Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that sell goods or services directly to consumers, including brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers and multi-channel operators. Their performance is closely tied to consumer spending patterns, economic conditions and seasonal demand cycles. Investors often evaluate metrics such as same-store sales growth, inventory turnover and customer traffic to gauge a retail stock’s financial health and growth prospects. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Retail stocks within the last several days.
Tesla (TSLA)
Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services.
NASDAQ:TSLA traded down $6.01 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $274.25. The company had a trading volume of 55,933,731 shares, compared to its average volume of 95,705,671. The business's 50 day moving average price is $258.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $326.33. Tesla has a 1-year low of $167.41 and a 1-year high of $488.54. The firm has a market cap of $883.34 billion, a PE ratio of 133.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61.
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Apple (AAPL)
Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod.
Shares of AAPL stock traded up $0.35 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $199.24. The company had a trading volume of 31,371,459 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,147,157. Apple has a fifty-two week low of $169.21 and a fifty-two week high of $260.10. The company's fifty day moving average is $211.32 and its 200 day moving average is $228.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.99 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.88.
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Microsoft (MSFT)
Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.
NASDAQ MSFT traded down $0.77 on Tuesday, hitting $435.40. 7,980,812 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 21,315,286. The company has a market cap of $3.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.00, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $385.66 and a 200-day moving average price of $411.17. Microsoft has a fifty-two week low of $344.79 and a fifty-two week high of $468.35.
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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 down $0.61 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $185.74. The stock had a trading volume of 16,654,942 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,572,498. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The firm has a market cap of $1.97 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.53, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.30. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $189.92 and a 200-day moving average of $208.04. Amazon.com has a fifty-two week low of $151.61 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a biotechnology company, engages in developing and commercializing therapies for treating cystic fibrosis (CF). It markets TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO for people with CF with at least one F508del mutation for 2 years of age or older; SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI for people with CF for 6 years of age or older; ORKAMBI for CF patients 1 year or older; and KALYDECO for the treatment of patients with 1 year or older who have CF with ivacaftor.
Shares of NASDAQ VRTX traded down $59.63 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $440.57. 5,128,730 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,360,707. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $492.42 and a 200 day simple moving average of $466.91. Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a 1 year low of $377.85 and a 1 year high of $519.88. The stock has a market cap of $113.26 billion, a P/E ratio of -198.94, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.51. The company has a current ratio of 2.69, a quick ratio of 2.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.
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