Oracle, UnitedHealth Group, and Alphabet are the three Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are shares of publicly traded companies operating in the healthcare industry, including drug manufacturers, biotechnology firms, medical device makers, hospitals and other service providers. They’re often viewed as defensive investments because demand for medical products and services tends to remain stable across economic cycles, helping to diversify and potentially reduce overall portfolio volatility. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Healthcare stocks within the last several days.
Oracle (ORCL)
Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.
NYSE:ORCL traded up $24.42 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $200.80. 41,515,786 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,643,576. The business has a 50-day moving average of $149.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $160.36. Oracle has a 12-month low of $118.86 and a 12-month high of $202.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $561.63 billion, a PE ratio of 49.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.46 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.65, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 0.81.
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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.
Shares of UNH stock traded up $6.25 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $316.81. The stock had a trading volume of 8,142,236 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,112,126. The business's fifty day moving average is $395.60 and its 200-day moving average is $478.20. The firm has a market cap of $287.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.44, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74. UnitedHealth Group has a 1-year low of $248.88 and a 1-year high of $630.73.
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Alphabet (GOOGL)
Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.
Shares of GOOGL traded down $1.13 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $176.22. The company had a trading volume of 11,572,670 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,319,235. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.14 trillion, a P/E ratio of 21.89, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.01. Alphabet has a 52-week low of $140.53 and a 52-week high of $207.05. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $161.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of $174.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03.
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