Top Fertilizer Stocks To Research – July 2nd

Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, Mosaic, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, CSX, and Teck Resources are the seven Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are the quantities of plant‐nutrition products that manufacturers, distributors and retailers hold on hand at any given time in the supply chain. They serve as a buffer against production disruptions and seasonal demand swings, helping to ensure that farmers can secure needed nutrients when it’s time to plant or grow crops. Market analysts closely watch fertilizer‐stock levels as key indicators of supply tightness and potential price movements. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer stocks within the last several days.

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 down $0.49 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $261.90. 539,814 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,295,286. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.89, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15. Norfolk Southern has a twelve month low of $201.63 and a twelve month high of $277.60. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $241.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $239.31.

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.

UNP traded up $0.01 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $235.58. The stock had a trading volume of 592,187 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,709,731. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $222.77 and a 200-day moving average price of $230.68. The firm has a market cap of $140.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.05. Union Pacific has a one year low of $204.66 and a one year high of $258.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.61.

Petroleo 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 stock traded up $0.26 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $12.85. 10,414,867 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 21,015,291. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a 12 month low of $11.03 and a 12 month high of $15.73. The company has a current ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $82.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.59 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $11.94 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.87.

Mosaic (MOS)

The Mosaic Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. It owns and operates mines, which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients, such as diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and ammoniated phosphate products; and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients primarily under the Biofos and Nexfos brand names, as well as produces a double sulfate of potash magnesia product under K-Mag brand name.

Shares of MOS stock traded up $1.04 on Wednesday, hitting $37.82. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,851,415 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,811,470. Mosaic has a fifty-two week low of $22.36 and a fifty-two week high of $38.04. The company has a market capitalization of $12.00 billion, a PE ratio of 32.61, a PEG ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.12. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $34.17 and its 200-day moving average is $28.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 1.12.

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.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock traded up $0.74 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $81.20. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,204,052 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,260,331. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.81 and a quick ratio of 0.70. The company has a market cap of $74.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.44, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.07. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1-year low of $66.49 and a 1-year high of $87.72. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $78.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $76.15.

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 $0.02 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $33.46. 2,798,370 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 13,270,326. The firm has a market cap of $62.85 billion, a PE ratio of 20.03, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $30.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $31.04. CSX has a 12 month low of $26.22 and a 12 month high of $37.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.75.

Teck Resources (TECK)

Teck Resources Limited engages in exploring for, acquiring, developing, and producing natural resources in Asia, Europe, and North America. The company operates through Steelmaking Coal, Copper, Zinc, and Energy segments. Its principal products include copper, zinc, steelmaking coal, and blended bitumen.

Teck Resources stock traded up $1.47 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $41.77. 2,160,441 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,475,174. The company has a current ratio of 3.36, a quick ratio of 2.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. Teck Resources has a twelve month low of $28.32 and a twelve month high of $54.13. The company has a market cap of $20.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 72.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.80. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $37.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $38.89.