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Promising Automotive Stocks To Watch Now - July 18th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat highlighted five automotive-related stocks to watch: Monolithic Power Systems, Keysight Technologies, O'Reilly Automotive, Illinois Tool Works, and Rivian Automotive. The names were selected based on having the highest dollar trading volume among automotive stocks in recent days.
  • The list spans different parts of the auto ecosystem: It includes semiconductor and test equipment suppliers, an aftermarket parts retailer, an industrial manufacturer with an automotive OEM segment, and an electric vehicle maker. This gives investors exposure to both traditional auto demand and the EV transition.
  • Each company has a distinct business focus: MPWR serves power electronics markets including automotive, KEYS provides design and test solutions, ORLY sells aftermarket parts and accessories, ITW operates an Automotive OEM segment, and RIVN develops and sells electric vehicles.
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Monolithic Power Systems, Keysight Technologies, O'Reilly Automotive, Illinois Tool Works, and Rivian Automotive are the five Automotive stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Automotive stocks are shares of companies involved in the design, manufacture, sale, and servicing of vehicles and related components, such as carmakers, parts suppliers, tire producers, and auto retailers. For stock market investors, they represent a way to gain exposure to the auto industry’s performance, which is influenced by consumer demand, interest rates, fuel prices, supply chains, and shifts toward electric and autonomous vehicles. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Automotive stocks within the last several days.

Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR)

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. engages in the design, development, marketing, and sale of semiconductor-based power electronics solutions for the storage and computing, automotive, enterprise data, consumer, communications, and industrial markets. The company provides direct current (DC) to DC integrated circuits (ICs) that are used to convert and control voltages of various electronic systems, such as cloud-based CPU servers, server artificial intelligence applications, storage applications, commercial notebooks, digital cockpit, power sources, home appliances, 4G and 5G infrastructure, and satellite communications applications.

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Keysight Technologies (KEYS)

Keysight Technologies, Inc. provides electronic design and test solutions to commercial communications, networking, aerospace, defense and government, automotive, energy, semiconductor, electronic, and education industries in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Communications Solutions Group and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group.

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O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY)

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer and supplier of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The company provides new and remanufactured automotive hard parts and maintenance items, such as alternators, batteries, brake system components, belts, chassis parts, driveline parts, engine parts, fuel pumps, hoses, starters, temperature control, water pumps, antifreeze, appearance products, engine additives, filters, fluids, lighting products, and oil and wiper blades; and accessories, including floor mats, seat covers, and truck accessories.

Read Our Latest Research Report on ORLY

Illinois Tool Works (ITW)

Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures and sells industrial products and equipment in the United States and internationally. It operates through seven segments: Automotive OEM; Food Equipment; Test & Measurement and Electronics; Welding; Polymers & Fluids; Construction Products; and Specialty Products.

Read Our Latest Research Report on ITW

Rivian Automotive (RIVN)

Rivian Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles and accessories. The company offers consumer vehicles, including a two-row, five-passenger pickup truck under the R1T brand, a three-row, seven-passenger sport utility vehicle under the R1S name.

Read Our Latest Research Report on RIVN

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