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Best Transportation Stocks Worth Watching - July 28th

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Key Points

  • Union Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway, Vertiv, Chevron, Uber, Lockheed Martin, and American Airlines are highlighted as seven key transportation stocks currently trending higher.
  • Berkshire Hathaway operates in various sectors including insurance and freight rail transportation, with recent stock trading down to $481.48 amid significant trading volumes.
  • American Airlines Group reported a trading price of $11.58, reflecting consistent trading volume and market cap dynamics despite fluctuations in its twelve-month price range.
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Union Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway, Vertiv, Chevron, Uber Technologies, Lockheed Martin, and American Airlines Group are the seven Transportation stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Transportation stocks are shares of companies whose main business involves moving goods or people by air, land or sea. This sector includes airlines, shipping lines, railroads, trucking and logistics firms, and is closely tied to economic activity and trade volumes. Because their profitability often depends on factors like fuel costs, trade flows and infrastructure investment, transportation stocks can serve as useful indicators of broader market conditions. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Transportation stocks within the last several days.

Union Pacific (UNP)

Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, renewable biofuel producers, and other agricultural users; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, petroleum, liquid petroleum gases, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers.

Shares of UNP stock traded up $4.43 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $229.17. 5,028,650 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,148,130. Union Pacific has a 12 month low of $204.66 and a 12 month high of $258.07. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $227.17 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $231.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.86, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $136.92 billion, a PE ratio of 19.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.05.

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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

Berkshire Hathaway stock traded down $2.59 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $481.48. The stock had a trading volume of 2,228,454 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,849,680. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.04 trillion, a P/E ratio of 12.84, a P/E/G ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.83. Berkshire Hathaway has a one year low of $406.11 and a one year high of $542.07. The firm's 50 day moving average is $488.63 and its 200 day moving average is $496.25.

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Vertiv (VRT)

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

VRT stock traded up $4.29 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $141.76. The company had a trading volume of 7,304,839 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,399,697. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. Vertiv has a 12-month low of $53.60 and a 12-month high of $155.84. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $118.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $103.98. The company has a market capitalization of $54.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 82.41, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.75.

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Chevron (CVX)

Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant.

Chevron stock traded up $1.10 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $155.94. The stock had a trading volume of 5,375,944 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,482,831. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Chevron has a 52-week low of $132.04 and a 52-week high of $168.96. The firm has a market cap of $272.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a fifty day moving average of $145.12 and a 200 day moving average of $148.82.

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Uber Technologies (UBER)

Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services.

Shares of NYSE:UBER traded down $0.87 during trading on Monday, reaching $90.43. 8,210,106 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 22,316,346. The firm has a market capitalization of $189.09 billion, a PE ratio of 15.85, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.40. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $89.29 and its 200-day simple moving average is $79.71. Uber Technologies has a 12-month low of $54.84 and a 12-month high of $97.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02.

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Lockheed Martin (LMT)

Lockheed Martin Corporation, a security and aerospace company, engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of technology systems, products, and services worldwide. The company operates through Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space segments.

Shares of NYSE LMT traded up $0.91 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $422.08. 1,639,966 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,669,597. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.47. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $465.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $462.62. Lockheed Martin has a one year low of $410.11 and a one year high of $618.95. The company has a market cap of $98.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 0.28.

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American Airlines Group (AAL)

American Airlines Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a network air carrier. The company provides scheduled air transportation services for passengers and cargo through its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C., as well as through partner gateways in London, Doha, Madrid, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney, and Tokyo.

AAL traded up $0.08 during trading on Monday, hitting $11.58. The stock had a trading volume of 56,442,509 shares, compared to its average volume of 55,958,234. The company has a market capitalization of $7.63 billion, a PE ratio of 14.47, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.36. American Airlines Group has a twelve month low of $8.50 and a twelve month high of $19.10. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $11.53 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.55.

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