Top Growth Stocks To Watch Today – February 14th

BlackRock, Blackstone, Novo Nordisk A/S, Apollo Global Management, Welltower, The Carlyle Group, and Ventas are the seven Growth stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Growth stocks are stocks of companies that are expected to grow at a faster rate than the average for the market overall. These companies typically reinvest their earnings into expanding their current operations or developing new products and services, driving higher stock prices and potentially higher returns for investors. Investors often look to growth stocks for the potential of significant capital appreciation over time. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Growth stocks within the last several days.

BlackRock (BLK)

BlackRock, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors including corporate, public, union, and industry pension plans, insurance companies, third-party mutual funds, endowments, public institutions, governments, foundations, charities, sovereign wealth funds, corporations, official institutions, and banks.

Shares of NYSE:BLK traded down $8.23 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $972.07. 558,747 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 789,721. The stock has a market cap of $150.55 billion, a PE ratio of 23.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.28. BlackRock has a one year low of $745.55 and a one year high of $1,084.22. The business’s fifty day moving average is $1,020.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $972.03. The company has a current ratio of 5.23, a quick ratio of 5.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Blackstone (BX)

Blackstone Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services.

Shares of NYSE BX traded up $4.33 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $164.81. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,449,760 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,225,919. The business’s 50 day moving average is $176.53 and its two-hundred day moving average is $164.11. The firm has a market cap of $118.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.53. Blackstone has a 12-month low of $115.82 and a 12-month high of $200.96. The company has a current ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61.

Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)

Novo Nordisk A/S, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity Care, and Rare Disease.

Shares of NYSE:NVO traded down $0.56 during trading on Friday, reaching $78.28. The stock had a trading volume of 4,760,305 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,163,483. The company has a current ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The company has a market capitalization of $351.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.81, a PEG ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 0.45. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $89.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $110.18. Novo Nordisk A/S has a one year low of $78.17 and a one year high of $148.15.

Apollo Global Management (APO)

Apollo Global Management, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in credit, private equity, infrastructure, secondaries and real estate markets. The firm prefers to invest in private and public markets. The firm’s private equity investments include traditional buyouts, recapitalization, distressed buyouts and debt investments in real estate, corporate partner buyouts, distressed asset, corporate carve-outs, middle market, growth, venture capital, turnaround, bridge, corporate restructuring, special situation, acquisition, and industry consolidation transactions.

Shares of APO stock traded up $3.15 on Friday, hitting $161.07. The company had a trading volume of 934,685 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,229,201. The firm has a market cap of $91.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.63. Apollo Global Management has a twelve month low of $95.11 and a twelve month high of $189.49. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $167.93 and a 200-day moving average price of $145.67.

Welltower (WELL)

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL), a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. Welltower invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people’s wellness and overall health care experience.

Shares of NYSE:WELL traded down $1.23 during trading on Friday, reaching $150.22. The stock had a trading volume of 758,777 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,550,741. The stock has a market cap of $93.54 billion, a PE ratio of 98.82, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.23. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $131.37 and a 200-day moving average price of $128.56. Welltower has a 1-year low of $87.87 and a 1-year high of $151.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 4.10 and a current ratio of 4.10.

The Carlyle Group (CG)

The Carlyle Group Inc. is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it specializes in management-led/ Leveraged buyouts, privatizations, divestitures, strategic minority equity investments, structured credit, global distressed and corporate opportunities, small and middle market, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, senior debt, mezzanine and leveraged finance, and venture and growth capital financings, seed/startup, early venture, emerging growth, turnaround, mid venture, late venture, PIPES.

NASDAQ CG traded up $0.17 during trading on Friday, hitting $51.20. The stock had a trading volume of 2,040,827 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,227,152. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $52.71 and a 200 day moving average price of $48.28. The company has a market capitalization of $18.31 billion, a PE ratio of 176.62, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.70. The Carlyle Group has a twelve month low of $36.65 and a twelve month high of $57.50. The company has a quick ratio of 2.32, a current ratio of 2.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38.

Ventas (VTR)

Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is a leading S&P 500 real estate investment trust focused on delivering strong, sustainable shareholder returns by enabling exceptional environments that benefit a large and growing aging population. The Company's growth is fueled by its senior housing communities, which provide valuable services to residents and enable them to thrive in supported environments.

Shares of NYSE:VTR traded up $1.18 during trading on Friday, hitting $66.12. 1,335,973 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,426,592. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.04 and a quick ratio of 1.04. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $59.49 and its 200-day moving average price is $61.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.74 billion, a P/E ratio of -387.83, a PEG ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.37. Ventas has a 12-month low of $41.45 and a 12-month high of $67.61.