Best Retail Stocks To Keep An Eye On – November 11th

Amazon.com, Costco Wholesale, Walmart, Alibaba Group, and MercadoLibre are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of companies that sell goods or services directly to consumers, such as retailers, supermarkets, and online stores. Their performance can depend on consumer spending, competition, and seasonal demand, so investors often watch these factors when evaluating them. 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.

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN traded down $4.29 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $266.58. The stock had a trading volume of 22,127,512 shares, compared to its average volume of 46,639,621. Amazon.com has a 1 year low of $196.00 and a 1 year high of $287.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $254.19 and a 200-day simple moving average of $243.93. The company has a market capitalization of $2.88 trillion, a PE ratio of 21.56, a P/E/G ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.49.

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.

Costco Wholesale stock traded up $10.23 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $1,076.37. 1,181,068 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,206,185. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $957.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $973.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 1.06 and a quick ratio of 0.62. The company has a market capitalization of $476.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.86, a PEG ratio of 4.71 and a beta of 0.85. Costco Wholesale has a 52-week low of $844.06 and a 52-week high of $1,096.50.

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.

WMT traded down $0.85 on Wednesday, hitting $124.70. The company had a trading volume of 7,526,344 shares, compared to its average volume of 24,820,316. Walmart has a 1 year low of $98.88 and a 1 year high of $135.15. The company has a current ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $113.35 and its 200 day moving average price is $118.66. The firm has a market cap of $989.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.01, a PEG ratio of 4.54 and a beta of 0.53.

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.

Shares of BABA traded down $1.02 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $101.69. 5,702,649 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,372,969. Alibaba Group has a fifty-two week low of $91.99 and a fifty-two week high of $181.10. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $107.78 and its 200-day moving average is $124.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 1.36. The company has a market cap of $252.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.62, a P/E/G ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.44.

MercadoLibre (MELI)

MercadoLibre, Inc. operates online commerce platforms in the United States. It operates Mercado Libre Marketplace, an automated online commerce platform that enables businesses, merchants, and individuals to list merchandise and conduct sales and purchases digitally; and Mercado Pago FinTech platform, a financial technology solution platform, which facilitates transactions on and off its marketplaces by providing a mechanism that allows its users to send and receive payments online, as well as allows users to transfer money through their websites or on the apps.

Shares of MercadoLibre stock traded up $16.64 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $1,506.88. 351,529 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 553,042. MercadoLibre has a 12-month low of $1,465.06 and a 12-month high of $2,342.00. The stock has a market cap of $76.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 1.10. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $1,790.41 and its 200 day moving average price is $1,798.61.