Fertilizer Stocks Worth Watching - July 9th

Union Pacific, CSX, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, Teck Resources, Norfolk Southern, CF Industries, and Mosaic are the seven Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the production, distribution, and marketing of agricultural fertilizers such as nitrogen, phosphate, and potash. Investors track these stocks to gain exposure to the agricultural input sector and benefit from trends in crop prices, global food demand, and fertilizer supply dynamics. 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 up $0.91 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $237.45. 813,532 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,718,770. The stock has a market cap of $141.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.39, a PEG ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a current ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91. Union Pacific has a twelve month low of $204.66 and a twelve month high of $258.07. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $224.89 and a 200-day moving average price of $230.99.

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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.

Shares of NASDAQ:CSX traded down $0.07 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $33.32. 3,815,796 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 13,289,052. The stock has a market cap of $62.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.92, a PEG ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 1.23. 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 twelve month low of $26.22 and a twelve month high of $37.10. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $31.41 and a 200-day moving average price of $31.08.

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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.

Shares of NYSE:PBR traded down $0.24 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $12.89. 8,937,318 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 18,173,134. The stock has a market cap of $83.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.60 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 twelve month low of $11.03 and a twelve month high of $15.73. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $12.09 and a 200-day moving average price of $12.86.

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Teck Resources (TECK)

Teck Resources Limited engages in exploring for, acquiring, developing, and producing natural resources in Asia, Europe, and North America. The company operates through Steelmaking Coal, Copper, Zinc, and Energy segments. Its principal products include copper, zinc, steelmaking coal, and blended bitumen.

Shares of NYSE:TECK traded down $0.43 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $38.69. 2,848,957 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,240,969. The stock has a market cap of $18.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 66.66, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a current ratio of 3.36, a quick ratio of 2.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. Teck Resources has a twelve month low of $28.32 and a twelve month high of $54.13. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $37.69 and a 200-day moving average price of $38.87.

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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 $0.17 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $261.37. The stock had a trading volume of 395,702 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,233,923. The company's 50 day moving average price is $245.59 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $240.15. Norfolk Southern has a 1-year low of $201.63 and a 1-year high of $277.60. The stock has a market cap of $58.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 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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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 $1.44 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $98.56. The stock had a trading volume of 939,303 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,236,023. The company's 50 day moving average price is $90.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $84.92. CF Industries has a 1-year low of $67.34 and a 1-year high of $104.45. The stock has a market cap of $16.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.99 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.22 and a current ratio of 2.59.

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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 remained flat at $37.31 during midday trading on Wednesday. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,705,254 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,815,022. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.17, a P/E/G ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 1.12. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $35.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of $29.27. Mosaic has a 52 week low of $22.36 and a 52 week high of $38.23.

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