Best Retail Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist – March 8th

Tesla, Amazon.com, Apple, Microsoft, Costco Wholesale, Alibaba Group, and Walmart are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of companies that operate in the retail industry, selling goods and services directly to consumers through physical stores or online platforms. Their performance typically reflects consumer spending trends and overall economic conditions, making them a key indicator of market and economic health. 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.

Shares of NASDAQ:TSLA traded down $0.78 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $262.67. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 102,166,241 shares, compared to its average volume of 82,497,328. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $367.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $318.03. The company has a market capitalization of $844.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 128.76, a P/E/G ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61. Tesla has a fifty-two week low of $138.80 and a fifty-two week high of $488.54.

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 AMZN stock traded down $1.45 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $199.25. 59,748,687 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 38,371,582. Amazon.com has a fifty-two week low of $151.61 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.06 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $224.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is $206.61. The company has a market cap of $2.11 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.19.

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 $3.74 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $239.07. 46,241,031 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 53,331,075. The company has a market capitalization of $3.59 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.18. 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 company’s 50 day moving average is $237.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is $234.03. Apple has a twelve month low of $164.08 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.

Shares of MSFT stock traded down $3.58 on Friday, reaching $393.31. 22,015,855 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 23,093,873. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $416.40 and a 200 day moving average price of $421.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The stock has a market cap of $2.92 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.92. Microsoft has a one year low of $381.00 and a one year high of $468.35.

Costco Wholesale (COST)

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories.

Costco Wholesale stock traded down $62.31 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $964.31. 5,505,499 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,837,769. Costco Wholesale has a fifty-two week low of $697.27 and a fifty-two week high of $1,078.24. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $989.69 and its 200-day moving average is $942.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $428.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.62, a PEG ratio of 6.15 and a beta of 0.82.

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.

NYSE BABA traded up $0.64 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $140.59. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 31,813,632 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,627,020. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $105.46 and a 200 day moving average of $96.70. The company has a quick ratio of 1.48, a current ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Alibaba Group has a twelve month low of $68.36 and a twelve month high of $145.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $334.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.32, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.31.

Walmart (WMT)

Walmart Inc. engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications.

Shares of WMT stock traded down $2.97 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $91.68. The company had a trading volume of 35,897,844 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,647,268. Walmart has a 1-year low of $58.56 and a 1-year high of $105.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.23. The firm has a market cap of $736.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.04, a P/E/G ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a 50 day moving average of $96.19 and a 200 day moving average of $88.26.