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Transportation Stocks To Watch Now - September 24th

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Key Points

  • Transportation stocks to watch include American Airlines, Union Pacific, and Berkshire Hathaway, which had the highest trading volumes recently.
  • American Airlines Group offers scheduled air transportation services across major hubs in the U.S. and several international gateways.
  • Union Pacific operates railroads in the U.S., providing transportation for a variety of goods including agricultural products and automobiles.
  • Interested in American Airlines Group? Here are five stocks we like better.

American Airlines Group, Union Pacific, and Berkshire Hathaway are the three Transportation stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Transportation stocks are shares of companies whose primary business is moving people or goods—such as airlines, railroads, shipping lines, trucking firms and logistics providers. Because their revenues closely track consumer demand, trade volumes and fuel costs, investors often use the performance of transportation stocks as a barometer for overall economic health and supply-chain dynamics. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Transportation stocks within the last several days.

American Airlines Group (AAL)

American Airlines Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a network air carrier. The company provides scheduled air transportation services for passengers and cargo through its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C., as well as through partner gateways in London, Doha, Madrid, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney, and Tokyo.

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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.

Read Our Latest Research Report on UNP

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BRK.B

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