Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City are the five Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are the quantities of nutrient‐rich products that manufacturers, distributors and retailers hold in reserve to meet agricultural demand. They include both raw materials (like ammonia or phosphate concentrates) and finished blends stored in warehouses or distribution centers. Monitoring these stocks helps ensure a reliable supply chain, informs pricing decisions and guides purchasing strategies. 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 $7.08 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $222.16. 11,584,485 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,217,754. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.86, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.65. Union Pacific has a 12-month low of $204.66 and a 12-month high of $258.07. The firm has a market cap of $132.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.05. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $227.17 and its 200 day moving average price is $231.05.
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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 NYSE:NSC traded down $8.39 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $278.03. 6,216,531 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,454,796. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.78. Norfolk Southern has a 12-month low of $201.63 and a 12-month high of $288.11. The firm has a market cap of $62.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.31. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $257.03 and its 200 day moving average price is $243.68.
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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.
NASDAQ:CSX traded down $0.41 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $35.30. The stock had a trading volume of 24,235,777 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,896,004. 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 business has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $31.28. The company has a market cap of $65.81 billion, a PE ratio of 21.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.16 and a beta of 1.23.
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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 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras stock traded up $0.24 on Tuesday, hitting $12.79. 13,640,702 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 20,815,416. The stock has a market cap of $82.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.53 and a beta of 0.85. 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 firm's 50-day moving average is $12.31 and its 200 day moving average is $12.80. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a 52-week low of $11.03 and a 52-week high of $15.73.
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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.
Shares of Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock traded up $0.53 on Tuesday, hitting $76.43. 1,870,938 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,189,743. The stock has a market cap of $70.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.83, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The firm's 50-day moving average is $80.24 and its 200 day moving average is $76.95. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52-week low of $66.49 and a 52-week high of $87.72.
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