Top Agriculture Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist – August 17th

Deere & Company, Bloom Energy, Norfolk Southern, Apollo Global Management, Chubb, Arch Capital Group, and Ingersoll Rand are the seven Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks are equity shares of companies involved in the production, processing and distribution of agricultural goods and services—ranging from farm equipment and inputs like seeds and fertilizers to food processors and commodity traders. Investing in these stocks gives exposure to the global food supply chain and its drivers, such as weather patterns, commodity price swings and technological advances in farming. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Agriculture stocks within the last several days.

Deere & Company (DE)

Deere & Co. engages in the manufacture and distribution of equipment used in agriculture, construction, forestry, and turf care. It operates through the following segments: Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Agriculture and Turf segment focuses on the distribution and manufacture of a full line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts.

Shares of NYSE DE traded up $9.84 on Friday, hitting $488.68. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,673,758 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,318,860. The company has a market capitalization of $132.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 2.19 and a quick ratio of 1.89. Deere & Company has a 12-month low of $371.16 and a 12-month high of $533.78. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $511.18 and a 200-day moving average of $489.97.

Bloom Energy (BE)

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion.

Shares of BE stock traded up $0.21 on Friday, reaching $45.32. 12,427,549 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,190,416. The stock has a market cap of $10.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,133.28 and a beta of 3.28. Bloom Energy has a 1-year low of $9.02 and a 1-year high of $47.21. The company has a quick ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 4.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.18. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $28.57 and a two-hundred day moving average of $23.54.

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.

NYSE NSC traded down $1.64 on Friday, reaching $280.86. The company had a trading volume of 1,939,854 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,210,820. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.09 billion, a PE ratio of 18.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 1.31. Norfolk Southern has a 1 year low of $201.63 and a 1 year high of $288.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $266.84 and a 200-day moving average of $246.68.

Apollo Global Management (APO)

Apollo Global Management, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in credit, private equity, infrastructure, secondaries and real estate markets. The firm prefers to invest in private and public markets. The firm’s private equity investments include traditional buyouts, recapitalization, distressed buyouts and debt investments in real estate, corporate partner buyouts, distressed asset, corporate carve-outs, middle market, growth, venture capital, turnaround, bridge, corporate restructuring, special situation, acquisition, and industry consolidation transactions.

APO traded down $1.27 on Friday, hitting $139.41. 3,157,630 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,140,754. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $142.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $140.42. The firm has a market cap of $79.75 billion, a PE ratio of 26.06, a P/E/G ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.62. Apollo Global Management has a twelve month low of $102.58 and a twelve month high of $189.49.

Chubb (CB)

Chubb Limited provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. The company's North America Commercial P&C Insurance segment offers commercial property, casualty, workers' compensation, package policies, risk management, financial lines, marine, construction, environmental, medical risk, cyber risk, surety, and casualty; and group accident and health insurance to large, middle market, and small commercial businesses.

Shares of NYSE CB traded down $1.58 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $274.16. 1,504,402 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,108,787. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $277.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $282.48. The company has a market cap of $109.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.09, a PEG ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.53. Chubb has a 52 week low of $252.16 and a 52 week high of $306.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.28 and a quick ratio of 0.28.

Arch Capital Group (ACGL)

Arch Capital Group Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance products worldwide. The company's Insurance segment offers primary and excess casualty coverages; loss sensitive primary casualty insurance programs; directors' and officers' liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices and fiduciary liability, crime, professional indemnity, and other financial related coverages; medical professional and general liability insurance coverages; and workers' compensation and umbrella liability, as well as commercial automobile and inland marine products.

Shares of Arch Capital Group stock traded down $0.74 on Friday, reaching $90.72. 3,051,822 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,644,230. The company has a current ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.56 and a beta of 0.49. Arch Capital Group has a fifty-two week low of $82.49 and a fifty-two week high of $116.47. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $89.30 and a 200-day moving average price of $91.24.

Ingersoll Rand (IR)

Ingersoll Rand Inc. provides various mission-critical air, gas, liquid, and solid flow creation technologies services and solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Industrial Technologies and Services, and Precision and Science Technologies. The Industrial Technologies and Services segment designs, manufactures, markets, and services air and gas compression, vacuum, and blower products; fluid transfer equipment and loading systems; and power tools and lifting equipment, including associated aftermarket parts, consumables, air treatment equipment, controls, other accessories, and services under the under the Ingersoll Rand, Gardner Denver, Nash, CompAir, Elmo Rietschle brands, etc.

IR traded down $1.89 on Friday, reaching $78.31. 2,917,999 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,608,425. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $83.40 and its 200-day moving average price is $81.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 2.29 and a quick ratio of 1.63. Ingersoll Rand has a 52-week low of $65.61 and a 52-week high of $106.03. The company has a market cap of $31.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.18, a PEG ratio of 4.43 and a beta of 1.41.