Top Restaurant Stocks To Follow Now – November 4th

McDonald’s, Booking, DoorDash, Expedia Group, and Carnival are the five Restaurant stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Restaurant stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that own, operate, or franchise restaurants and food-service brands. For stock market investors, these stocks represent an opportunity to gain exposure to the restaurant industry, with performance often influenced by consumer spending, food and labor costs, same-store sales, and brand growth. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Restaurant stocks within the last several days.

McDonald’s (MCD)

McDonald’s Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K.

MCD traded up $16.32 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $279.36. 7,133,308 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,322,597. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $247.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $282.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $197.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.68, a PEG ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 0.42. McDonald’s has a 12-month low of $229.20 and a 12-month high of $341.75.

Booking (BKNG)

Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc., is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.

NASDAQ BKNG traded up $16.80 on Wednesday, hitting $172.47. 8,113,880 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,143,475. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $168.99 and its 200-day moving average price is $176.70. Booking has a 52-week low of $146.28 and a 52-week high of $220.81. The company has a market capitalization of $129.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.05, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.17.

DoorDash (DASH)

DoorDash, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a commerce platform that connects merchants, consumers, and independent contractors in the United States and internationally. The company operates DoorDash Marketplace and Wolt Marketplace, which provide various services, such as customer acquisition, demand generation, order fulfillment, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support.

Shares of DoorDash stock traded up $15.36 on Wednesday, hitting $198.68. 4,605,728 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,642,074. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a current ratio of 1.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $86.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 82.03 and a beta of 1.98. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $196.26 and a 200 day simple moving average of $182.83. DoorDash has a 52 week low of $143.30 and a 52 week high of $241.51.

Expedia Group (EXPE)

Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com.

Expedia Group stock traded up $40.13 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $325.90. 2,079,253 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,993,754. Expedia Group has a 12 month low of $185.34 and a 12 month high of $342.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.21. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $284.66 and its 200-day moving average is $259.49. The stock has a market cap of $39.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.16, a PEG ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 1.39.

Carnival (CCL)

Carnival Corp. engages in the operation of cruise ships. It operates through the following business segments: North America and Australia (NAA) Cruise, Europe and Asia (EA) Cruise Operations, Cruise Support, and Tour and Others. The North America and Australia (NAA) Cruise segment includes the Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn.

Shares of Carnival stock traded up $2.10 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $31.30. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 20,940,091 shares, compared to its average volume of 23,784,143. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $25.01 and a 200-day moving average price of $27.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 0.27 and a quick ratio of 0.23. The stock has a market cap of $42.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.65, a P/E/G ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 2.48. Carnival has a one year low of $21.45 and a one year high of $34.03.