Retail Stocks To Watch Now – May 14th

Tesla, UnitedHealth Group, and Apple are the three Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are equity shares of publicly traded companies that sell goods and services directly to consumers, such as Walmart, Target, and Best Buy. Their performance is influenced by consumer spending, economic conditions, and industry trends, making them key barometers of household demand and broader market sentiment. 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 NASDAQ:TSLA traded up $13.63 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $347.70. The stock had a trading volume of 99,423,595 shares, compared to its average volume of 96,620,409. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 2.02. The stock has a market cap of $1.12 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 170.44, a P/E/G ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 2.43. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $260.85 and its 200 day moving average is $328.28. Tesla has a 52 week low of $167.41 and a 52 week high of $488.54.

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.

UNH stock traded down $1.37 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $310.01. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 25,222,548 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,055,420. The company has a market cap of $281.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.56. UnitedHealth Group has a 12 month low of $309.10 and a 12 month high of $630.73. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $482.53 and its 200 day moving average price is $519.28. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

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.

Shares of NASDAQ:AAPL traded down $1.26 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $211.67. The company had a trading volume of 25,968,884 shares, compared to its average volume of 55,927,706. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.88. Apple has a one year low of $169.21 and a one year high of $260.10. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $207.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $227.09. The company has a market capitalization of $3.16 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.27.