Grocery Stocks To Follow Today – May 17th

Walmart, Berkshire Hathaway, and Costco Wholesale are the three Grocery stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Grocery stocks are the inventory of food and household products that a grocery store or supermarket keeps on hand for sale. They include both perishable items (like produce, meat and dairy) and non-perishable goods (such as canned foods and dry pantry staples), and are managed through ordering, stocking and inventory control to meet customer demand while minimizing spoilage. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Grocery stocks within the last several days.

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 traded up $1.91 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $98.26. 33,699,272 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 17,891,942. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $91.19 and a 200-day moving average of $92.40. Walmart has a one year low of $63.63 and a one year high of $105.30. The firm has a market cap of $786.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.77, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

Shares of BRK.B traded up $6.61 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $513.94. 4,982,950 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,298,481. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $519.81 and a 200-day moving average of $486.36. The firm has a market cap of $1.11 trillion, a P/E ratio of 10.38, a PEG ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.88. Berkshire Hathaway has a one year low of $401.58 and a one year high of $542.07.

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.

COST traded up $15.36 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $1,025.83. The stock had a trading volume of 2,026,566 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,042,332. The company has a market cap of $455.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.15 and a beta of 1.00. The business has a fifty day moving average of $961.47 and a 200 day moving average of $967.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.98. Costco Wholesale has a 1 year low of $788.20 and a 1 year high of $1,078.24.