Fertilizer Stocks To Research - July 19th

Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and CSX are the three Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are the publicly traded shares of companies that manufacture or distribute fertilizers—substances rich in nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium that boost soil fertility and crop yields. Their market performance typically reflects agricultural commodity prices, global food demand trends and related government policies. 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.

Norfolk Southern stock traded up $7.19 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $277.00. 6,134,047 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,268,323. Norfolk Southern has a 12 month low of $201.63 and a 12 month high of $280.00. The business's 50-day moving average is $252.39 and its two-hundred day moving average is $241.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $62.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.92, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.78.

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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 stock traded down $2.59 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $224.90. 5,793,560 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,757,618. Union Pacific has a fifty-two week low of $204.66 and a fifty-two week high of $258.07. The stock's fifty day moving average is $227.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $231.15. The company has a market cap of $134.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.61.

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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.

NASDAQ CSX traded down $0.11 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $34.39. The company's stock had a trading volume of 24,854,035 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,551,630. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $32.27 and a 200 day moving average of $31.16. CSX has a twelve month low of $26.22 and a twelve month high of $37.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $64.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.59, a PEG ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52.

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