Top Transportation Stocks To Watch Now – January 31st

Chevron, United Parcel Service, Vertiv, Uber Technologies, and Berkshire Hathaway are the five Transportation stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Transportation stocks refer to stocks of companies that are involved in the transportation of goods or people, such as airlines, railroads, shipping companies, and trucking firms. These stocks can be sensitive to economic conditions and factors like fuel prices, demand for transportation services, and regulatory changes. Investors often look to transportation stocks as a gauge of overall economic health and activity. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Transportation stocks within the last several days.

Chevron (CVX)

Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant.

NYSE:CVX traded down $6.83 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $149.49. The stock had a trading volume of 10,587,510 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,716,894. Chevron has a twelve month low of $135.37 and a twelve month high of $167.11. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $153.46 and a 200 day simple moving average of $151.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $268.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.39, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.07.

United Parcel Service (UPS)

United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation and delivery, distribution, contract logistics, ocean freight, airfreight, customs brokerage, and insurance services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of express letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States.

Shares of United Parcel Service stock traded down $1.51 during trading on Friday, reaching $113.40. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 11,879,176 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,558,455. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $128.72 and a 200-day moving average price of $130.61. United Parcel Service has a 12-month low of $109.62 and a 12-month high of $158.95. The company has a market capitalization of $96.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.14, a current ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20.

Vertiv (VRT)

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Vertiv stock traded up $2.12 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $116.72. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 8,698,646 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,467,610. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.38. Vertiv has a fifty-two week low of $55.00 and a fifty-two week high of $155.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.81 billion, a PE ratio of 78.06, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.63. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $126.08 and its 200 day simple moving average is $105.81.

Uber Technologies (UBER)

Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services.

Shares of NYSE UBER traded down $0.15 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $66.45. The company had a trading volume of 11,138,134 shares, compared to its average volume of 24,756,473. The firm has a market capitalization of $139.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 1.36. Uber Technologies has a twelve month low of $54.84 and a twelve month high of $87.00. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $65.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $70.14. The company has a quick ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 1.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. It also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

Shares of BRK.B stock traded down $3.37 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $468.99. 1,390,870 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,921,099. The firm has a market cap of $1.01 trillion, a PE ratio of 9.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 0.88. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $461.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $456.01. Berkshire Hathaway has a 1-year low of $381.48 and a 1-year high of $491.67.