Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and CSX are the three Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are the quantities of manufactured fertilizer products that producers, distributors or farmers hold in inventory for future agricultural use. They serve to balance supply and demand, ensure timely availability of nutrients for crops, and help stabilize market prices. Monitoring fertilizer stock levels is crucial for effective procurement planning and reducing price volatility. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer 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 NYSE:UNP traded down $0.72 during trading on Friday, reaching $236.45. 1,327,641 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,723,651. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.61. Union Pacific has a 12 month low of $204.66 and a 12 month high of $258.07. The company has a 50 day moving average of $224.00 and a 200-day moving average of $230.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $141.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 1.05.
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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.
Shares of NYSE:NSC traded up $0.50 during trading on Friday, hitting $262.50. 928,463 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,238,299. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.93, a PEG ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.31. The business's fifty day moving average is $244.07 and its 200-day moving average is $239.75. Norfolk Southern has a one year low of $201.63 and a one year high of $277.60. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15.
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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.
CSX traded down $0.18 during trading on Friday, reaching $33.43. 5,638,784 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 13,318,513. The stock has a market cap of $62.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.02, a PEG ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 1.23. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $31.20 and a 200 day moving average of $31.06. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. CSX has a 52 week low of $26.22 and a 52 week high of $37.10.
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