Retail Stocks To Watch Today – August 18th

Tesla, UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon.com, Opendoor Technologies, and Micron Technology are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business is selling goods or services directly to consumers, such as department stores, specialty shops, and e-commerce platforms. Their performance often mirrors consumer spending patterns and economic conditions. Investors typically evaluate metrics like same-store sales growth, inventory turnover, and foot traffic to assess the health and potential returns of these companies. 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.

Tesla stock traded up $3.91 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $334.47. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 41,143,620 shares, compared to its average volume of 105,541,719. The company has a current ratio of 2.04, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $320.41 and a 200-day moving average price of $304.57. The firm has a market cap of $1.08 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 193.33, a PEG ratio of 11.49 and a beta of 2.33. Tesla has a twelve month low of $202.59 and a twelve month high of $488.54.

UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.

UNH stock traded up $6.96 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $310.97. 30,211,698 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 12,698,960. UnitedHealth Group has a one year low of $234.60 and a one year high of $630.73. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $288.91 and a 200 day simple moving average of $395.81. The company has a market cap of $281.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.43. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73.

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.

NASDAQ MSFT traded down $3.97 on Monday, hitting $516.21. 11,028,302 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 22,216,693. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. Microsoft has a 52-week low of $344.79 and a 52-week high of $555.45. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $502.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $441.19. The company has a market capitalization of $3.84 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 1.06.

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.

Shares of NASDAQ:AAPL traded down $0.40 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $231.19. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 22,836,834 shares, compared to its average volume of 57,789,090. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.43 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.08, a PEG ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.16. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $209.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is $212.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 0.87. Apple has a fifty-two week low of $169.21 and a fifty-two week high of $260.10.

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.

Amazon.com stock traded down $0.22 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $230.81. 15,287,905 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 44,754,879. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.02. Amazon.com has a fifty-two week low of $161.38 and a fifty-two week high of $242.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.46 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.17, a PEG ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.31. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $221.41 and its 200-day moving average is $208.26.

Opendoor Technologies (OPEN)

Opendoor Technologies Inc. operates a digital platform for residential real estate transactions in the United States. It buys and sells homes. The company's product offerings comprise sell to opendoor product that enables homeowners to sell their home directly to it and resell the home to a home buyer; list with opendoor product that allows customers to list their home on the MLS with opendoor and receive cash offer; and opendoor marketplace product that connects the home seller with an institutional or retail buyer.

Opendoor Technologies stock traded up $0.45 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $3.62. 311,731,447 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 110,806,477. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.17 and a beta of 3.02. Opendoor Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $0.51 and a fifty-two week high of $4.97. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $1.40 and its 200-day moving average is $1.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.58, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a current ratio of 4.35.

Micron Technology (MU)

Micron Technology, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit, Mobile Business Unit, Embedded Business Unit, and Storage Business Unit. It provides memory and storage technologies comprising dynamic random access memory semiconductor devices with low latency that provide high-speed data retrieval; non-volatile and re-writeable semiconductor storage devices; and non-volatile re-writable semiconductor memory devices that provide fast read speeds under the Micron and Crucial brands, as well as through private labels.

Shares of Micron Technology stock traded up $2.24 during trading on Monday, hitting $123.11. 7,013,566 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 23,026,535. The firm has a market capitalization of $137.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.17 and a beta of 1.37. Micron Technology has a 1-year low of $61.54 and a 1-year high of $129.85. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $118.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $99.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 2.75 and a quick ratio of 1.89.