Best Fertilizer Stocks Worth Watching – March 31st

Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City are the five Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks refer to the shares of companies that produce, distribute, or supply fertilizers, which are essential for enhancing soil fertility and boosting agricultural productivity. The performance of these stocks is influenced by factors such as global agricultural demand, commodity prices, regulatory changes, and advancements in farming technologies. 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.

UNP stock traded up $2.09 during trading on Monday, hitting $234.24. The stock had a trading volume of 736,300 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,419,148. The stock has a market cap of $141.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.77. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $243.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $239.41. Union Pacific has a 1-year low of $218.55 and a 1-year high of $258.07.

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 NASDAQ CSX traded up $0.19 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $29.30. 4,749,526 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,296,214. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43. The company has a market capitalization of $55.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.25. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $31.75 and a 200-day moving average price of $33.20. CSX has a 52-week low of $28.87 and a 52-week high of $37.10.

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 $3.65 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $234.20. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 534,227 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,207,442. 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 cap of $53.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.35. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $245.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $249.05. Norfolk Southern has a 1 year low of $206.71 and a 1 year high of $277.60.

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 up $0.03 during trading on Monday, reaching $14.41. The company had a trading volume of 8,207,428 shares, compared to its average volume of 16,662,808. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 0.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $92.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.64, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.39. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a 12-month low of $12.45 and a 12-month high of $17.44. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $13.85 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $13.93.

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 stock traded up $0.60 on Monday, reaching $70.02. 1,545,098 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,522,792. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 1-year low of $68.28 and a 1-year high of $89.26. The stock has a market cap of $65.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $76.45 and a two-hundred day moving average of $77.42.