Promising Fertilizer Stocks To Watch Today – April 19th

Union Pacific, CSX, and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras are the three Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks refer to the reserves or inventories of nutrient-based products, often in granular, liquid, or powder form, used primarily to enhance soil fertility in agricultural production. These stocks, which include various types such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers, are maintained from production until distribution to meet crop nutrient requirements. 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.

Shares of UNP stock traded up $3.66 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $220.26. 4,545,766 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,543,373. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76. Union Pacific has a 52-week low of $204.66 and a 52-week high of $258.07. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $235.02 and a 200 day moving average of $236.47. The company has a market cap of $132.01 billion, a PE ratio of 19.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.06.

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 up $0.29 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $27.64. 21,437,293 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,674,381. The company has a market cap of $52.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.23. CSX has a 12-month low of $26.22 and a 12-month high of $37.10. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $30.07 and its 200 day moving average is $32.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio 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.

Shares of NYSE:PBR traded up $0.40 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $11.62. 32,520,566 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 17,343,096. 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 company has a fifty day simple moving average of $13.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $13.68. The company has a market cap of $74.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.54, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 0.94. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a 1 year low of $11.03 and a 1 year high of $17.44.