Promising Fertilizer Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist – February 04th

Union Pacific, CSX, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National Railway, and Nutrien are the seven Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks refer to companies that produce and sell fertilizers, which are substances applied to soil to aid plant growth. These stocks can include companies focused on manufacturing and distributing various types of fertilizers such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium-based products. Investors may look at fertilizer stocks as a way to capitalize on the agriculture sector’s growth and demand for crop nutrients. 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.

Union Pacific stock traded up $1.49 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $244.51. 1,265,878 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,885,723. The company has a current ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $148.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.04, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.06. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $235.29 and its 200 day simple moving average is $240.11. Union Pacific has a fifty-two week low of $218.55 and a fifty-two week high of $258.66.

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.

Shares of CSX stock traded up $0.34 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $32.85. 4,859,012 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 15,324,947. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 1.23. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $33.25 and its 200-day moving average price is $33.89. CSX has a 52-week low of $31.43 and a 52-week high of $40.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 1.23.

Petróleo 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.

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras stock traded down $0.07 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $14.16. 9,840,020 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,589,975. The company has a fifty day moving average of $13.65 and a 200-day moving average of $14.16. The company has a market cap of $91.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.54, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a twelve month low of $12.55 and a twelve month high of $17.91.

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 CP traded up $2.70 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $77.45. The company had a trading volume of 1,796,703 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,587,155. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1 year low of $70.89 and a 1 year high of $91.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $72.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.69, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.53. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $75.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.89.

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.

Norfolk Southern stock traded up $2.72 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $253.04. The stock had a trading volume of 377,902 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,255,557. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. Norfolk Southern has a 52-week low of $206.71 and a 52-week high of $277.60. The stock has a market cap of $57.25 billion, a PE ratio of 21.88, a P/E/G ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.35. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $248.44 and a 200 day moving average price of $249.29.

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.

Shares of CNI traded up $4.09 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $102.81. The stock had a trading volume of 850,646 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,365,069. The company has a market cap of $64.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.07, a PEG ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 0.91. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $104.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $110.63. Canadian National Railway has a 1-year low of $98.69 and a 1-year high of $134.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.48.

Nutrien (NTR)

Nutrien Ltd. provides crop inputs and services. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Potash, Nitrogen, and Phosphate. The Retail segment distributes crop nutrients, crop protection products, seeds, and merchandise products. The Potash segment provides granular and standard potash products.

NTR stock traded up $1.94 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $52.90. 1,134,788 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,230,082. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $48.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $48.05. Nutrien has a 1-year low of $43.69 and a 1-year high of $60.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 1.27. The company has a market cap of $25.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 0.81.