Top Retail Stocks To Research – November 15th

Amazon.com, Walmart, Costco Wholesale, Home Depot, TJX Companies, Alibaba Group, and NextEra Energy are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that sell goods or services directly to consumers, such as department stores, supermarkets, and online retailers. Their performance can be influenced by consumer spending, competition, and seasonal shopping trends. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Retail stocks within the last several days.

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.

NASDAQ:AMZN traded down $0.78 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $266.66. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 31,035,709 shares, compared to its average volume of 50,501,436. Amazon.com has a 12-month low of $196.00 and a 12-month high of $287.20. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $254.82 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $244.32. The company has a current ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The stock has a market cap of $2.88 trillion, a P/E ratio of 21.56, a PEG ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.49.

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 NASDAQ WMT traded up $1.90 during trading on Friday, reaching $128.09. 16,613,320 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 22,018,580. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $114.54 and a 200-day simple moving average of $118.79. The company has a quick ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.02 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.24, a P/E/G ratio of 4.57 and a beta of 0.53. Walmart has a 52-week low of $98.88 and a 52-week high of $135.15.

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.

Shares of COST traded up $14.00 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $1,106.21. 1,873,135 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,385,142. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 1.06. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $967.12 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $975.13. Costco Wholesale has a 1 year low of $844.06 and a 1 year high of $1,109.50. The stock has a market cap of $490.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.29, a P/E/G ratio of 4.82 and a beta of 0.85.

Home Depot (HD)

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows.

HD stock traded up $0.56 on Friday, hitting $348.81. The company had a trading volume of 4,471,422 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,540,256. Home Depot has a 12-month low of $277.15 and a 12-month high of $397.63. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.64. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $312.19 and its 200 day simple moving average is $333.26. The stock has a market cap of $348.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 0.93.

TJX Companies (TJX)

The TJX Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. It operates through four segments: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX International. The company sells family apparel, including footwear and accessories; home fashions, such as home basics, furniture, rugs, lighting products, giftware, soft home products, decorative accessories, tabletop, and cookware, as well as expanded pet, and gourmet food departments; jewelry and accessories; and other merchandise.

NYSE:TJX traded down $1.64 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $134.34. The company had a trading volume of 9,001,718 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,768,985. The firm has a market cap of $147.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.83, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a current ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $136.13 and its 200-day moving average price is $150.38. TJX Companies has a 52 week low of $122.78 and a 52 week high of $170.00.

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.

Shares of NYSE BABA traded down $0.06 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $94.30. 11,681,096 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,312,458. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $106.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $123.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $234.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.83, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 1.36. Alibaba Group has a one year low of $91.99 and a one year high of $181.10.

NextEra Energy (NEE)

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets.

Shares of NEE traded down $0.12 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $85.17. The stock had a trading volume of 11,746,017 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,410,945. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.45. NextEra Energy has a 12 month low of $74.41 and a 12 month high of $98.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $178.62 billion, a PE ratio of 15.35, a PEG ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.60. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $80.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $87.29.