Fertilizer Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist – April 15th

Union Pacific, CSX, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Norfolk Southern, CF Industries, and Canadian National Railway are the seven Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks refer to the quantities of fertilizer products, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium blends, that are held in storage by producers, distributors, or large-scale agricultural operations. These inventories are maintained to ensure a steady supply for farmers and to stabilize market prices by buffering against fluctuations in production or demand. 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 traded down $0.17 on Tuesday, hitting $222.10. The company had a trading volume of 884,004 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,515,971. The company has a market cap of $133.11 billion, a PE ratio of 20.03, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.06. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $237.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $237.08. Union Pacific has a 12-month low of $204.66 and a 12-month high of $258.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76.

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 down $0.22 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $28.05. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,735,050 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,663,448. The stock has a market cap of $52.87 billion, a PE ratio of 15.67, a P/E/G ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.23. CSX has a one year low of $26.22 and a one year high of $37.10. The company has a 50 day moving average of $30.49 and a 200-day moving average of $32.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a current ratio of 0.86.

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 $0.20 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $11.39. The stock had a trading volume of 11,710,895 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,171,920. The company has a market capitalization of $73.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.45, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a one year low of $11.03 and a one year high of $17.44. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $13.51 and a 200 day moving average of $13.75.

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 traded down $0.09 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $73.84. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,080,131 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,690,799. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52-week low of $66.49 and a 52-week high of $88.31. The company’s 50-day moving average is $74.54 and its 200-day moving average is $76.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.46, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42.

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 NSC traded down $1.96 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $219.44. 269,939 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,243,878. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $54.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.30. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $236.57 and its 200-day moving average is $246.56. Norfolk Southern has a 1 year low of $201.63 and a 1 year 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 NYSE:CF traded up $0.36 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $72.77. The stock had a trading volume of 751,425 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,094,343. CF Industries has a 12-month low of $67.34 and a 12-month high of $98.25. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $77.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $84.32. The company has a quick ratio of 2.52, a current ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 0.84.

Canadian National Railway (CNI)

Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and marine transportation and logistics business in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, custom brokerage services, transloading and distribution, business development and real estate, and private car storage services; and intermodal services, such as temperature controlled cargo, port partnerships, and logistics parks.

Shares of NYSE:CNI traded down $0.67 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $99.52. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 396,620 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,272,249. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.55 billion, a PE ratio of 19.44, a P/E/G ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 0.93. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $99.28 and a 200 day moving average of $104.71. Canadian National Railway has a twelve month low of $91.65 and a twelve month high of $130.63. The company has a quick ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94.