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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
Walmart (WMT)
4.5703 of 5 stars
$101.58-1.1%0.93%38.20Moderate Buy$112.38
Dollar General (DG)
4.6318 of 5 stars
$96.37-1.2%2.45%17.74Hold$115.48
Amazon.com (AMZN)
4.872 of 5 stars
$221.630.3%N/A33.79Buy$266.26
Costco Wholesale (COST)
4.847 of 5 stars
$906.39-0.5%0.57%49.77Moderate Buy$1,067.19
Microsoft (MSFT)
4.9407 of 5 stars
$525.81-0.5%0.69%38.55Moderate Buy$618.47
Alphabet (GOOGL)
3.6989 of 5 stars
$248.43-0.8%0.34%26.46Moderate Buy$242.98
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