Promising Fertilizer Stocks To Research - July 4th

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, and CF Industries are the five Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are the quantities of fertilizer products—such as nitrogen, phosphate or potash formulations—held in storage by manufacturers, distributors and retailers at a given point in time, serving as a key indicator of supply levels and market balance. In a financial context, “fertilizer stocks” can also refer to the publicly traded shares of companies that produce, process or distribute these agricultural inputs. 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 midday trading on Friday, hitting $236.45. The stock had a trading volume of 1,327,641 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,719,394. The company has a market cap of $141.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.30, a PEG ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.05. Union Pacific has a 12 month low of $204.66 and a 12 month high of $258.07. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $223.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $230.75. The company has a quick ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91.

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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 $0.50 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $262.50. The stock had a trading volume of 928,463 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,237,129. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.18 billion, a PE ratio of 17.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.31. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $243.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of $239.60. Norfolk Southern has a fifty-two week low of $201.63 and a fifty-two week high of $277.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.70.

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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 CSX stock traded down $0.18 on Friday, reaching $33.43. The stock had a trading volume of 5,638,784 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,303,420. CSX has a 12 month low of $26.22 and a 12 month high of $37.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.02, a P/E/G ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 1.23. The firm's 50-day moving average is $31.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.06. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52.

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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.

NYSE:PBR traded up $0.11 on Friday, hitting $13.06. The company's stock had a trading volume of 12,658,011 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,245,577. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a one year low of $11.03 and a one year high of $15.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $84.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.74 and a beta of 0.85. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $12.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $12.86. The company has a current ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76.

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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.

Shares of CF stock traded down $0.07 during trading on Friday, reaching $93.78. 1,516,352 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,240,612. CF Industries has a twelve month low of $67.34 and a twelve month high of $104.45. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $89.73 and its 200-day moving average price is $84.70. The company has a quick ratio of 2.22, a current ratio of 2.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.90 billion, a PE ratio of 12.36 and a beta of 0.96.

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