Best Fertilizer Stocks To Research – May 9th

Union Pacific, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, CSX, CF Industries, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City are the five Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that manufacture, distribute or sell agricultural fertilizers such as nitrogen, phosphate and potash blends. Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to the agricultural inputs sector, whose performance is driven by crop‐planting trends, commodity prices and global food demand. As an asset class, fertilizer stocks can offer growth tied to rising fertilizer consumption but may also carry volatility from weather patterns, trade policies and input‐cost swings. 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 down $1.40 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $215.44. 927,143 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,599,537. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $128.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.07. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $226.17 and its 200-day moving average price is $233.96. Union Pacific has a 52-week low of $204.66 and a 52-week high of $258.07.

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.

PBR traded up $0.14 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $11.79. The company had a trading volume of 11,719,988 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,541,651. The stock has a market cap of $75.98 billion, a PE ratio of 4.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 0.87. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $12.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $13.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 0.94. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a 12-month low of $11.03 and a 12-month high of $17.41.

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 $0.27 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $28.69. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,324,941 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,695,538. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $28.83 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $31.90. The company has a market capitalization of $53.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03, a PEG ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a current ratio of 0.86. CSX has a 12-month low of $26.22 and a 12-month high of $37.10.

CF Industries (CF)

CF Industries Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other segments.

CF Industries stock traded up $0.20 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $81.52. 1,074,933 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,107,195. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $76.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $83.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 2.52 and a current ratio of 3.08. The company has a market cap of $13.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.04, a PEG ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 0.94. CF Industries has a 52-week low of $67.34 and a 52-week high of $98.25.

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.

CP traded down $0.38 on Friday, hitting $73.39. 885,808 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,730,815. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 12 month low of $66.49 and a 12 month high of $87.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.27 billion, a PE ratio of 25.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.09. 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 firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $75.13.