Retail Stocks To Keep An Eye On – February 16th

Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Alibaba Group, and Amazon.com are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks refer to publicly traded companies that primarily operate in the retail sector, selling products or services directly to consumers. These stocks represent ownership in companies that operate physical stores, online retail platforms, or a combination of both, and can include a wide range of businesses such as apparel retailers, electronics stores, department stores, and specialty shops. Investors interested in retail stocks typically focus on factors such as consumer spending trends, competition in the industry, and the overall economic environment to make investment decisions. 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 down $0.10 on Friday, hitting $355.84. 68,000,576 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 67,880,264. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $406.31 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $308.24. Tesla has a fifty-two week low of $138.80 and a fifty-two week high of $488.54. The firm has a market cap of $1.14 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 174.43, a P/E/G ratio of 6.22 and a beta of 2.34.

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 AAPL traded up $3.07 on Friday, reaching $244.60. The stock had a trading volume of 40,828,061 shares, compared to its average volume of 58,424,872. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.67 trillion, a PE ratio of 38.83, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $240.70 and a 200 day moving average of $231.68. Apple has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $260.10.

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.

MSFT stock traded down $2.11 on Friday, reaching $408.43. The company had a trading volume of 22,671,838 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,704,654. Microsoft has a 1 year low of $385.58 and a 1 year high of $468.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.35. The company’s fifty day moving average is $428.76 and its 200 day moving average is $422.92. The company has a market cap of $3.04 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.88, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.90.

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.

BABA stock traded up $5.19 on Friday, reaching $124.73. The company had a trading volume of 52,592,862 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,722,708. Alibaba Group has a 1 year low of $68.36 and a 1 year high of $126.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a current ratio of 1.37. The company’s fifty day moving average is $91.25 and its 200 day moving average is $91.11. The company has a market cap of $296.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.30, a PEG ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 0.31.

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 down $1.69 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $228.68. 26,962,132 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 33,645,924. Amazon.com has a 52-week low of $151.61 and a 52-week high of $242.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.40 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a fifty day moving average of $228.21 and a 200-day moving average of $202.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.