Promising Manufacturing Stocks To Keep An Eye On – November 7th

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Applied Materials, Johnson Controls International, Phillips 66, Fabrinet, AstraZeneca, and MKS are the seven Manufacturing stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Manufacturing stocks are shares of companies that make physical goods by processing raw materials or components, often using factories, machinery, and labor. For investors, they represent ownership in businesses whose performance can be influenced by industrial demand, production costs, and economic cycles. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Manufacturing stocks within the last several days.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It provides a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal- oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, bipolar CMOS mixed-signal, and others.

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock traded up $22.05 on Friday, hitting $375.15. 23,785,880 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,097,490. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 2.25 and a current ratio of 2.46. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $431.68 and a 200-day simple moving average of $400.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.95 trillion, a PE ratio of 24.14, a PEG ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 1.44. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a 1 year low of $266.82 and a 1 year high of $487.47.

Applied Materials (AMAT)

Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits.

Shares of AMAT traded up $13.46 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $332.71. 9,456,460 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,369,214. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $444.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $444.66. The company has a market cap of $264.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.73 and a beta of 1.67. Applied Materials has a 52-week low of $203.40 and a 52-week high of $739.67. The company has a current ratio of 2.42, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Johnson Controls International (JCI)

Johnson Controls International plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, and retrofitting building products and systems in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Building Solutions North America, Building Solutions EMEA/LA, Building Solutions Asia Pacific, and Global Products.

Shares of NYSE:JCI traded up $3.32 on Friday, reaching $134.78. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,876,701 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,000,764. The company has a market cap of $81.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.80, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.27. Johnson Controls International has a 52-week low of $108.41 and a 52-week high of $160.41. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $147.11 and a 200 day simple moving average of $141.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 0.90.

Phillips 66 (PSX)

Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment transports crude oil and other feedstocks; delivers refined petroleum products to market; provides terminaling and storage services for crude oil and refined petroleum products; transports, stores, fractionates, exports, and markets natural gas liquids; provides other fee-based processing services; and gathers, processes, transports, and markets natural gas.

PSX traded down $1.59 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $245.45. 3,068,963 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,535,110. The firm has a market capitalization of $95.74 billion, a PE ratio of 7.84, a PEG ratio of 0.15 and a beta of 0.69. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $268.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $201.52. Phillips 66 has a 52-week low of $127.16 and a 52-week high of $299.39. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49.

Fabrinet (FN)

Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services in North America, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company offers a range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities in the manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly, and testing.

Fabrinet stock traded up $35.25 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $328.22. 1,996,205 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,022,200. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $394.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $518.32. The company has a market cap of $11.76 billion, a PE ratio of 24.77 and a beta of 1.35. Fabrinet has a 12 month low of $286.07 and a 12 month high of $748.89.

AstraZeneca (AZN)

AstraZeneca PLC, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of prescription medicines. Its marketed products include Calquence, Enhertu, Faslodex, Imfinzi, Iressa, Koselugo, Lumoxiti, Lynparza, Orpathys, Tagrisso, and Zoladex for oncology; Brilinta/Brilique, Bydureon/Byetta, BCise, Byetta, Crestor, Evrenzo, Farxiga/Forxiga, Komboglyze/Kombiglyze XR, Lokelma, Onglyza, Qtern, and Xigduo/Xigduo XR for cardiovascular, renal, and metabolism diseases; Bevespi Aerosphere, Breztri Aerosphere, Daliresp/Daxas, Duaklir Genuair, Fasenra, Pulmicort, Saphnelo, Symbicort, and Tudorza/Eklira/Bretaris for respiratory and immunology; and Andexxa/Ondexxya, Kanuma, Soliris, Strensiq, and Ultomiris for rare diseases.

Shares of NYSE AZN traded down $0.23 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $186.62. 2,846,843 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,117,912. AstraZeneca has a 12 month low of $153.41 and a 12 month high of $212.71. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $166.48 and a 200-day moving average price of $180.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The company has a market cap of $289.43 billion, a PE ratio of 26.40, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 0.24.

MKS (MKSI)

MKS Instruments, Inc. provides foundational technology solutions to semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications in the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, and internationally. It operates through Vacuum Solutions Division (VSD), Photonics Solutions Division (PSD), and Material Solutions Division (MSD) segments.

MKS stock traded up $15.45 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $192.27. 2,616,226 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,346,953. The company has a market capitalization of $13.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.14 and a quick ratio of 0.72. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $240.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $277.02. MKS has a fifty-two week low of $134.74 and a fifty-two week high of $447.62.