Top Agriculture Stocks To Watch Now – May 9th

IDACORP, Apollo Global Management, Deere & Company, Chubb, and Ingersoll Rand are the five Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks are shares of companies involved in the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural commodities, such as crop growers, livestock producers, fertilizer and pesticide manufacturers, and farm-equipment makers. Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to the farming sector and benefit from trends in crop yields, commodity prices, and global food demand. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Agriculture stocks within the last several days.

IDACORP (IDA)

IDACORP, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, purchase, and sale of electric energy in the United States. The company operates 17 hydropower generating plants located in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon; three natural gas-fired plants in southern Idaho; and interests in two coal-fired steam electric generating plants located in Wyoming and Nevada.

NYSE IDA traded up $0.42 on Friday, reaching $114.10. 1,630,144 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 335,040. IDACORP has a 12 month low of $90.64 and a 12 month high of $120.84. The company has a market cap of $6.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.82, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $115.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $113.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.70.

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.

Shares of Apollo Global Management stock traded down $0.51 during trading on Friday, hitting $132.68. 1,311,504 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,859,847. Apollo Global Management has a 52-week low of $95.11 and a 52-week high of $189.49. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $131.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $152.56. The firm has a market cap of $75.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

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.

NYSE DE traded up $2.47 during trading on Friday, reaching $492.46. 286,278 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,413,848. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.94, a current ratio of 2.22 and a quick ratio of 1.98. The firm has a market cap of $133.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.08. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $465.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $450.33. Deere & Company has a 12-month low of $340.20 and a 12-month high of $515.05.

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 up $1.73 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $290.70. 397,327 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,623,141. The company has a market cap of $116.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.79, a P/E/G ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 0.57. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $288.34 and its 200-day simple moving average is $280.82. The company has a quick ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 0.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. Chubb has a one year low of $250.90 and a one year high of $306.91.

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.

NYSE IR traded up $0.34 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $79.57. 1,350,046 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,591,837. Ingersoll Rand has a 52 week low of $65.61 and a 52 week high of $106.03. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $77.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $88.72. The company has a market cap of $32.07 billion, a PE ratio of 38.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.50 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 2.29 and a quick ratio of 1.71.