Best Large Cap Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist – March 1st

NVIDIA, Tesla, Invesco QQQ, Apple, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Amazon.com are the seven Large Cap stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Large cap stocks refer to the shares of well-established companies with a high market capitalization, typically exceeding $10 billion. These companies are generally considered stable investments with a proven track record, offering investors reliability and consistent performance, albeit often with slower growth compared to smaller, more volatile companies. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Large Cap stocks within the last several days.

NVIDIA (NVDA)

NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA traded up $4.66 during trading on Friday, reaching $124.81. 387,840,609 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 274,489,156. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $134.19 and a 200-day simple moving average of $131.92. NVIDIA has a 52-week low of $75.61 and a 52-week high of $153.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.05 trillion, a PE ratio of 49.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a quick ratio of 3.64, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

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 up $11.38 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $293.33. 115,346,932 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 79,298,227. 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 12 month low of $138.80 and a 12 month high of $488.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $943.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 143.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.34. The business has a 50 day moving average of $385.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $315.95.

Invesco QQQ (QQQ)

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index.

QQQ traded up $8.03 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $508.30. 47,549,278 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 32,363,678. The stock has a market capitalization of $320.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.43 and a beta of 1.11. Invesco QQQ has a 52-week low of $413.07 and a 52-week high of $540.81. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $522.05 and its 200-day moving average price is $503.00.

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.

Apple stock traded up $4.46 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $241.76. 56,752,369 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 52,881,559. Apple has a 12-month low of $164.07 and a 12-month high of $260.10. The business’s 50-day moving average is $239.60 and its 200-day moving average is $233.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.63 trillion, a PE ratio of 38.37, a price-to-earnings-growth 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 Microsoft stock traded up $4.59 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $397.12. 32,824,267 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 22,948,834. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $420.68 and a 200 day moving average price of $422.62. Microsoft has a one year low of $385.58 and a one year high of $468.35. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.95 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.90.

Meta Platforms (META)

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately.

NASDAQ META traded up $9.96 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $668.20. 17,515,497 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 13,639,906. Meta Platforms has a 52 week low of $414.50 and a 52 week high of $740.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.69 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a current ratio of 2.98, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $653.18 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $596.12.

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 up $3.58 on Friday, hitting $212.32. 51,708,069 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 36,827,215. Amazon.com has a 1 year low of $151.61 and a 1 year high of $242.52. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $226.44 and a 200-day simple moving average of $205.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.25 trillion, a PE ratio of 38.39, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.15.