Top Retail Stocks To Research – November 4th

Amazon.com, Walmart, Vistra, NextEra Energy, and Home Depot are the five Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that sell goods or services directly to consumers, such as department stores, supermarkets, apparel brands, and online retailers. Their performance is often influenced by consumer spending, economic conditions, competition, seasonal demand, and changing shopping habits. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Retail stocks within the last several days.

Amazon.com (AMZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.

Amazon.com stock traded up $17.37 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $268.06. The stock had a trading volume of 59,393,037 shares, compared to its average volume of 46,440,777. Amazon.com has a 12 month low of $196.00 and a 12 month high of $287.20. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $253.79 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $243.18. The company has a current ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The company has a market capitalization of $2.90 trillion, a P/E ratio of 21.66, a PEG ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.49.

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 NASDAQ WMT traded up $5.57 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $130.43. The stock had a trading volume of 14,668,617 shares, compared to its average volume of 24,788,102. Walmart has a 12 month low of $98.88 and a 12 month high of $135.15. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $111.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of $118.46. The company has a market capitalization of $1.03 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.11, a PEG ratio of 4.61 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.23.

Vistra (VST)

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia.

Shares of NYSE:VST traded down $21.07 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $118.52. The company had a trading volume of 13,453,336 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,197,287. The firm has a market cap of $39.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.04 and a beta of 1.37. Vistra has a one year low of $117.27 and a one year high of $196.80. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.87. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $145.11 and its 200-day moving average price is $153.38.

NextEra Energy (NEE)

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets.

NextEra Energy stock traded up $4.43 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $88.76. 17,120,160 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 10,929,595. The firm has a market cap of $186.15 billion, a PE ratio of 16.00, a PEG ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.33, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a current ratio of 0.53. The company’s fifty day moving average is $80.27 and its 200-day moving average is $87.20. NextEra Energy has a 52 week low of $74.41 and a 52 week high of $98.75.

Home Depot (HD)

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows.

Shares of HD stock traded up $19.94 on Wednesday, hitting $353.60. 4,106,636 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,450,139. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.64, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a current ratio of 1.08. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $308.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is $334.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $352.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 0.93. Home Depot has a one year low of $277.15 and a one year high of $397.63.