Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and CSX are the three Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks refer to shares of companies in the agriculture industry that produce and distribute fertilizers. These stocks are affected by factors such as crop prices, weather conditions, and regulatory changes that impact the demand for fertilizers in farming. Investors may be interested in fertilizer stocks as a way to capitalize on global food production trends and agricultural market performance. 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 UNP traded up $1.12 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $243.20. The company had a trading volume of 795,469 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,773,351. Union Pacific has a 1-year low of $218.55 and a 1-year high of $258.66. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $235.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $240.19. The stock has a market cap of $147.44 billion, a PE ratio of 21.91, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.06.
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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 up $4.46 during trading on Monday, hitting $253.56. 471,427 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,186,790. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $57.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.92, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $246.51 and a 200-day moving average price of $250.03. Norfolk Southern has a 1 year low of $206.71 and a 1 year high of $277.60.
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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.
CSX traded up $0.46 on Monday, reaching $33.05. 3,588,939 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,571,883. CSX has a twelve month low of $31.43 and a twelve month high of $40.12. The company’s 50 day moving average is $32.94 and its 200-day moving average is $33.85. The company has a market cap of $63.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.47, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a current ratio of 0.86.
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