Best Healthcare Stocks To Watch Now – February 01st

Alphabet, ServiceNow, UnitedHealth Group, Salesforce, United Parcel Service, Oracle, and Vertiv are the seven Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are shares of companies in the medical industry that provide products or services related to health and wellness. These stocks could be from various sectors such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare facilities, or healthcare technology. Investors may be interested in healthcare stocks due to the potential for growth in an industry that is driven by increasing demand for healthcare services. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Healthcare stocks within the last several days.

Alphabet (GOOGL)

Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.

GOOGL traded up $3.15 during trading on Friday, reaching $204.02. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 31,998,798 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,198,940. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a current ratio of 1.95. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $188.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $174.15. Alphabet has a 52-week low of $130.66 and a 52-week high of $205.48. The company has a market capitalization of $2.50 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.98.

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.

Shares of NYSE NOW traded up $7.42 during trading on Friday, hitting $1,020.17. 2,866,592 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,263,238. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $1,083.66 and its 200 day moving average price is $954.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.13 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The company has a market cap of $210.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 149.37, a PEG ratio of 5.19 and a beta of 0.99. ServiceNow has a 1 year low of $637.99 and a 1 year high of $1,198.09.

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.

NYSE UNH traded down $3.27 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $542.30. The stock had a trading volume of 4,120,450 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,209,506. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $536.17 and a 200 day simple moving average of $565.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74. The company has a market cap of $499.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.99, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.62. UnitedHealth Group has a 52-week low of $436.38 and a 52-week high of $630.73.

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 Salesforce stock traded down $1.78 on Friday, hitting $341.80. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,776,873 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,646,040. The company has a market capitalization of $327.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 56.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 1.30. Salesforce has a 52-week low of $212.00 and a 52-week high of $369.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $338.67 and a 200-day moving average price of $297.37. The company has a quick ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

United Parcel Service (UPS)

United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation and delivery, distribution, contract logistics, ocean freight, airfreight, customs brokerage, and insurance services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of express letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States.

Shares of NYSE UPS traded down $0.71 during trading on Friday, reaching $114.19. The company had a trading volume of 15,842,034 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,941,251. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $128.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $130.40. United Parcel Service has a twelve month low of $109.62 and a twelve month high of $158.95. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $97.45 billion, a PE ratio of 17.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.00.

Oracle (ORCL)

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.

Shares of ORCL traded down $0.47 during trading on Friday, reaching $169.91. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 8,702,492 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,743,506. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.65. The company has a fifty day moving average of $171.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of $163.26. The company has a market cap of $475.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.54, a P/E/G ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 1.06. Oracle has a twelve month low of $106.51 and a twelve month high of $198.31.

Vertiv (VRT)

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

NYSE VRT traded up $2.54 on Friday, hitting $117.14. 11,187,055 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,380,389. The company has a current ratio of 1.38, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $125.62 and a 200 day moving average of $106.01. The company has a market capitalization of $43.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 78.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.63. Vertiv has a twelve month low of $55.00 and a twelve month high of $155.84.