Best Manufacturing Stocks To Consider – April 20th

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Exxon Mobil, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Pfizer are the five Manufacturing stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Manufacturing stocks refer to the shares of companies primarily engaged in the production of goods, ranging from consumer products to durable equipment. These stocks are sensitive to economic cycles, as shifts in demand, global trade, and industrial output can significantly impact their performance, making them a key indicator of broader economic health. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Manufacturing stocks within the last several days.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It provides a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal- oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, bipolar CMOS mixed-signal, and others.

NYSE TSM traded up $0.19 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $151.86. The stock had a trading volume of 27,206,037 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,766,085. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $173.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $190.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 2.57 and a quick ratio of 2.30. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a 1 year low of $125.78 and a 1 year high of $226.40. The stock has a market cap of $787.61 billion, a PE ratio of 21.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.16.

Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.

Shares of NYSE:XOM traded up $2.65 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $106.84. 17,830,092 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 15,965,746. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31. The company has a market cap of $462.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63, a P/E/G ratio of 3.02 and a beta of 0.61. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $109.82 and a 200 day moving average of $112.75. Exxon Mobil has a one year low of $97.80 and a one year high of $126.34.

ServiceNow (NOW)

ServiceNow, Inc. provides end to-end intelligent workflow automation platform solutions for digital businesses in the North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Now platform for end-to-end digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, and collaboration and development tools.

NOW stock traded down $24.48 on Friday, hitting $772.18. The company had a trading volume of 1,802,088 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,480,170. The stock has a market cap of $159.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 113.06, a P/E/G ratio of 4.51 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $852.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $970.14. ServiceNow has a 12-month low of $637.99 and a 12-month high of $1,198.09.

Salesforce (CRM)

Salesforce, Inc. provides Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology that brings companies and customers together worldwide. The company's service includes sales to store data, monitor leads and progress, forecast opportunities, gain insights through analytics and artificial intelligence, and deliver quotes, contracts, and invoices; and service that enables companies to deliver trusted and highly personalized customer support at scale.

Shares of NYSE CRM traded down $2.91 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $246.93. 5,564,231 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,783,193. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. Salesforce has a one year low of $212.00 and a one year high of $369.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $237.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.61, a PEG ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 1.38. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $281.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of $309.60.

Pfizer (PFE)

Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular metabolic, migraine, and women's health under the Eliquis, Nurtec ODT/Vydura, Zavzpret, and the Premarin family brands; infectious diseases with unmet medical needs under the Prevnar family, Abrysvo, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, and Trumenba brands; and COVID-19 prevention and treatment, and potential future mRNA and antiviral products under the Comirnaty and Paxlovid brands.

PFE stock traded up $0.09 during trading on Friday, reaching $22.13. The stock had a trading volume of 53,854,504 shares, compared to its average volume of 40,486,092. The firm has a market cap of $125.50 billion, a PE ratio of 15.69, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $24.88 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.17. Pfizer has a 52 week low of $20.92 and a 52 week high of $31.54.