CSX, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, Mosaic, CF Industries, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City are the seven Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are the publicly traded equity shares of companies that produce, distribute or sell fertilizers and related soil-nutrient products. By buying these shares, investors gain exposure to the agricultural inputs sector, whose profitability is driven by global crop demand, commodity prices and regional farming trends. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer stocks within the last several days.
CSX (CSX)
CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services. The company offers rail services; and transportation of intermodal containers and trailers, as well as other transportation services, such as rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations. It also transports chemicals, agricultural and food products, minerals, automotive, forest products, fertilizers, and metals and equipment; and coal, coke, and iron ore to electricity-generating power plants, steel manufacturers, and industrial plants, as well as exports coal to deep-water port facilities.
Shares of CSX traded up $0.59 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $35.82. 11,566,473 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 15,939,027. CSX has a 52 week low of $26.22 and a 52 week high of $37.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 0.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $66.77 billion, a PE ratio of 22.09, a PEG ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.25. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $33.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $31.46.
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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 traded up $0.03 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $219.68. 1,356,671 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,318,328. Union Pacific has a 52 week low of $204.66 and a 52 week high of $258.07. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $130.28 billion, a PE ratio of 19.08, a PEG ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.05. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $227.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $230.12.
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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.
NSC stock traded up $0.63 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $278.95. The stock had a trading volume of 496,100 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,547,550. The firm has a market cap of $62.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11. Norfolk Southern has a 1-year low of $201.63 and a 1-year high of $288.11. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $264.24 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $245.92.
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Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR)
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras explores, produces, and sells oil and gas in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Exploration and Production; Refining, Transportation and Marketing; and Gas and Power. The Exploration and Production segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas primarily for supplies to the domestic refineries.
PBR stock traded up $0.17 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $12.28. The stock had a trading volume of 10,735,772 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,249,277. The firm has a market cap of $79.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.74 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a current ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a 1-year low of $11.03 and a 1-year high of $15.73. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $12.50 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $12.73.
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Mosaic (MOS)
The Mosaic Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. It owns and operates mines, which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients, such as diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and ammoniated phosphate products; and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients primarily under the Biofos and Nexfos brand names, as well as produces a double sulfate of potash magnesia product under K-Mag brand name.
MOS stock traded down $0.85 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $31.65. The stock had a trading volume of 3,796,703 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,591,453. The firm has a market cap of $10.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. Mosaic has a 1-year low of $22.36 and a 1-year high of $38.23. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $35.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $30.94.
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CF Industries (CF)
CF Industries Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other segments.
CF stock traded up $1.05 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $83.68. The stock had a trading volume of 1,128,359 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,756,041. The firm has a market cap of $13.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.93 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a current ratio of 3.22, a quick ratio of 2.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. CF Industries has a 1-year low of $67.34 and a 1-year high of $104.45. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $93.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $85.31.
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP)
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; merchandise freight, such as forest products, energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals, consumer products, and automotive; and intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers.
CP stock traded up $0.62 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $75.14. The stock had a trading volume of 1,087,514 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,234,337. The firm has a market cap of $68.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1-year low of $66.49 and a 1-year high of $87.72. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $79.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $76.85.
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