Healthcare Stocks Worth Watching – February 06th

Alphabet, Salesforce, Philip Morris International, UnitedHealth Group, Tempus AI, Merck & Co., Inc., and ServiceNow are the seven Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are equities issued by companies operating within the healthcare industry, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare providers, and healthcare services companies. These stocks represent ownership in companies that are involved in researching, developing, manufacturing, and providing products and services related to healthcare and medical treatments. Investors may choose to invest in healthcare stocks to benefit from potential growth and profitability in the healthcare sector. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Healthcare stocks within the last several days.

Alphabet (GOOGL)

Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.

Shares of NASDAQ:GOOGL traded up $0.01 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $191.34. 14,867,581 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 27,357,281. The company has a market cap of $2.34 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.34, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a current ratio of 1.95. Alphabet has a one year low of $130.66 and a one year high of $207.05. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $190.83 and a 200 day moving average of $174.52.

Salesforce (CRM)

Salesforce, Inc. provides Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology that brings companies and customers together worldwide. The company's service includes sales to store data, monitor leads and progress, forecast opportunities, gain insights through analytics and artificial intelligence, and deliver quotes, contracts, and invoices; and service that enables companies to deliver trusted and highly personalized customer support at scale.

Shares of NYSE:CRM traded down $14.82 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $333.11. 7,847,677 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,170,775. The company has a market cap of $318.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.81, a P/E/G ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. Salesforce has a one year low of $212.00 and a one year high of $369.00. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $339.04 and a 200 day moving average of $299.65.

Philip Morris International (PM)

Philip Morris International Inc. operates as a tobacco company working to delivers a smoke-free future and evolving portfolio for the long-term to include products outside of the tobacco and nicotine sector. The company's product portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products, including heat-not-burn, vapor, and oral nicotine products primarily under the IQOS and ZYN brands; and consumer accessories, such as lighters and matches.

Shares of NYSE:PM traded up $12.98 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $143.96. 8,074,308 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,229,050. Philip Morris International has a one year low of $87.82 and a one year high of $146.78. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $125.17 and a 200 day moving average of $123.46. The company has a market cap of $223.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 0.55.

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.

UNH stock traded down $12.20 during trading on Thursday, reaching $527.61. The stock had a trading volume of 1,701,130 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,352,653. UnitedHealth Group has a 52 week low of $436.38 and a 52 week high of $630.73. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $532.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $564.77. 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 has a market cap of $485.55 billion, a PE ratio of 34.04, a PEG ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 0.61.

Tempus AI (TEM)

Tempus AI Inc. is a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence principally in healthcare. The company provides AI-enabled precision medicine solutions to physicians to deliver personalized patient care and in parallel facilitates discovery, development and delivery of optimal therapeutics.

TEM stock traded down $3.18 during trading on Thursday, reaching $66.00. The stock had a trading volume of 13,467,735 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,388,136. The company has a quick ratio of 2.55, a current ratio of 2.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.17. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $44.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is $48.73. Tempus AI has a 52 week low of $22.89 and a 52 week high of $79.49.

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products.

MRK traded down $0.91 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $88.77. The company had a trading volume of 8,199,891 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,068,366. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79. The business has a 50-day moving average of $99.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $107.00. The company has a market cap of $224.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.38. Merck & Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $87.33 and a 1 year high of $134.63.

ServiceNow (NOW)

ServiceNow, Inc. provides end to-end intelligent workflow automation platform solutions for digital businesses in the North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Now platform for end-to-end digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, and collaboration and development tools.

Shares of NYSE:NOW traded down $4.88 during trading on Thursday, hitting $1,022.18. 670,105 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,677,796. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 1.10. ServiceNow has a 52-week low of $637.99 and a 52-week high of $1,198.09. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $1,081.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $961.64. The company has a market cap of $210.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 149.62, a PEG ratio of 4.74 and a beta of 0.99.