Manufacturing Stocks To Consider – March 5th

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Exxon Mobil, Salesforce, ServiceNow, GE Vernova, Oracle, and Pfizer are the seven Manufacturing stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Manufacturing stocks are shares of companies that engage in the production of goods, ranging from automobiles and electronics to machinery and consumer products. Their performance is closely tied to economic cycles, as factors such as consumer demand, production costs, technological innovation, and global market trends directly influence their profitability and growth prospects. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Manufacturing stocks within the last several days.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It provides a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal- oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, bipolar CMOS mixed-signal, and others.

Shares of NYSE:TSM traded up $3.40 on Wednesday, reaching $183.40. The company had a trading volume of 9,461,984 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,142,684. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a 52-week low of $125.78 and a 52-week high of $226.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $951.21 billion, a PE ratio of 26.17, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 2.57, a quick ratio of 2.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $203.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $191.77.

Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.

XOM stock traded down $3.24 on Wednesday, hitting $104.30. 9,738,839 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,933,088. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $109.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $114.04. The stock has a market cap of $452.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.02 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31. Exxon Mobil has a 12-month low of $103.69 and a 12-month high of $126.34.

Salesforce (CRM)

Salesforce, Inc. provides Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology that brings companies and customers together worldwide. The company's service includes sales to store data, monitor leads and progress, forecast opportunities, gain insights through analytics and artificial intelligence, and deliver quotes, contracts, and invoices; and service that enables companies to deliver trusted and highly personalized customer support at scale.

Salesforce stock traded up $0.79 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $288.13. 2,625,174 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,776,157. Salesforce has a 1 year low of $212.00 and a 1 year high of $369.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $275.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.49, a P/E/G ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 1.31. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $326.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $308.33.

ServiceNow (NOW)

ServiceNow, Inc. provides end to-end intelligent workflow automation platform solutions for digital businesses in the North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Now platform for end-to-end digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, and collaboration and development tools.

ServiceNow stock traded up $5.41 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $911.50. The company had a trading volume of 593,026 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,651,481. ServiceNow has a 12-month low of $637.99 and a 12-month high of $1,198.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The company’s fifty day moving average is $1,030.51 and its 200-day moving average is $985.06. The company has a market capitalization of $187.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 133.51, a P/E/G ratio of 4.51 and a beta of 0.99.

GE Vernova (GEV)

GE Vernova LLC, an energy business company, generates electricity. It operates under three segments: Power, Wind, and Electrification. The Power segments generates and sells electricity through hydro, gas, nuclear, and steam power. Wind segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of wind turbine blades; and Electrification segment provides grid solutions, power conversion, solar, and storage solutions.

Shares of NYSE GEV traded up $5.87 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $318.94. The stock had a trading volume of 1,580,513 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,970,824. GE Vernova has a 1 year low of $115.00 and a 1 year high of $447.50. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $362.56 and a 200-day simple moving average of $308.16. The company has a market capitalization of $88.00 billion and a PE ratio of 57.78.

Oracle (ORCL)

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.

Shares of NYSE ORCL traded up $2.60 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $160.07. 2,962,661 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,485,696. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $168.50 and a 200-day moving average price of $169.15. Oracle has a 12-month low of $110.67 and a 12-month high of $198.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.65, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 0.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $447.70 billion, a PE ratio of 39.25, a P/E/G ratio of 3.46 and a beta of 1.05.

Pfizer (PFE)

Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular metabolic, migraine, and women's health under the Eliquis, Nurtec ODT/Vydura, Zavzpret, and the Premarin family brands; infectious diseases with unmet medical needs under the Prevnar family, Abrysvo, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, and Trumenba brands; and COVID-19 prevention and treatment, and potential future mRNA and antiviral products under the Comirnaty and Paxlovid brands.

NYSE PFE traded up $0.01 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $25.76. The company had a trading volume of 18,150,409 shares, compared to its average volume of 38,808,609. The stock has a market capitalization of $145.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. Pfizer has a 1-year low of $24.48 and a 1-year high of $31.54. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $26.32 and a 200 day moving average of $27.28.