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Top Retail Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - April 17th

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Tesla, UnitedHealth Group, Apple, Amazon.com, Microsoft, Alibaba Group, and Costco Wholesale are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that operate in the retail industry by selling consumer goods or services directly to the public through physical stores or digital platforms. These stocks are influenced by factors such as consumer spending trends, economic conditions, and competitive dynamics, which can lead to significant volatility in their market performance. 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.

Shares of TSLA traded up $0.17 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $241.72. The company had a trading volume of 55,918,998 shares, compared to its average volume of 95,845,801. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. Tesla has a 52-week low of $138.80 and a 52-week high of $488.54. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $277.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $322.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $777.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 118.35, a PEG ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.58.

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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.

Shares of UnitedHealth Group stock traded down $136.95 on Thursday, hitting $448.09. The company's stock had a trading volume of 20,978,302 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,379,287. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.83. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $516.05 and a 200-day moving average price of $542.41. The company has a market capitalization of $409.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.61. UnitedHealth Group has a 1 year low of $438.50 and a 1 year high of $630.73.

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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.

Apple stock traded up $4.36 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $198.63. The company had a trading volume of 29,766,941 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,707,017. The company has a market capitalization of $2.98 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.43, a P/E/G ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.26. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $220.98 and its 200-day simple moving average is $230.53. Apple has a 12-month low of $164.08 and a 12-month high of $260.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

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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 $0.70 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $173.63. The company's stock had a trading volume of 27,987,755 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,637,398. Amazon.com has a 12-month low of $151.61 and a 12-month high of $242.52. The company has a market cap of $1.84 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.06. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $200.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $208.06.

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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.

MSFT stock traded down $0.25 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $371.36. 10,744,109 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 21,216,187. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $390.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $413.52. Microsoft has a 1-year low of $344.79 and a 1-year high of $468.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.76 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.91, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00.

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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.

BABA traded up $2.66 on Thursday, hitting $109.41. 12,083,699 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 20,555,216. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $127.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $104.75. The company has a market cap of $259.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.24. Alibaba Group has a twelve month low of $68.36 and a twelve month high of $148.43. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19.

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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.

Shares of COST traded up $29.38 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $997.13. The stock had a trading volume of 1,193,582 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,007,749. Costco Wholesale has a 1-year low of $702.00 and a 1-year high of $1,078.24. The company has a market cap of $442.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.54, a PEG ratio of 6.15 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 0.98 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $978.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $950.76.

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