Retail Stocks Worth Watching – March 4th

Tesla, Amazon.com, Apple, Microsoft, and Alibaba Group are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks refer to shares in companies that buy and sell goods or services directly to consumers. These equities often include traditional brick-and-mortar stores as well as e-commerce businesses and tend to reflect consumer spending trends and broader economic conditions. 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.

Tesla stock traded down $6.31 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $278.34. 86,215,865 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 80,267,484. Tesla has a fifty-two week low of $138.80 and a fifty-two week high of $488.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $895.28 billion, a PE ratio of 135.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.34. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $382.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $318.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 2.02.

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 NASDAQ AMZN traded up $0.11 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $205.13. 39,761,194 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 37,003,945. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $226.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $206.30. Amazon.com has a twelve month low of $151.61 and a twelve month high of $242.52. The firm has a market cap of $2.17 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.02, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.15.

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.

NASDAQ AAPL traded up $0.32 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $238.35. 29,150,184 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 53,774,063. Apple has a 1 year low of $164.08 and a 1 year high of $260.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.92. The business’s 50 day moving average is $239.26 and its 200-day moving average is $233.85. The company has a market capitalization of $3.58 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.82, a P/E/G ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.20.

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.

Shares of MSFT stock traded up $0.02 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $388.51. 15,451,473 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 22,753,578. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. Microsoft has a 52-week low of $381.00 and a 52-week high of $468.35. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $419.75 and a 200 day moving average of $422.59. The company has a market cap of $2.89 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.22, a price-to-earnings-growth 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.

Shares of NYSE:BABA traded up $0.50 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $131.31. 19,130,059 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 18,383,078. The company has a market cap of $312.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.96, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $101.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $95.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 1.48. Alibaba Group has a 1 year low of $68.36 and a 1 year high of $145.30.