Best Restaurant Stocks Worth Watching – May 15th

Alibaba Group, Berkshire Hathaway, and Uber Technologies are the three Restaurant stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Restaurant stocks are flavorful liquid bases made by gently simmering bones, meat, seafood or vegetables with aromatics (such as onions, carrots, celery and herbs) in water. Professional kitchens prepare them in large batches, skimming off impurities and then reducing the liquid to concentrate its taste. These stocks serve as the foundational building block for soups, sauces, braises and various other dishes. 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 BABA traded down $11.00 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $123.05. 27,297,668 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 20,497,924. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $123.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $106.88. Alibaba Group has a 1 year low of $71.80 and a 1 year high of $148.43. The company has a quick ratio of 1.48, a current ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $293.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.79, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.24.

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.

Shares of BRK.B stock traded up $3.33 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $506.73. 2,628,947 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,008,444. Berkshire Hathaway has a 1 year low of $401.58 and a 1 year high of $542.07. The company’s 50 day moving average is $519.28 and its two-hundred day moving average is $485.84. The firm has a market cap of $1.09 trillion, a PE ratio of 10.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.88.

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 Technologies stock traded down $0.62 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $89.79. The stock had a trading volume of 14,192,719 shares, compared to its average volume of 23,650,727. 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 company has a market capitalization of $187.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.69, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.43. Uber Technologies has a one year low of $54.84 and a one year high of $92.17. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $75.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $71.82.