Top Agriculture Stocks To Keep An Eye On – February 09th

Deere & Company, Apollo Global Management, Corteva, Chubb, FMC, Ingersoll Rand, and Markel Group are the seven Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks are securities representing ownership in companies engaged in the cultivation, processing, and distribution of crops, livestock, and other agricultural products. These stocks are considered part of the agricultural sector and are influenced by factors such as weather conditions, commodity prices, and global demand for food. Investors may choose to invest in agriculture stocks to gain exposure to the agriculture industry and potentially benefit from its performance. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Agriculture stocks within the last several days.

Deere & Company (DE)

Deere & Co. engages in the manufacture and distribution of equipment used in agriculture, construction, forestry, and turf care. It operates through the following segments: Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Agriculture and Turf segment focuses on the distribution and manufacture of a full line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts.

Shares of DE stock traded up $0.65 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $465.63. 898,033 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,347,099. The stock has a market capitalization of $126.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.19, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.98. Deere & Company has a 12-month low of $340.20 and a 12-month high of $485.84. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $445.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $413.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a current ratio of 2.09.

Apollo Global Management (APO)

Apollo Global Management, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in credit, private equity, infrastructure, secondaries and real estate markets. The firm prefers to invest in private and public markets. The firm’s private equity investments include traditional buyouts, recapitalization, distressed buyouts and debt investments in real estate, corporate partner buyouts, distressed asset, corporate carve-outs, middle market, growth, venture capital, turnaround, bridge, corporate restructuring, special situation, acquisition, and industry consolidation transactions.

Shares of APO traded down $1.49 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $163.39. 2,484,780 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,235,579. The business’s 50 day moving average is $169.13 and its two-hundred day moving average is $144.80. Apollo Global Management has a fifty-two week low of $95.11 and a fifty-two week high of $189.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $92.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.35, a P/E/G ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.63. The company has a current ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Corteva (CTVA)

Corteva, Inc. operates in the agriculture business. It operates through two segments, Seed and Crop Protection. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms. It offers trait technologies that enhance resistance to weather, disease, insects, and herbicides used to control weeds, as well as food and nutritional characteristics.

Shares of Corteva stock traded down $0.04 on Friday, reaching $62.32. 5,558,727 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,806,061. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.83 billion, a PE ratio of 48.31, a PEG ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 0.78. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $60.22 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.22. Corteva has a 1-year low of $50.01 and a 1-year high of $66.24. The company has a current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

Chubb (CB)

Chubb Limited provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. The company's North America Commercial P&C Insurance segment offers commercial property, casualty, workers' compensation, package policies, risk management, financial lines, marine, construction, environmental, medical risk, cyber risk, surety, and casualty; and group accident and health insurance to large, middle market, and small commercial businesses.

Shares of NYSE:CB traded down $2.74 on Friday, reaching $270.14. 1,276,153 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,785,017. The company has a 50-day moving average of $273.52 and a 200-day moving average of $279.67. The company has a current ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The firm has a market cap of $108.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 0.67. Chubb has a 1-year low of $238.85 and a 1-year high of $302.05.

FMC (FMC)

FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals that includes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control.

FMC stock traded down $1.15 during trading on Friday, reaching $34.51. 8,576,226 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,018,777. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.64. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $51.99 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.38. FMC has a 52-week low of $33.80 and a 52-week high of $68.72. The company has a market cap of $4.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.69, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.84.

Ingersoll Rand (IR)

Ingersoll Rand Inc. provides various mission-critical air, gas, liquid, and solid flow creation technologies services and solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Industrial Technologies and Services, and Precision and Science Technologies. The Industrial Technologies and Services segment designs, manufactures, markets, and services air and gas compression, vacuum, and blower products; fluid transfer equipment and loading systems; and power tools and lifting equipment, including associated aftermarket parts, consumables, air treatment equipment, controls, other accessories, and services under the under the Ingersoll Rand, Gardner Denver, Nash, CompAir, Elmo Rietschle brands, etc.

Shares of NYSE:IR traded down $1.41 during trading on Friday, hitting $90.96. 2,379,691 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,111,534. The company has a market cap of $36.66 billion, a PE ratio of 44.37, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a current ratio of 2.36, a quick ratio of 1.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $94.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $95.40. Ingersoll Rand has a 12-month low of $83.72 and a 12-month high of $106.03.

Markel Group (MKL)

Markel Group Inc., a diverse holding company, engages in marketing and underwriting specialty insurance products in the United States, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, and Germany. The company offers general and professional liability, personal lines, marine and energy, specialty programs, and workers' compensation insurance products; and property coverages that include fire, allied lines, and other specialized property coverages, including catastrophe-exposed property risks, such as earthquake and wind.

Markel Group stock traded down $32.32 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $2,027.51. The stock had a trading volume of 101,636 shares, compared to its average volume of 74,189. Markel Group has a 1-year low of $1,405.11 and a 1-year high of $2,063.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $26.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.19 and a beta of 0.78. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $1,766.15 and its two-hundred day moving average is $1,652.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 0.60 and a quick ratio of 0.60.