Promising Fertilizer Stocks To Watch Today - August 11th

Key Points

• Fertilizer stocks such as Union Pacific, CSX, and Petroleo Brasileiro are currently trending with significant trading volumes, reflecting investor interest in the agribusiness sector.
• Union Pacific's shares recently fell to $219.01, with a market cap of $129.88 billion and a P/E ratio of 19.02, while CSX shares decreased to $35.03, holding a market cap of $65.30 billion.
• Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a market capitalization of $77.88 billion and is engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, impacting the global energy and agricultural markets.

Union Pacific, CSX, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, Sociedad Quimica y Minera, and Norfolk Southern are the five Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are publicly traded shares of companies that manufacture, distribute or sell fertilizers and other crop‐nutrient products. Their market performance typically reflects global agricultural demand, crop‐price fluctuations and raw‐material costs such as natural gas and phosphate. Investors use them to gain exposure to the agribusiness sector and its growth potential. 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 $3.23 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $219.01. 1,842,699 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,313,652. The company's 50 day moving average is $227.09 and its 200 day moving average is $230.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $129.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.02, a P/E/G ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.86, a current ratio of 0.65 and a quick ratio of 0.53. Union Pacific has a one year low of $204.66 and a one 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.

Shares of NASDAQ:CSX traded down $0.41 on Monday, hitting $35.03. The company had a trading volume of 8,654,269 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,931,271. The company has a current ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50. CSX has a 1-year low of $26.22 and a 1-year high of $37.10. The stock has a market cap of $65.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.62, a P/E/G ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.25. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $33.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $31.45.

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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 down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $12.09. 15,724,400 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 21,268,141. The company has a market cap of $77.88 billion, a PE ratio of 5.66 and a beta of 0.85. The business's 50-day moving average price is $12.49 and its 200 day moving average price is $12.74. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a 12-month low of $11.03 and a 12-month 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.

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM)

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. operates as a mining company worldwide. The company offers specialty plant nutrients, including sodium potassium nitrate, specialty blends, and other specialty fertilizers under Ultrasol, Qrop, Speedfol, Allganic, Ultrasoline, ProP, and Prohydric brands. It also provides iodine and its derivatives for use in medical, agricultural, industrial, and human and animal nutrition products comprising x-ray contrast media, biocides, antiseptics and disinfectants, pharmaceutical intermediates, polarizing films for LCD and LED screens, chemicals, organic compounds, and pigments, as well as added to edible salt to prevent iodine deficiency disorders.

SQM traded up $3.42 on Monday, hitting $45.64. The company had a trading volume of 3,111,080 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,251,987. Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a 12-month low of $29.36 and a 12-month high of $47.39. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $36.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $37.01. The company has a market cap of $13.04 billion, a PE ratio of 21.61 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a quick ratio of 1.96, a current ratio of 2.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

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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.

Shares of NSC stock traded down $2.44 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $277.60. The company had a trading volume of 419,506 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,548,928. Norfolk Southern has a 12-month low of $201.63 and a 12-month high of $288.11. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $263.58 and a 200-day moving average of $245.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 0.79. The company has a market capitalization of $62.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.75, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.31.

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