Top Agriculture Stocks To Research - November 6th

Key Points

• MarketBeat’s agriculture-stock screen highlighted seven names based on recent dollar trading volume: Deere, Corteva, Valmont Industries, Gates Industrial, CEA Industries (CEAD and BNC), and Hydrofarm Holdings.
• The companies span farm equipment, seeds and crop protection, infrastructure and irrigation, and controlled-environment agriculture. Their shares offer exposure to agricultural demand but can be affected by weather, crop prices, regulation, and input costs.
• In Friday trading, Deere and Valmont shares rose, while Corteva and CEAD fell; Gates Industrial, BNC, and Hydrofarm also edged higher. The article provides individual stock and trading metrics but no broader sector performance or investment recommendations.

Deere & Company, Corteva, Valmont Industries, Gates Industrial, CEA Industries, CEA Industries, and Hydrofarm Holdings Group are the seven Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in farming and the broader agricultural industry, including seed and fertilizer makers, equipment manufacturers, growers, and food processors. Investors may use them to gain exposure to agricultural demand, but their performance can be affected by weather, crop prices, regulation, and input costs. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Agriculture stocks within the last several days.

Deere & Company (DE)

Deere & Co. engages in the manufacture and distribution of equipment used in agriculture, construction, forestry, and turf care. It operates through the following segments: Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Agriculture and Turf segment focuses on the distribution and manufacture of a full line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts.

NYSE:DE traded up $11.88 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $675.19. The stock had a trading volume of 477,738 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,339,180. The company has a market capitalization of $182.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.89. Deere & Company has a 1-year low of $455.90 and a 1-year high of $721.22. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $666.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $607.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.45, a current ratio of 2.10 and a quick ratio of 1.89.

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Corteva (CTVA)

Corteva, Inc. operates in the agriculture business. It operates through two segments, Seed and Crop Protection. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms. It offers trait technologies that enhance resistance to weather, disease, insects, and herbicides used to control weeds, as well as food and nutritional characteristics.

CTVA traded down $0.04 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $12.00. 3,571,817 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,811,519. Corteva has a 12 month low of $11.24 and a 12 month high of $90.97. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $46.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $71.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 1.52 and a quick ratio of 1.10. The stock has a market cap of $8.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.58.

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Valmont Industries (VMI)

Valmont Industries, Inc. operates as manufacturer of products and services for infrastructure and agriculture markets in the United States, Australia, Brazil, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Infrastructure and Agriculture. The company manufactures and distributes steel, pre-stressed concrete, composite structures for electrical transmission, substation, and distribution applications; and designs, engineers, and manufactures metal, steel, wood, aluminum, and composite poles and structures for lighting and transportation applications.

VMI traded up $2.55 on Friday, hitting $400.60. 93,540 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 198,280. The firm has a market cap of $7.67 billion, a PE ratio of 14.88, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.39. Valmont Industries has a twelve month low of $378.02 and a twelve month high of $585.71. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $460.47 and a two-hundred day moving average of $476.92. The company has a current ratio of 2.41, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43.

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Gates Industrial (GTES)

GTES stock traded up $0.30 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $23.86. The company had a trading volume of 894,270 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,188,362. The company has a quick ratio of 2.40, a current ratio of 3.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $25.89 and a 200 day moving average price of $25.78. Gates Industrial has a fifty-two week low of $20.88 and a fifty-two week high of $30.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.99 billion, a PE ratio of 16.61 and a beta of 1.33.

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CEA Industries (CEAD)

CEA Industries Inc. provides environmental control, and other technologies and services to the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry worldwide. It offers floor plans and architectural design for cultivation facilities; licensed mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for commercial scale environmental control systems that are specific to cultivation facilities; and process cooling systems and other climate control systems.

Shares of CEAD stock traded down $0.44 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $4.57. The stock had a trading volume of 997,634 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,156. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $5.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $3.65. CEA Industries has a twelve month low of $6.22 and a twelve month high of $10.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.67 million, a PE ratio of -1.05 and a beta of 0.54.

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CEA Industries (BNC)

CEA Industries Inc. provides technology, engineering, and other services to the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry worldwide. It offers floor plans and architectural design for cultivation facilities; licensed mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for commercial scale environmental control systems that are specific to cultivation facilities; and process cooling systems and other climate control systems.

Shares of NASDAQ BNC traded up $0.27 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $4.84. 426,424 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 898,993. CEA Industries has a twelve month low of $1.84 and a twelve month high of $7.72. The firm has a market cap of $236.05 million, a P/E ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 0.61. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $5.05 and its 200-day moving average price is $3.59.

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Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM)

Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes controlled environment agriculture (CEA) equipment and supplies in the United States and Canada. The company provides agricultural lighting devices, indoor climate control equipment, and nutrients, as well as plant additives used to grow, farm, and cultivate cannabis, flowers, fruits, plants, vegetables, grains, and herbs in controlled environment.

HYFM traded up $0.05 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $0.78. The company's stock had a trading volume of 43,993 shares, compared to its average volume of 885,223. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $0.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.77 million, a PE ratio of -0.01 and a beta of 2.53. Hydrofarm Holdings Group has a fifty-two week low of $0.50 and a fifty-two week high of $3.20.

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