UnitedHealth Group, Alphabet, Salesforce, Oracle, and Palo Alto Networks are the five Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are shares of publicly traded companies operating in the healthcare sector—ranging from pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms to medical device manufacturers, healthcare service providers, and health insurers. Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to advances in medical research, treatment innovations and demographic-driven demand for care, with performance often influenced by regulatory approvals, clinical trial results and shifts in healthcare policy. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Healthcare 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.
NYSE UNH traded up $32.53 on Friday, hitting $304.02. The stock had a trading volume of 67,934,484 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,286,994. The business's fifty day moving average price is $288.91 and its 200 day moving average price is $396.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.85. UnitedHealth Group has a 52-week low of $234.60 and a 52-week high of $630.73. The stock has a market cap of $275.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.43.
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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.
NASDAQ GOOGL traded up $0.96 on Friday, hitting $203.90. The stock had a trading volume of 34,909,706 shares, compared to its average volume of 37,799,464. The business's fifty day moving average price is $184.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $173.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 1.90 and a quick ratio of 1.90. Alphabet has a 52-week low of $140.53 and a 52-week high of $207.05. The stock has a market cap of $2.47 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.01.
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Salesforce (CRM)
Salesforce, Inc. provides Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology that brings companies and customers together worldwide. The company's service includes sales to store data, monitor leads and progress, forecast opportunities, gain insights through analytics and artificial intelligence, and deliver quotes, contracts, and invoices; and service that enables companies to deliver trusted and highly personalized customer support at scale.
Shares of CRM traded up $9.41 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $242.78. 12,936,592 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,984,759. The stock has a market capitalization of $232.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.99, a P/E/G ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a quick ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. Salesforce has a 12-month low of $226.48 and a 12-month high of $369.00. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $260.41 and a 200-day moving average price of $275.30.
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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.
Shares of ORCL traded up $3.52 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $248.48. 11,535,891 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,821,110. The stock has a market capitalization of $697.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 57.25, a P/E/G ratio of 3.71 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.07. Oracle has a 12-month low of $118.86 and a 12-month high of $260.87. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $230.54 and a 200-day moving average price of $180.52.
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Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. The company offers firewall appliances and software; and Panorama, a security management solution for the global control of network security platform as a virtual or a physical appliance. It also provides subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, malware and persistent threat, URL filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, DNS security, Internet of Things security, SaaS security API, and SaaS security inline, as well as threat intelligence, and data loss prevention.
Shares of PANW traded up $3.54 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $177.09. 9,535,538 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 11,219,376. The stock has a market capitalization of $118.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 101.19, a P/E/G ratio of 4.34 and a beta of 0.94. Palo Alto Networks has a 12-month low of $144.15 and a 12-month high of $210.39. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $192.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $186.42.
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