Growth Stocks Worth Watching – April 20th

20 Apr 2025, 14:02 by Jessica Moore · The Cerbat Gem

Novo Nordisk A/S, BlackRock, Prologis, Blackstone, and Apollo Global Management are the five Growth stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Growth stocks are shares in companies expected to grow earnings and revenue at faster rates than the overall market. These companies typically reinvest earnings back into the business rather than paying dividends, which can lead to higher volatility and elevated valuation multiples relative to more established firms. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Growth stocks within the last several days.

Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)

Novo Nordisk A/S, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity Care, and Rare Disease.

NVO traded down $4.89 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $57.99. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 32,192,935 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,978,874. The stock has a market cap of $260.23 billion, a PE ratio of 17.63, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 0.61. Novo Nordisk A/S has a fifty-two week low of $57.28 and a fifty-two week high of $148.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.55. The business’s 50-day moving average is $75.52 and its 200-day moving average is $91.54.

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BlackRock (BLK)

BlackRock, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors including corporate, public, union, and industry pension plans, insurance companies, third-party mutual funds, endowments, public institutions, governments, foundations, charities, sovereign wealth funds, corporations, official institutions, and banks.

Shares of BlackRock stock traded up $10.08 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $875.86. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,034,313 shares, compared to its average volume of 684,910. The stock has a market cap of $135.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.85, a P/E/G ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 5.23 and a current ratio of 5.23. BlackRock has a twelve month low of $748.02 and a twelve month high of $1,084.22. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $930.31 and a 200-day moving average of $985.65.

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Prologis (PLD)

Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. At March 31, 2024, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 1.2 billion square feet (115 million square meters) in 19 countries.

PLD traded up $1.60 on Friday, hitting $101.89. The company had a trading volume of 6,213,117 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,135,014. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The firm has a market cap of $94.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.47, a PEG ratio of 2.70 and a beta of 1.20. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $111.44 and its 200 day moving average price is $113.19. Prologis has a 1 year low of $85.35 and a 1 year high of $132.57.

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Blackstone (BX)

Blackstone Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services.

Shares of BX stock traded up $0.88 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $130.26. The company had a trading volume of 4,576,278 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,710,187. Blackstone has a fifty-two week low of $115.66 and a fifty-two week high of $200.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 0.67 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The company’s fifty day moving average is $145.13 and its 200 day moving average is $164.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $95.01 billion, a PE ratio of 35.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.61.

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Apollo Global Management (APO)

Apollo Global Management, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in credit, private equity, infrastructure, secondaries and real estate markets. The firm prefers to invest in private and public markets. The firm’s private equity investments include traditional buyouts, recapitalization, distressed buyouts and debt investments in real estate, corporate partner buyouts, distressed asset, corporate carve-outs, middle market, growth, venture capital, turnaround, bridge, corporate restructuring, special situation, acquisition, and industry consolidation transactions.

Shares of NYSE APO traded up $1.57 during trading on Friday, reaching $126.78. The stock had a trading volume of 2,638,630 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,799,336. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a current ratio of 1.44. The company has a market cap of $72.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.34, a PEG ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.66. Apollo Global Management has a fifty-two week low of $95.11 and a fifty-two week high of $189.49. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $138.04 and its 200-day moving average price is $153.39.