Top Fertilizer Stocks Worth Watching - July 23rd

CSX, Union Pacific, and Canadian National Railway 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 or distribute agricultural fertilizers—nutrient products such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compounds used to enhance crop yields. Investors buy and sell these equities to gain exposure to the global farming sector, since fertilizer demand and prices tend to track planting cycles, weather patterns and commodity markets. 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 down $0.10 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $35.14. 15,266,288 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 15,413,603. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.75. CSX has a fifty-two week low of $26.22 and a fifty-two week high of $37.10. The company has a market capitalization of $66.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.07 and a beta of 1.23. The firm's fifty day moving average is $32.27 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.15.

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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 up $0.87 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $230.11. 1,252,383 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,754,294. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.61. Union Pacific has a fifty-two week low of $204.66 and a fifty-two week high of $258.07. The company has a market capitalization of $137.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 1.05. The firm's fifty day moving average is $227.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $231.19.

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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.

Canadian National Railway stock traded down $4.03 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $96.34. 2,464,677 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,352,636. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.43. Canadian National Railway has a fifty-two week low of $91.65 and a fifty-two week high of $122.06. The company has a market capitalization of $60.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 0.97. The firm's fifty day moving average is $104.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $101.67.

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