Top Medical Stocks To Research – March 13th

Eli Lilly and Company, Walmart, Merck & Co., Inc., Intuitive Surgical, and AbbVie are the five Medical stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Medical stocks are shares in companies that operate within the healthcare and medical sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and healthcare services. These stocks represent a portion of ownership in the companies and can be affected by industry regulations, research outcomes, market trends, and broader economic conditions. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Medical stocks within the last several days.

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)

Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbound for obesity.

NYSE:LLY traded down $21.77 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $800.09. The company had a trading volume of 1,699,744 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,732,922. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.15. Eli Lilly and Company has a fifty-two week low of $711.40 and a fifty-two week high of $972.53. The firm has a market cap of $758.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 68.35, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.34. The business’s fifty day moving average is $829.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $845.29.

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.

Shares of WMT stock traded down $0.92 on Thursday, reaching $84.28. The company had a trading volume of 15,900,237 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,251,908. The stock has a market cap of $677.02 billion, a PE ratio of 34.96, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a 50-day moving average of $95.96 and a 200-day moving average of $88.59. The company has a current ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. Walmart has a 12 month low of $58.56 and a 12 month high of $105.30.

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

Merck & Co., Inc. is a health care company, which engages in the provision of health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Other. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products.

NYSE:MRK traded up $1.26 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $94.61. The stock had a trading volume of 9,750,855 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,365,280. The business’s 50 day moving average is $93.75 and its 200-day moving average is $102.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.36. The company has a market cap of $238.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.06, a P/E/G ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 0.35. Merck & Co., Inc. has a one year low of $81.04 and a one year high of $134.63.

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets products that enable physicians and healthcare providers to enhance the quality of and access to minimally invasive care in the United States and internationally. The company offers the da Vinci Surgical System that enables complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach; and Ion endoluminal system, which extends its commercial offerings beyond surgery into diagnostic procedures enabling minimally invasive biopsies in the lung.

Shares of ISRG stock traded down $19.35 on Thursday, hitting $477.95. The stock had a trading volume of 1,758,743 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,426,344. Intuitive Surgical has a twelve month low of $364.17 and a twelve month high of $616.00. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $569.42 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $531.60. The firm has a market cap of $170.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 74.62, a PEG ratio of 5.85 and a beta of 1.43.

AbbVie (ABBV)

AbbVie Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Humira, an injection for autoimmune and intestinal Behçet's diseases, and pyoderma gangrenosum; Skyrizi to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, psoriatic disease, and Crohn's disease; Rinvoq to treat rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, atopic dermatitis, axial spondyloarthropathy, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease; Imbruvica for the treatment of adult patients with blood cancers; Epkinly to treat lymphoma; Elahere to treat cancer; and Venclexta/Venclyxto to treat blood cancers.

ABBV stock traded up $0.33 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $212.39. 2,604,733 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,086,901. AbbVie has a one year low of $153.58 and a one year high of $218.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.94, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.66. The company has a market cap of $374.94 billion, a PE ratio of 88.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 0.61. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $189.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $187.89.