CSX, Union Pacific, and Norfolk Southern are the three Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that produce, market or distribute fertilizers—substances applied to soil or crops to supply essential nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Investors buy these equities to gain exposure to agricultural input markets, whose performance is driven by factors such as crop planting seasons, raw‐material costs and global trade dynamics. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer stocks within the last several days.
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 stock traded up $0.97 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $34.23. The company had a trading volume of 16,403,575 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,427,973. CSX has a 1 year low of $26.22 and a 1 year high of $37.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.75. The company has a market capitalization of $64.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.51, a P/E/G ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 1.23. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $32.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.13.
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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 $3.45 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $227.73. The company had a trading volume of 2,443,286 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,734,431. Union Pacific has a 1 year low of $204.66 and a 1 year high of $258.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.61. The company has a market capitalization of $136.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.05. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $227.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $231.18.
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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 up $6.82 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $267.14. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,418,245 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,240,676. The business has a fifty day moving average of $250.41 and a 200-day moving average of $241.17. The stock has a market cap of $60.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.25, a P/E/G ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.31. Norfolk Southern has a twelve month low of $201.63 and a twelve month high of $277.60. The company has a current ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15.
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