Top Restaurant Stocks To Watch Now – April 2nd

Alibaba Group, Berkshire Hathaway, Uber Technologies, Booking, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Block are the seven Restaurant stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Restaurant stocks are publicly traded shares of companies that operate within the restaurant industry. Investors purchase these stocks to obtain a share in the company’s earnings, growth prospects, and market risks, which are influenced by factors such as consumer trends, economic conditions, and operational performance. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Restaurant stocks within the last several days.

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 NYSE BABA traded down $2.70 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $130.00. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 12,185,883 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,391,586. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $123.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $103.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $308.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.79, a P/E/G ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.28. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Alibaba Group has a one year low of $68.36 and a one year high of $148.43.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

NYSE BRK.B traded up $1.31 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $534.30. 1,961,152 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,879,470. The company has a market cap of $1.15 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.85. Berkshire Hathaway has a 1 year low of $395.66 and a 1 year high of $537.63. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $494.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $472.14.

Uber Technologies (UBER)

Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services.

UBER traded up $1.33 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $74.32. 8,754,775 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 20,056,698. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 1.41. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $73.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $71.80. The stock has a market capitalization of $155.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.39. Uber Technologies has a 52 week low of $54.84 and a 52 week high of $87.00.

Booking (BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc., is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.

BKNG traded down $2.86 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $4,682.89. 100,813 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 241,579. Booking has a 12-month low of $3,180.00 and a 12-month high of $5,337.24. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $4,772.68 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $4,750.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $153.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.06, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.40.

Coca-Cola (KO)

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores.

Shares of NYSE:KO traded down $0.73 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $71.14. 6,352,161 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 14,907,004. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $68.14 and its 200-day moving average price is $66.39. The firm has a market cap of $306.16 billion, a PE ratio of 28.80, a PEG ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 0.57. Coca-Cola has a 52 week low of $57.93 and a 52 week high of $73.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

McDonald’s (MCD)

McDonald’s Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K.

McDonald’s stock traded down $2.21 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $311.42. The stock had a trading volume of 1,041,332 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,494,359. The firm has a market cap of $222.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a fifty day moving average of $302.77 and a 200 day moving average of $298.47. McDonald’s has a 52-week low of $243.53 and a 52-week high of $326.32.

Block (XYZ)

Square, Inc. provides payment and point-of-sale solutions in the United States and internationally. The company's commerce ecosystem includes point-of-sale software and hardware that enables sellers to turn mobile and computing devices into payment and point-of-sale solutions. It offers hardware products, including Magstripe reader, which enables swiped transactions of magnetic stripe cards; Contactless and chip reader that accepts EMV® chip cards and Near Field Communication payments; Chip card reader, which accepts EMV® chip cards and enables swiped transactions of magnetic stripe cards; Square Stand, which enables an iPad to be used as a payment terminal or full point of sale solution; and Square Register that combines its hardware, point-of-sale software, and payments technology, as well as managed payments solutions.

NYSE:XYZ traded up $2.44 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $57.85. 5,247,603 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,476,778. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $70.84. The company has a market cap of $35.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.71, a P/E/G ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 2.78. The company has a quick ratio of 2.07, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. Block has a twelve month low of $52.25 and a twelve month high of $99.26.