Promising Retail Stocks To Keep An Eye On – May 1st

Tesla, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Apple, and UnitedHealth Group are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business is selling goods or services directly to consumers. They encompass both traditional brick-and-mortar retailers and online merchants. Investors buy retail stocks to gain exposure to consumer spending trends and the overall health of the retail sector. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Retail stocks within the last several days.

Tesla (TSLA)

Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services.

NASDAQ:TSLA traded up $1.07 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $283.23. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 74,367,415 shares, compared to its average volume of 95,574,846. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $260.13 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $323.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61. Tesla has a twelve month low of $167.41 and a twelve month high of $488.54. The stock has a market cap of $912.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 139.05, a P/E/G ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.58.

Microsoft (MSFT)

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.

NASDAQ:MSFT traded up $35.60 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $430.86. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 41,355,749 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,247,348. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $383.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $410.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.34. Microsoft has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $468.35. The stock has a market cap of $3.20 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00.

Amazon.com (AMZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.

Shares of Amazon.com stock traded up $5.80 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $190.22. The stock had a trading volume of 33,072,056 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,643,186. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $191.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $207.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.02 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. Amazon.com has a 1 year low of $151.61 and a 1 year high of $242.52.

Apple (AAPL)

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod.

Shares of Apple stock traded up $0.26 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $212.76. The stock had a trading volume of 26,703,731 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,446,087. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $213.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $228.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a current ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. Apple has a 1 year low of $169.11 and a 1 year high of $260.10.

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 UnitedHealth Group stock traded down $8.89 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $402.55. The stock had a trading volume of 5,487,820 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,549,426. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $498.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $531.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $366.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.61. 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 $400.68 and a 1 year high of $630.73.