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Best Agriculture Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - July 13th

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Above Food Ingredients, Deere & Company, Norfolk Southern, Chubb, and Corteva are the five Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business involves the production, processing, or supply of agricultural goods and services—ranging from farm equipment manufacturers and seed and fertilizer producers to commodity traders and food processors. Investing in these stocks provides exposure to trends in global food demand, weather conditions, government policy, and advances in agri-technology. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Agriculture stocks within the last several days.

Above Food Ingredients (ABVE)

Above Food Ingredients Inc., a regenerative ingredient company, produces vertically integrated supply chain products in Canada, the United States, Mexico, China, France, Turkey, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients, and Consumer Packaged Goods.

Shares of NASDAQ:ABVE traded up $2.08 on Friday, reaching $3.63. The company's stock had a trading volume of 284,919,719 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,486,942. The stock's 50-day moving average is $1.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $0.78. Above Food Ingredients has a 52-week low of $0.25 and a 52-week high of $4.40.

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Deere & Company (DE)

Deere & Co. engages in the manufacture and distribution of equipment used in agriculture, construction, forestry, and turf care. It operates through the following segments: Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Agriculture and Turf segment focuses on the distribution and manufacture of a full line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts.

Shares of NYSE:DE traded down $7.03 on Friday, reaching $512.17. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,046,929 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,347,582. The stock's 50-day moving average is $510.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $478.38. Deere & Company has a 52-week low of $340.20 and a 52-week high of $533.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 2.11 and a quick ratio of 1.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $138.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.78, a PEG ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 1.08.

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Norfolk Southern (NSC)

Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports agriculture, forest, and consumer products comprising soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizers, livestock and poultry feed, food products, food oils, flour, sweeteners, ethanol, lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, beverages, and canned goods; chemicals consist of sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products comprising crude oil, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, sand, and natural gas liquids; metals and construction materials, such as steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, minerals, clay, transportation equipment, and military-related products; and automotive, including finished motor vehicles and automotive parts, as well as coal.

NYSE NSC traded up $3.33 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $266.47. 1,718,349 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,238,573. The company has a market cap of $60.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.31. Norfolk Southern has a 12-month low of $201.63 and a 12-month high of $277.60. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $247.98 and a 200 day moving average of $240.69. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15.

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Chubb (CB)

Chubb Limited provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. The company's North America Commercial P&C Insurance segment offers commercial property, casualty, workers' compensation, package policies, risk management, financial lines, marine, construction, environmental, medical risk, cyber risk, surety, and casualty; and group accident and health insurance to large, middle market, and small commercial businesses.

NYSE CB traded down $2.88 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $277.66. 1,249,414 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,646,171. The company has a market cap of $111.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.53. Chubb has a 12-month low of $252.16 and a 12-month high of $306.91. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $287.42 and a 200 day moving average of $282.25. The company has a quick ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 0.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.

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Corteva (CTVA)

Corteva, Inc. operates in the agriculture business. It operates through two segments, Seed and Crop Protection. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms. It offers trait technologies that enhance resistance to weather, disease, insects, and herbicides used to control weeds, as well as food and nutritional characteristics.

NYSE CTVA traded down $1.33 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $73.50. 4,389,838 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,435,046. The company has a market cap of $50.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 0.76. Corteva has a 12-month low of $50.30 and a 12-month high of $77.41. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $71.45 and a 200 day moving average of $64.64. The company has a quick ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.

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