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Best Shipping Stocks To Follow Now - August 13th

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Key Points

  • Seven shipping stocks to watch include United Parcel Service, Shopify, Blackstone, Etsy, and Canadian National Railway, highlighting their connection to global trade and shipping demand.
  • United Parcel Service (UPS) shares traded at $88.17 with a market cap of $74.66 billion, showcasing its dominant presence in package delivery and logistics services.
  • Shopify Inc.'s stock reached $150.10 and has a significant market cap of $194.74 billion, reflecting its extensive commerce platform and services across various global regions.
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United Parcel Service, Shopify, Blackstone, Etsy, Canadian National Railway, BWX Technologies, and Carrier Global are the seven Shipping stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Shipping stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that own, operate, or manage vessels used for transporting goods by sea, such as container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, and roll-on/roll-off vessels. Their performance is closely tied to global trade volumes, freight rates, fuel costs, and broader economic cycles, making them a cyclical segment within the transportation sector. Investors track shipping stocks to gain exposure to fluctuations in international trade and shipping demand. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Shipping stocks within the last several days.

United Parcel Service (UPS)

United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation and delivery, distribution, contract logistics, ocean freight, airfreight, customs brokerage, and insurance services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of express letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States.

Shares of NYSE UPS traded up $0.74 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $88.17. The company's stock had a trading volume of 13,468,203 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,359,488. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.51, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.32. United Parcel Service has a 1-year low of $84.28 and a 1-year high of $145.01. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $97.80 and a two-hundred day moving average of $103.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $74.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.12.

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Shopify (SHOP)

Shopify Inc., a commerce company, provides a commerce platform and services in Canada, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, China, and Latin America. The company's platform enables merchants to displays, manages, markets, and sells its products through various sales channels, including web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, pop-up shops, social media storefronts, native mobile apps, buy buttons, and marketplaces; and enables to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, fulfill and ship orders, new buyers and build customer relationships, source products, leverage analytics and reporting, manage cash, payments and transactions, and access financing.

Shares of SHOP traded up $0.80 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $150.10. The stock had a trading volume of 6,586,918 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,492,871. The firm has a market cap of $194.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 96.84, a P/E/G ratio of 4.82 and a beta of 2.63. The business's fifty day moving average is $119.20 and its 200 day moving average is $108.43. Shopify has a 52-week low of $65.86 and a 52-week high of $156.85.

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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 NYSE BX traded up $2.84 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $176.58. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,889,548 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,238,569. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $156.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $150.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $128.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 1.71. Blackstone has a 1 year low of $115.66 and a 1 year high of $200.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.75.

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Etsy (ETSY)

Etsy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect buyers and sellers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, and France. Its primary marketplace is Etsy.com that connects artisans and entrepreneurs with various consumers. The company also offers Reverb, a musical instrument marketplace; Depop, a fashion resale marketplace; and Elo7, a Brazil-based marketplace for handmade and unique items.

ETSY stock traded up $3.68 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $70.17. 5,224,784 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,849,634. Etsy has a 1-year low of $40.05 and a 1-year high of $70.57. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $57.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $51.79. The company has a market cap of $6.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.92 and a beta of 1.73.

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Canadian National Railway (CNI)

Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and marine transportation and logistics business in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, custom brokerage services, transloading and distribution, business development and real estate, and private car storage services; and intermodal services, such as temperature controlled cargo, port partnerships, and logistics parks.

NYSE:CNI traded up $0.13 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $93.92. The stock had a trading volume of 3,570,529 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,491,457. The stock has a market cap of $58.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.06, a P/E/G ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 0.94. Canadian National Railway has a 12-month low of $91.65 and a 12-month high of $121.12. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $100.85 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $100.76. The company has a quick ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90.

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BWX Technologies (BWXT)

BWX Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Government Operations and Commercial Operations. The Government Operations segment designs and manufactures naval nuclear components, reactors, and nuclear fuel; fabrication activities; and supplies proprietary and sole-source valves, manifolds, and fittings to naval and commercial shipping customers.

Shares of NYSE:BWXT traded down $2.47 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $177.04. 1,449,212 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,122,849. The stock has a market cap of $16.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.33, a PEG ratio of 4.16 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28. BWX Technologies has a twelve month low of $84.21 and a twelve month high of $189.25. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $145.83 and a 200-day moving average price of $120.17.

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Carrier Global (CARR)

Carrier Global Corporation provides heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security, and building automation technologies in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: HVAC, Refrigeration, and Fire & Security.

Shares of NYSE:CARR traded up $1.37 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $67.10. 3,750,212 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,290,769. The stock has a market cap of $57.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.62, a PEG ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. Carrier Global has a twelve month low of $54.22 and a twelve month high of $83.32. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $72.63 and a 200-day moving average price of $68.14.

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