Fertilizer Stocks To Follow Today – February 09th

CSX, Union Pacific, 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 companies involved in the manufacturing, distribution, or sales of fertilizers. These stocks can include companies that produce nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium-based fertilizers, as well as specialty and organic fertilizers. Investors may be interested in fertilizer stocks due to the agriculture sector’s reliance on fertilizers for crop production. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer stocks within the last several days.

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 CSX stock traded down $0.15 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $32.59. The company had a trading volume of 16,936,363 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,562,859. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $32.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.85. CSX has a fifty-two week low of $31.43 and a fifty-two week high of $40.12. The firm has a market cap of $62.85 billion, a PE ratio of 18.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 1.23.

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.

Union Pacific stock traded down $1.39 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $242.12. 2,185,539 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,819,387. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $235.14 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $240.17. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76. Union Pacific has a 12 month low of $218.55 and a 12 month high of $258.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $146.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.83, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.06.

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.

NYSE PBR traded down $0.16 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $13.71. 16,494,164 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 10,953,442. The stock has a market cap of $88.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.35, a P/E/G ratio of 0.17 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.71. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a one year low of $12.55 and a one year high of $17.91. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $13.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $14.14.