Top Fertilizer Stocks To Research – May 5th

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, Union Pacific, CSX, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, and CF Industries are the five Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that produce or distribute agricultural nutrients—such as nitrogen, phosphate and potash—used to enhance soil fertility and crop yields. Investors track these equities to gain exposure to the agricultural input sector, whose performance often correlates with crop prices, planting seasons and global food demand. Because fertilizer producers often benefit from rising commodity prices but face volatility from regulatory changes and input costs, their stock prices can be cyclical. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer stocks within the last several days.

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 PBR stock traded down $0.36 during trading on Monday, reaching $11.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 11,680,300 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,363,806. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $12.72 and a 200-day moving average price of $13.43. The company has a market cap of $72.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 0.87. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a one year low of $11.03 and a one year high of $17.41.

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.

NYSE:UNP traded down $0.54 on Monday, hitting $217.76. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 540,944 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,584,724. Union Pacific has a one year low of $204.66 and a one year high of $258.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $130.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.06. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $228.61 and a two-hundred day moving average of $234.60. The company has a current ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.62 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.

NASDAQ CSX traded down $0.06 during trading on Monday, reaching $28.64. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,010,603 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,677,626. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43. CSX has a 12 month low of $26.22 and a 12 month high of $37.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.22. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $29.11 and a 200 day moving average price of $32.02.

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.

NYSE:CP traded down $0.29 on Monday, hitting $74.66. The company had a trading volume of 1,007,214 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,719,547. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $73.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of $75.23. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a 52 week low of $66.49 and a 52 week high of $87.72. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $69.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.76, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.09.

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 Industries stock traded up $0.70 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $81.30. The company had a trading volume of 767,425 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,094,805. The firm has a market cap of $13.78 billion, a PE ratio of 12.00, a P/E/G ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 2.52. CF Industries has a fifty-two week low of $67.34 and a fifty-two week high of $98.25. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $76.15 and a 200 day moving average price of $83.31.