Consumer Goods Most Active Stocks: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP)

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Jefferies Group in a research note issued to investors on Thursday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performance was -0.02% in last session and finished the day at $536.74. Traded volume was 6.02million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 10.37million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.06. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) insider ownership is 0.04%.

In January Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) dished out an average of $8,800 to each of its roughly 47,000 hourly workers after its reporting its strongest net profit in more than a decade. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) dropped 0.97 percent to $15.60 Monday on volume of 27.05million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $15.48 to $15.63. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has a market capitalization of $62.15billion.

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s China plans may receive a temporary setback as the company’s general manager in China resigns. The latest development may not go very well with the automaker’s plans to increase its presence in the world’s largest auto market. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s stock on Mar 31, 2014 reported a decrease of -1.85% to the closing price of $208.45. Its fifty two weeks range is $40.21 -$265.00. The total market capitalization recorded $25.68billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 8.38million shares. In its share capital, TSLA has 123.19million outstanding shares.

The drop-off is a mounting problem for industry giants Coca-Cola Co. KO -0.74% ,PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE:PEP) and Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. which have long depended on zero-calorie sodas to make up the difference as Americans became increasingly concerned about the health effects of sugared drinks. On Monday, shares of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) advanced 0.66% to close the day at $83.50. Company return on investment (ROI) is 14.10% and its monthly performance is recorded as 1.97%. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) quarterly revenue growth is 3.28%.