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Top Travel Stocks To Consider - August 16th

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Key Points

  • Costco, Alibaba, SoFi, Booking, and American Express are highlighted as top travel stocks to consider, with high trading volumes indicating strong investor interest.
  • Investing in travel stocks is sensitive to various factors including economic cycles, geopolitical events, and seasonal demand fluctuations.
  • American Express has a market cap of $212.49 billion, a PE ratio of 21.43, and shares traded at $305.36 on Friday, reflecting its position in the integrated payments market.
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Costco Wholesale, Alibaba Group, SoFi Technologies, Booking, and American Express are the five Travel stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Travel stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business involves travel and tourism services—such as airlines, hotel chains, cruise lines, tour operators, and online booking platforms. Investing in travel stocks offers exposure to the travel industry’s growth potential but also carries sensitivity to economic cycles, geopolitical events, health crises, and seasonal demand fluctuations. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Travel stocks within the last several days.

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.

Shares of COST traded down $3.35 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $972.04. 1,637,627 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,147,194. The company's fifty day moving average price is $972.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $985.92. The company has a market capitalization of $431.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.06 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a quick ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. Costco Wholesale has a 12 month low of $867.16 and a 12 month high of $1,078.23.

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Alibaba Group (BABA)

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others.

NYSE:BABA traded down $1.16 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $121.12. 11,116,699 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,711,124. Alibaba Group has a one year low of $79.21 and a one year high of $148.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 1.55. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $116.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $120.30. The company has a market cap of $288.85 billion, a PE ratio of 16.26, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 0.17.

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SoFi Technologies (SOFI)

SoFi Technologies, Inc. provides various financial services in the United States, Latin America, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Lending, Technology Platform, and Financial Services. The company offers lending and financial services and products that allows its members to borrow, save, spend, invest, and protect money.

NASDAQ:SOFI traded up $0.48 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $23.77. 44,484,241 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 74,008,424. SoFi Technologies has a one year low of $6.75 and a one year high of $25.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.14. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $19.41 and a 200 day moving average price of $15.27. The company has a market cap of $26.27 billion, a PE ratio of 49.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 1.93.

Read Our Latest Research Report on SOFI

Booking (BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc., is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.

NASDAQ:BKNG traded down $30.48 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $5,454.29. 157,977 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 205,158. Booking has a one year low of $3,592.28 and a one year high of $5,839.41. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $5,558.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $5,120.89. The company has a market cap of $176.77 billion, a PE ratio of 37.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.41.

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American Express (AXP)

American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and Internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services.

NYSE:AXP traded down $2.37 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $305.36. 2,727,229 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,531,360. American Express has a one year low of $220.43 and a one year high of $329.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.60. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $307.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $290.34. The company has a market cap of $212.49 billion, a PE ratio of 21.43, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.28.

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