Promising Retail Stocks To Watch Today - March 30th

Key Points

• Amazon (AMZN), Walmart (WMT) and Costco (COST) are the three retail stocks MarketBeat's screener highlights today after posting the highest dollar trading volume among retail names in recent days.
• Amazon is a diversified e-commerce and services powerhouse—online and physical retail, advertising, subscriptions and Amazon Web Services (AWS)—plus consumer devices like Echo and Kindle.
• Walmart and Costco offer broad brick-and-mortar retail exposure, with Walmart also pushing global e-commerce initiatives and Costco operating membership warehouses across many countries.

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 of companies whose primary business is selling goods or services directly to consumers—examples include department stores, supermarkets, and e-commerce retailers—and investors watch them as a proxy for consumer spending. The term is also commonly used to describe stocks that are predominantly bought and traded by retail (individual) investors rather than institutional funds. 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.

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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.

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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.

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