Fertilizer Stocks To Watch Now - July 15th

CSX, Union Pacific, and Norfolk Southern are the three Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are publicly traded shares of companies that mine, manufacture and distribute plant nutrients—such as nitrogen, phosphate and potash—used to boost crop yields. These equities give investors exposure to the agriculture‐inputs sector and tend to be driven by global crop demand, commodity price swings, weather patterns and related regulatory policies. 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 stock traded down $0.33 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $33.66. 5,899,441 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 13,382,627. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.75. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $31.84 and its 200 day moving average price is $31.10. CSX has a 1-year low of $26.22 and a 1-year high of $37.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 1.23.

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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.

NYSE:UNP traded down $1.21 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $232.10. 663,652 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,732,073. Union Pacific has a twelve month low of $204.66 and a twelve month high of $258.07. The stock has a market cap of $138.67 billion, a PE ratio of 20.93, a PEG ratio of 2.36 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. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $226.44 and a 200 day moving average of $231.18.

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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 traded down $2.66 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $260.24. The company's stock had a trading volume of 412,514 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,236,615. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.78. The company's 50-day moving average is $248.79 and its 200-day moving average is $240.91. Norfolk Southern has a 52 week low of $201.63 and a 52 week high of $277.60. The firm has a market cap of $58.67 billion, a PE ratio of 17.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.31.

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