UnitedHealth Group, ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ, Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares, Johnson & Johnson, Exxon Mobil, Novo Nordisk A/S, and Chevron are the seven Dividend stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Dividend stocks are shares of companies that regularly distribute a portion of their profits to shareholders in the form of cash payments, typically on a quarterly basis. They offer investors a steady income stream in addition to any potential capital appreciation. Many income-focused investors favor dividend stocks for their combination of yield and long-term growth potential. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Dividend stocks within the last several days.
UnitedHealth Group (UNH)
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.
UNH stock traded up $3.63 during trading on Monday, reaching $241.40. 13,650,419 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 12,007,752. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $296.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $414.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 0.85. UnitedHealth Group has a 12 month low of $234.60 and a 12 month high of $630.73. The company has a market capitalization of $218.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 0.43.
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ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ)
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (the Fund) seeks daily investment results, which corresponds to three times the inverse of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the non-financial domestic and international issues listed on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) Stock Market.
SQQQ traded down $1.00 during trading on Monday, hitting $18.52. The company's stock had a trading volume of 97,674,548 shares, compared to its average volume of 92,054,563. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $20.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $28.33. ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ has a twelve month low of $17.49 and a twelve month high of $57.95.
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Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL)
NASDAQ:TSLL traded up $0.50 on Monday, reaching $10.82. The company's stock had a trading volume of 117,286,066 shares, compared to its average volume of 168,302,125. Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares has a 12-month low of $6.29 and a 12-month high of $41.50. The firm has a market cap of $5.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 88.55 and a beta of -5.14. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $12.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $13.50.
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension.
Shares of Johnson & Johnson stock traded up $3.04 on Monday, hitting $170.37. The stock had a trading volume of 7,099,400 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,059,863. The company's 50 day moving average price is $157.46 and its 200 day moving average price is $156.74. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The stock has a market cap of $410.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.23, a P/E/G ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 0.41. Johnson & Johnson has a 52-week low of $140.68 and a 52-week high of $170.21.
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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.
Shares of XOM stock traded down $2.50 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $107.14. 10,312,193 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,785,084. The company has a market cap of $461.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.53. The company's 50 day moving average is $109.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $109.11. Exxon Mobil has a 1 year low of $97.80 and a 1 year high of $126.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.25 and a quick ratio of 0.88.
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Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)
Novo Nordisk A/S, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity Care, and Rare Disease.
NYSE:NVO traded up $0.87 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $49.06. 17,087,037 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,776,541. Novo Nordisk A/S has a 1-year low of $46.90 and a 1-year high of $139.74. The firm's 50-day moving average is $69.26 and its 200-day moving average is $72.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.56. The stock has a market cap of $219.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.51, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.63.
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Chevron (CVX)
Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant.
NYSE:CVX traded down $1.23 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $150.17. The company had a trading volume of 5,396,687 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,468,250. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $146.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $148.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $262.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.33, a PEG ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.87. Chevron has a 1 year low of $132.04 and a 1 year high of $168.96.
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