Best Retail Stocks To Consider – May 11th

Tesla, Apple, and Microsoft are the three Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of companies whose primary business is selling goods or services directly to consumers through physical stores or online channels. Investors in retail stocks gain exposure to consumer spending trends, as these companies’ revenues and profits typically rise when households increase purchases and fall during economic downturns. 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 TSLA stock traded up $13.23 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $298.05. The company had a trading volume of 132,028,653 shares, compared to its average volume of 96,242,957. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $258.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of $327.43. Tesla has a 12 month low of $167.41 and a 12 month high of $488.54. The company has a market cap of $960.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 146.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.43.

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.

AAPL traded up $1.04 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $198.53. The company had a trading volume of 36,406,804 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,093,894. Apple has a 12-month low of $169.21 and a 12-month high of $260.10. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $208.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $227.36. The stock has a market cap of $2.97 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.51, a P/E/G ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.92.

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 NASDAQ:MSFT traded up $0.56 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $438.73. The company had a trading volume of 15,313,766 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,454,441. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $389.19 and its 200-day moving average price is $411.63. Microsoft has a one year low of $344.79 and a one year high of $468.35. The firm has a market cap of $3.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.32, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.99.