Best Grocery Stocks Worth Watching – February 14th

Nebius Group, Walmart, and Costco Wholesale are the three Grocery stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Grocery stocks refer to the shares of companies that primarily operate in the food retail industry, selling a variety of groceries and household goods. These stocks are typically tied to the performance of the food and beverage sector and can be influenced by factors such as consumer spending habits, food trends, and economic conditions. Investors may choose to invest in grocery stocks as a way to gain exposure to the stability and steady demand of the food retail market. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Grocery stocks within the last several days.

Nebius Group (NBIS)

Nebius Group N.V., a technology company, builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning and other technologies to help consumers and businesses navigate the online and offline world. The company’s services include Nebius AI, an AI-centric cloud platform that offers infrastructure and computing capability for AI deployment and machine-learning oriented solutions; and Toloka AI that offers generative AI (GenAI) solutions at every stage of the GenAI lifecycle, such as data annotation and generation, model training and fine-tuning, and quality assessment of large language model for accuracy and reliability.

Shares of NASDAQ:NBIS traded up $2.62 on Friday, hitting $44.32. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 29,670,520 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,358,023. The stock has a market cap of $10.43 billion, a P/E ratio of -77.86 and a beta of 2.57. Nebius Group has a 1 year low of $14.09 and a 1 year high of $47.68. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $32.74.

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.

Walmart stock traded down $0.70 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $104.35. The company had a trading volume of 7,729,368 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,712,069. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.23. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $94.83 and a 200 day moving average price of $85.09. The firm has a market cap of $838.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.84, a P/E/G ratio of 4.25 and a beta of 0.55. Walmart has a 12-month low of $55.99 and a 12-month high of $105.30.

Costco Wholesale (COST)

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories.

Shares of COST stock traded down $1.47 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $1,075.39. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 748,677 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,895,262. The stock has a market capitalization of $477.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 63.16, a P/E/G ratio of 6.26 and a beta of 0.84. Costco Wholesale has a one year low of $697.27 and a one year high of $1,078.23. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $967.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is $920.57. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23.