Best Virtual Reality Stocks To Watch Today – August 18th

Meta Platforms, Unity Software, Best Buy, GameStop, and EPAM Systems are the five Virtual Reality stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Virtual reality stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that develop, manufacture, or provide services related to virtual reality (VR) technology. These companies may produce VR headsets, motion-tracking sensors, immersive software platforms, or content such as games and simulations. Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to the potential growth of VR applications in gaming, education, healthcare, and other industries. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Virtual Reality stocks within the last several days.

Meta Platforms (META)

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately.

Shares of NASDAQ:META traded down $18.36 during trading on Monday, hitting $766.87. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 12,718,224 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,314,633. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $724.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $655.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a current ratio of 1.97. Meta Platforms has a fifty-two week low of $479.80 and a fifty-two week high of $796.25. The company has a market capitalization of $1.93 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.76, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.27.

Unity Software (U)

Unity Software Inc. operates a real-time 3D development platform. Its platform provides software solutions to create, run, and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices. The company offers its solutions directly through its online store and field sales operations in North America, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, and South Korea, as well as indirectly through independent distributors and resellers worldwide.

Shares of NYSE U traded up $0.57 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $38.58. The stock had a trading volume of 9,287,995 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,436,080. The firm has a market cap of $16.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -36.48 and a beta of 2.32. Unity Software has a fifty-two week low of $15.33 and a fifty-two week high of $39.72. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $29.63 and a 200-day moving average of $24.52. The company has a current ratio of 2.73, a quick ratio of 2.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

Best Buy (BBY)

Best Buy Co., Inc. engages in the retail of technology products in the United States, Canada, and international. Its stores provide computing and mobile phone products, such as desktops, notebooks, and peripherals; mobile phones comprising related mobile network carrier commissions; networking products; tablets covering e-readers; smartwatches; and consumer electronics consisting of digital imaging, health and fitness products, portable audio comprising headphones and portable speakers, and smart home products, as well as home theaters, which includes home theater accessories, soundbars, and televisions.

Shares of NYSE:BBY traded down $0.08 on Monday, reaching $71.55. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,129,691 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,598,874. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.51, a PEG ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.21. Best Buy has a 52-week low of $54.99 and a 52-week high of $103.71. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $69.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $72.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 0.32.

GameStop (GME)

GameStop Corp., a specialty retailer, provides games and entertainment products through its stores and ecommerce platforms in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The company sells new and pre-owned gaming platforms; accessories, such as controllers, gaming headsets, and virtual reality products; new and pre-owned gaming software; and in-game digital currency, digital downloadable content, and full-game downloads.

GME stock traded up $0.03 on Monday, reaching $22.97. 3,103,799 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,077,690. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $23.54 and a 200-day moving average of $25.32. The company has a quick ratio of 7.89, a current ratio of 8.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The firm has a market cap of $10.27 billion, a PE ratio of 49.92 and a beta of -0.72. GameStop has a twelve month low of $19.31 and a twelve month high of $35.81.

EPAM Systems (EPAM)

EPAM Systems, Inc. provides digital platform engineering and software development services worldwide. The company offers engineering services, including requirements analysis and platform selection, customization, cross-platform migration, implementation, and integration; infrastructure management services, such as software development, testing, performance tuning, deployment, maintenance, and support services.

Shares of EPAM Systems stock traded up $7.01 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $164.72. 400,192 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 750,091. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.67. EPAM Systems has a twelve month low of $138.15 and a twelve month high of $269.00. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $168.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of $180.52. The company has a current ratio of 3.17, a quick ratio of 3.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.