Top Manufacturing Stocks To Research – March 23rd

Pfizer, Exxon Mobil, Salesforce, Oracle, Applied Materials, ServiceNow, and Linde are the seven Manufacturing stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Manufacturing stocks are shares of companies that produce and assemble goods from raw materials in sectors such as automotive, electronics, and machinery. They are a key part of the industrial sector and tend to be sensitive to economic cycles, trade policies, and technological innovations. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Manufacturing stocks within the last several days.

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.

Shares of NYSE PFE traded up $0.01 during trading on Friday, reaching $26.20. The company had a trading volume of 349,778,786 shares, compared to its average volume of 36,645,908. The stock has a market cap of $148.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.58, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $26.17 and its 200-day moving average price is $27.04. Pfizer has a 12 month low of $24.48 and a 12 month high of $31.54.

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.

Shares of NYSE:XOM traded down $0.60 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $115.30. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 41,069,424 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,964,797. The firm has a market capitalization of $500.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.71, a PEG ratio of 3.02 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $110.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $113.57. Exxon Mobil has a fifty-two week low of $103.67 and a fifty-two week 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.

Shares of NYSE:CRM traded up $2.53 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $281.56. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,798,917 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,385,139. The firm has a market capitalization of $270.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.31, a PEG ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $313.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $309.92. Salesforce has a fifty-two week low of $212.00 and a fifty-two week high of $369.00.

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 $0.11 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $152.83. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 17,559,020 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,515,324. The firm has a market capitalization of $427.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.37, a PEG ratio of 3.46 and a beta of 1.07. 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 50 day moving average price of $164.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $170.06. Oracle has a fifty-two week low of $112.78 and a fifty-two week high of $198.31.

Applied Materials (AMAT)

Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits.

Shares of NASDAQ:AMAT traded down $2.26 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $152.12. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 15,887,839 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,887,441. The firm has a market capitalization of $123.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.88, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 2.67. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $170.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $177.89. Applied Materials has a fifty-two week low of $145.37 and a fifty-two week high of $255.89.

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.

NOW stock traded up $3.80 during trading on Friday, reaching $827.92. 2,904,241 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,351,375. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $971.31 and its 200 day moving average is $984.34. ServiceNow has a twelve month low of $637.99 and a twelve 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 firm has a market cap of $170.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 121.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.51 and a beta of 1.03.

Linde (LIN)

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South Pacific. It offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene.

LIN stock traded up $0.58 during trading on Friday, reaching $458.33. 4,967,504 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,723,335. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $452.96 and its 200 day moving average is $454.35. Linde has a twelve month low of $410.69 and a twelve month high of $487.49. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The firm has a market cap of $216.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 0.94.