Fertilizer Stocks To Follow Today - August 5th

Key Points

• Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras are the three key fertilizer stocks highlighted for monitoring due to their significant trading volume recently.
• Norfolk Southern's stock traded at $279.27 with a market cap of $62.73 billion, while Union Pacific's stock reached $222.70, having a market cap of $132.07 billion.
• Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras saw its stock value rise to $12.85, which is relatively stable, with a twelve-month low of $11.03 and a high of $15.73.

Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras are the three Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that manufacture and supply agricultural nutrients—such as nitrogen, phosphate and potash—to farmers worldwide. Their performance tends to track global crop‐planting cycles, commodity‐price movements and geopolitical or logistical factors that affect fertilizer supply and demand. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer stocks within the last several days.

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 $1.15 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $279.27. 957,980 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,542,622. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.89, a PEG ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.31. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $260.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $244.93. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.79 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.

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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.

UNP traded up $0.64 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $222.70. The stock had a trading volume of 1,195,690 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,324,767. The company has a market capitalization of $132.07 billion, a PE ratio of 19.36, a PEG ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.06. Union Pacific has a twelve month low of $204.66 and a twelve month 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 50 day simple moving average of $227.03 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $230.75.

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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 traded up $0.09 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $12.85. The stock had a trading volume of 11,236,143 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,773,162. The company has a market capitalization of $82.78 billion, a PE ratio of 9.59 and a beta of 0.85. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a twelve month low of $11.03 and a twelve month high of $15.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.72. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $12.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.77.

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