Top Agriculture Stocks To Watch Now – May 16th

Deere & Company, Chubb, CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign, Apollo Global Management, 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 involved in the production, processing and distribution of agricultural goods—ranging from seed and fertilizer manufacturers to farm-equipment makers and agritech firms. Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to the performance of the food-and-fiber sector, which is driven by factors such as global food demand, commodity prices and technological advances in crop and livestock production. 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 $15.40 during trading on Friday, reaching $531.72. The company had a trading volume of 1,340,973 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,422,665. The firm has a market capitalization of $144.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.08. 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 stock’s fifty day moving average price is $467.17 and its 200 day moving average price is $453.46. Deere & Company has a fifty-two week low of $340.20 and a fifty-two week high of $533.57.

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 $1.72 during trading on Friday, reaching $293.77. The company had a trading volume of 640,148 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,634,989. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $288.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $280.64. Chubb has a fifty-two week low of $251.42 and a fifty-two week high of $306.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $117.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 0.25 and a quick ratio of 0.28.

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH)

CNH Industrial NV is an equipment and services company, which develops, manufactures and sells specialized machines and services for the farming and construction industries, and supplies replacement parts and accessories. It operates through the following operating segments: Agriculture, Construction, and Financial Services.

CNH stock traded up $0.35 on Friday, reaching $13.75. 13,186,432 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 13,003,711. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $12.09 and a 200-day moving average of $12.02. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a twelve month low of $9.28 and a twelve month high of $13.87. The firm has a market cap of $17.17 billion, a PE ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 1.50. The company has a quick ratio of 10.83, a current ratio of 13.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.54.

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 $0.67 during trading on Friday, reaching $144.15. 910,628 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,897,282. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $132.68 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $152.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 1.44. The company has a market capitalization of $82.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.70, a P/E/G ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.67. Apollo Global Management has a 1 year low of $95.11 and a 1 year high of $189.49.

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 $2.23 during trading on Friday, reaching $246.14. The company had a trading volume of 433,659 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,206,520. Norfolk Southern has a twelve month low of $201.63 and a twelve month high of $277.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $55.49 billion, a PE ratio of 21.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.30. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $225.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $242.58. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16.