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Virtual Reality Stocks Worth Watching - May 1st

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Meta Platforms, GameStop, and Unity Software are the three Virtual Reality stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Virtual reality stocks are equity holdings in publicly traded companies that develop, manufacture, or distribute virtual reality hardware, software, and related services. These firms may produce headsets, motion-tracking devices, immersive gaming platforms, or enterprise training solutions. Investors buy virtual reality stocks to gain exposure to the sector’s growth potential as VR technologies expand into gaming, entertainment, education, and professional applications. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Virtual Reality stocks within the last several days.

Meta Platforms (META)

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately.

Shares of META traded up $29.04 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $578.04. The company's stock had a trading volume of 23,494,821 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,421,093. The company has a current ratio of 2.98, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $578.42 and a 200 day simple moving average of $603.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.46 trillion, a P/E ratio of 24.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.28. Meta Platforms has a 1-year low of $427.11 and a 1-year high of $740.91.

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GameStop (GME)

GameStop Corp., a specialty retailer, provides games and entertainment products through its stores and ecommerce platforms in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The company sells new and pre-owned gaming platforms; accessories, such as controllers, gaming headsets, and virtual reality products; new and pre-owned gaming software; and in-game digital currency, digital downloadable content, and full-game downloads.

NYSE GME traded down $0.08 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $27.78. The stock had a trading volume of 3,816,148 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,531,616. GameStop has a 52-week low of $10.70 and a 52-week high of $64.83. The company has a market cap of $12.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 154.31 and a beta of -0.44. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.74 and a 200 day simple moving average of $26.34.

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Unity Software (U)

Unity Software Inc. operates a real-time 3D development platform. Its platform provides software solutions to create, run, and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices. The company offers its solutions directly through its online store and field sales operations in North America, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, and South Korea, as well as indirectly through independent distributors and resellers worldwide.

NYSE:U traded up $0.38 on Thursday, reaching $21.45. The stock had a trading volume of 4,498,256 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,898,526. The company has a market cap of $8.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.76 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 2.41 and a quick ratio of 2.41. The firm's fifty day moving average is $21.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $22.02. Unity Software has a 12-month low of $13.90 and a 12-month high of $30.88.

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