Agriculture Stocks To Watch Now – May 12th

Apollo Global Management, Deere & Company, Ingersoll Rand, Chubb, and Norfolk Southern are the five Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose core businesses involve farming and related activities, such as crop and livestock production, farm equipment manufacturing, seeds, fertilizers, and distribution services. Investing in these stocks provides exposure to the agricultural sector’s performance, which is influenced by factors like weather conditions, commodity prices, and global food demand. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Agriculture stocks within the last several days.

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 up $10.71 on Monday, hitting $143.17. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,595,922 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,880,516. Apollo Global Management has a 12 month low of $95.11 and a 12 month high of $189.49. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $131.82 and its 200-day simple moving average is $152.59. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market cap of $81.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.67.

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.

Deere & Company stock traded up $4.93 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $497.53. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 950,711 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,415,233. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $465.80 and a 200-day moving average price of $451.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.94, a current ratio of 2.22 and a quick ratio of 1.98. Deere & Company has a 12 month low of $340.20 and a 12 month high of $515.05. The stock has a market cap of $135.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.08.

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.

Ingersoll Rand stock traded up $5.14 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $84.46. 4,133,507 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,609,539. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.96, a P/E/G 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. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $77.05 and its 200 day moving average price is $88.48. Ingersoll Rand has a 52-week low of $65.61 and a 52-week high of $106.03.

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 CB stock traded down $1.27 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $288.62. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 658,485 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,626,899. The stock has a market cap of $115.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.69, a PEG ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 0.57. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $288.46 and a 200 day moving average price of $280.58. Chubb has a 52-week low of $251.42 and a 52-week high of $306.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a current ratio of 0.25.

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 NYSE NSC traded up $15.41 during trading on Monday, hitting $238.91. The company had a trading volume of 727,995 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,210,810. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.30. Norfolk Southern has a 12 month low of $201.63 and a 12 month high of $277.60. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $225.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $242.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.90.