Fertilizer Stocks To Research – May 19th

Union Pacific, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, CSX, Norfolk Southern, CF Industries, and YPF Sociedad Anónima are the seven Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are the quantities of fertilizer products—such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compounds—that are held in inventory by manufacturers, distributors or farmers at any given time. Maintaining adequate stocks helps ensure a steady supply of essential nutrients for crop production and buffers against market or logistical disruptions. 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 down $1.78 during trading on Monday, reaching $229.65. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 969,527 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,637,865. Union Pacific has a 1-year low of $204.66 and a 1-year high of $258.07. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $224.16 and its 200 day moving average price is $233.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.62. The company has a market capitalization of $137.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.70, a P/E/G ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.07.

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.

Shares of NYSE:PBR traded up $0.05 on Monday, reaching $12.07. 6,893,079 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 17,393,649. The company has a 50-day moving average of $12.45 and a 200-day moving average of $13.29. The firm has a market cap of $77.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 0.87. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a 1-year low of $11.03 and a 1-year high of $15.73. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65.

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 down $0.01 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $81.53. 979,755 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,479,902. The company has a market capitalization of $75.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.11, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.09. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $73.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is $75.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.53. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a fifty-two week low of $66.49 and a fifty-two week high of $87.72.

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 down $0.13 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $31.20. 2,366,521 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 12,809,449. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $28.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $31.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 1.23. The company has a market cap of $58.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.43, a PEG ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.22. CSX has a 52 week low of $26.22 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 down $1.69 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $244.42. The stock had a trading volume of 259,338 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,204,613. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.90. The company has a market capitalization of $55.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.14, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.30. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $226.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $242.41. Norfolk Southern has a 52 week low of $201.63 and a 52 week high of $277.60.

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.

Shares of CF traded down $0.11 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $87.67. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 707,845 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,673,046. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $77.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $83.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.86 billion, a PE ratio of 12.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 2.52 and a current ratio of 3.08. CF Industries has a one year low of $67.34 and a one year high of $98.25.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF)

YPF Sociedad Anónima, an energy company, engages in the oil and gas upstream and downstream activities in Argentina. Its upstream operations include the exploration, exploitation, and production of crude oil, and natural gas. The company’s downstream operations include petrochemical production and crude oil refining; transportation and distribution refined and petrochemical products; commercialization of crude oil, petrochemical products, and specialties.

Shares of NYSE YPF traded up $1.43 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $37.31. 1,210,936 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,184,359. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $32.82 and its 200-day simple moving average is $36.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market cap of $14.68 billion, a PE ratio of 18.84, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $16.18 and a 12 month high of $47.43.