.83 and a current ratio of 2.62. KLA has a 12 month low of $551.33 and a 12 month high of $959.26. The company has a market capitalization of $115.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 1.44.

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