Retail Stocks To Research – December 31st

Amazon.com, Alibaba Group, and Costco Wholesale are the three Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. “Retail stocks” typically refers to publicly traded shares that are bought and sold mainly by retail investors — individual, non‑institutional traders rather than large funds or professional managers. These stocks are often prone to short‑term volatility and momentum driven by social media, trading apps, or collective retail behavior. In some contexts the phrase is also used simply to mean stocks of companies in the retail industry (stores and e‑commerce). 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.

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.

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.