Retail Stocks To Keep An Eye On - April 11th

Key Points

• Amazon (AMZN), Costco (COST) and Walmart (WMT) were flagged by MarketBeat's screener as the retail stocks with the highest dollar trading volume over the past several days.
• “Retail stocks” in this context are those primarily traded by individual investors and can therefore experience higher short‑term volatility and receive less analyst coverage, often driven by individual sentiment and social media.
• MarketBeat offers research reports on each company and notes this alert was generated automatically using its narrative science technology and financial data.

Amazon.com, Costco Wholesale, and Walmart are the three Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. "Retail stocks" refers to shares that are primarily bought and sold by individual (non‑professional) investors rather than by institutions. These stocks can have smaller trade sizes and, because they are driven more by individual sentiment and social-media activity, may show higher short‑term volatility and receive less analyst coverage than institution‑dominated issues. 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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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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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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