Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, CSX, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, Canadian National Railway, and CF Industries are the seven Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that manufacture, supply or distribute chemical and organic fertilizers used to boost soil fertility and crop yields. Their performance is tied to agricultural commodity prices, input costs (such as natural gas for nitrogen production) and global supply-demand dynamics, making them sensitive to cyclical trends, weather patterns and geopolitical factors. 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 midday trading on Friday, reaching $277.00. 6,134,047 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,268,577. The company has a market capitalization of $62.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.92, a P/E/G ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.31. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $252.39 and its 200-day simple moving average is $241.76. Norfolk Southern has a 1 year low of $201.63 and a 1 year high of $280.00. 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.
Union Pacific stock traded down $2.59 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $224.90. 5,793,560 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,753,150. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.73. The company has a market capitalization of $134.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.05. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $227.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $231.17. Union Pacific has a 1 year low of $204.66 and a 1 year high of $258.07.
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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 $0.11 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $34.39. The company's stock had a trading volume of 24,854,035 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,576,402. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. The firm has a market cap of $64.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.59, a PEG ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 1.23. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $32.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.16. CSX has a 52-week low of $26.22 and a 52-week high of $37.10.
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP)
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; merchandise freight, such as forest products, energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals, consumer products, and automotive; and intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers.
CP traded down $2.70 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $77.56. The company's stock had a trading volume of 5,603,511 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,844,535. The company has a current ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The firm has a market cap of $71.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.20, a PEG ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $80.63 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $76.87. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52-week low of $66.49 and a 52-week high of $87.72.
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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 $0.28 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $12.02. The stock had a trading volume of 28,389,987 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,334,528. The company has a market capitalization of $77.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.97 and a beta of 0.85. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a 1-year low of $11.03 and a 1-year high of $15.73. The company has a quick ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $12.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $12.84.
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Canadian National Railway (CNI)
Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and marine transportation and logistics business in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, custom brokerage services, transloading and distribution, business development and real estate, and private car storage services; and intermodal services, such as temperature controlled cargo, port partnerships, and logistics parks.
Shares of NYSE CNI traded down $2.33 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $99.50. The stock had a trading volume of 2,900,107 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,340,131. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $104.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $101.67. The company has a market capitalization of $62.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.40, a PEG ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. Canadian National Railway has a 1-year low of $91.65 and a 1-year high of $122.19.
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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 Industries stock traded up $0.81 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $92.60. 2,297,544 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,265,571. The company's fifty day moving average price is $93.04 and its 200-day moving average price is $85.50. The company has a market cap of $15.70 billion, a PE ratio of 12.20 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 2.59 and a quick ratio of 2.22. CF Industries has a fifty-two week low of $67.34 and a fifty-two week high of $104.45.
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