Top Retail Stocks To Consider – April 19th

Tesla, UnitedHealth Group, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon.com are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares in companies that sell goods or services directly to consumers, whether through physical stores or online platforms. These companies range from department stores and specialty shops to e-commerce giants, and their performance is often closely tied to consumer spending trends and broader economic conditions. Investors analyze retail stocks by assessing factors such as sales growth, market competition, and economic indicators that influence consumer behavior. 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 $0.39 during trading on Friday, hitting $241.17. 83,173,157 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 95,997,504. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $273.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of $322.21. Tesla has a 12-month low of $138.80 and a 12-month high of $488.54. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The company has a market capitalization of $775.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 118.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.58.

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 NYSE:UNH traded down $128.94 during trading on Friday, reaching $456.10. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 29,048,929 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,373,443. The stock has a market capitalization of $417.20 billion, a PE ratio of 29.43, a price-to-earnings-growth 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. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $512.95 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $540.65. UnitedHealth Group has a 12 month low of $438.50 and a 12 month high of $630.73.

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 $2.52 during trading on Friday, hitting $196.79. The stock had a trading volume of 51,328,536 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,870,940. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $219.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $230.08. Apple has a one year low of $164.08 and a one 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 stock has a market capitalization of $2.96 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.24, a P/E/G ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.26.

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 traded down $3.83 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $367.78. 20,940,221 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 21,282,398. The firm has a market cap of $2.73 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.61, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00. Microsoft has a 12-month low of $344.79 and a 12-month high of $468.35. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $388.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $412.78. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

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 $1.82 on Friday, hitting $172.51. 44,456,290 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 41,785,381. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $198.44 and its 200-day moving average price is $207.88. The company has a market cap of $1.83 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.19, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.39. Amazon.com has a 52 week low of $151.61 and a 52 week high of $242.52.