--- title: "Large Cap Stocks To Watch Now - August 21st" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296645287.md" description: "MarketBeat's stock screener identifies seven large-cap stocks to watch on August 21st: Invesco QQQ, Tesla, Micron Technology, NVIDIA, Moderna, SanDisk, and Apple. These companies were selected based on having the highest dollar trading volume among large caps recently. Large-cap stocks are defined as those with market capitalizations typically over $10 billion, often viewed as stable investments." datetime: "2026-08-21T19:01:58.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296645287.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296645287.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296645287.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Large Cap Stocks To Watch Now - August 21st - 3 ETFs Built to Protect Your Money if the Bull Market Breaks Invesco QQQ, Tesla, Micron Technology, NVIDIA, Moderna, Sandisk, and Apple are the seven Large Cap stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Large-cap stocks are shares of companies with very large market capitalizations, typically valued at $10 billion or more, though the exact threshold can vary. Investors often view these companies as relatively established and financially stable, with potentially lower volatility than smaller companies, although they may offer less growth potential. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Large Cap stocks within the last several days. ## Invesco QQQ (QQQ) PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust's investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index. - SpaceX Achieves Escape Velocity With Nasdaq Fast-Track Read Our Latest Research Report on QQQ ## Tesla (TSLA) Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services. - 3 Tech ETFs That Could Bounce Back After the AI Selloff Read Our Latest Research Report on TSLA ## Micron Technology (MU) Micron Technology, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit, Mobile Business Unit, Embedded Business Unit, and Storage Business Unit. It provides memory and storage technologies comprising dynamic random access memory semiconductor devices with low latency that provide high-speed data retrieval; non-volatile and re-writeable semiconductor storage devices; and non-volatile re-writable semiconductor memory devices that provide fast read speeds under the Micron and Crucial brands, as well as through private labels. Read Our Latest Research Report on MU ## NVIDIA (NVDA) NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications. Read Our Latest Research Report on NVDA ## Moderna (MRNA) Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company, discovers, develops, and commercializes messenger RNA therapeutics and vaccines for the treatment of infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, autoimmune, and cardiovascular diseases in the United States, Europe, and internationally. Its respiratory vaccines include COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus, spikevax, and hMPV/PIV3 vaccines; latent vaccines comprise cytomegalovirus, epstein-barr virus, herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, and human immunodeficiency virus vaccines; public health vaccines consists of Zika, Nipah, Mpox vaccines; and infectious diseases vaccines, such as lyme and norovirus vaccines. Read Our Latest Research Report on MRNA ## Sandisk (SNDK) SanDisk Corporation offers flash storage solutions. The Company designs, develops and manufactures data storage solutions in a range of form factors using flash memory, controller, firmware and software technologies. The Company operates through flash memory storage products segment. Its solutions include a range of solid state drives (SSD), embedded products, removable cards, universal serial bus (USB), drives, wireless media drives, digital media players, and wafers and components. Read Our Latest Research Report on SNDK ## Apple (AAPL) Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod. Read Our Latest Research Report on AAPL ## Further Reading - MarketBeat's Top Five Stocks to Own in August 2026 - Blueprint for a Boom: SEC Clears the Crypto Runway - Ross Stores Just Flipped the Off-Price Retail Story After TJX's Marmaxx Miss - Advance Auto Parts Plunged, But Its Turnaround Is Still Working - Is Palo Alto Networks Priced for Perfection Again as AI Security Demand Accelerates? - Meta Platform's Legal Issues Could Become Much More Than A Q2 Earnings Headache *This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.* Continue following MarketBeat Add MarketBeat as your preferred source on Google to see our latest stories in your feed. Add As Preferred Source ## Should You Invest $1,000 in Invesco QQQ Right Now? 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