Agriculture Stocks To Watch Today – March 12th

Deere & Company, Apollo Global Management, Chubb, Norfolk Southern, and Steel Dynamics are the five Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks represent shares in companies that are involved in producing, processing, and distributing agricultural products, including crops, livestock, and related farming inputs. These stocks provide investors exposure to the agricultural sector, which can be influenced by factors such as weather conditions, commodity prices, and changing global food demand. 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.

Deere & Company stock traded down $2.62 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $472.89. The company had a trading volume of 978,563 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,514,774. Deere & Company has a fifty-two week low of $340.20 and a fifty-two week high of $515.05. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $463.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $431.66. The company has a current ratio of 2.22, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.94. The company has a market cap of $128.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.01.

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 NYSE:APO traded up $5.72 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $136.14. 3,121,745 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,649,566. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $158.38 and its 200 day moving average price is $150.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $77.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.66. Apollo Global Management has a 12 month low of $95.11 and a 12 month high of $189.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a current ratio of 1.44.

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.

CB traded down $6.28 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $284.42. 1,147,385 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,502,760. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $272.66 and its 200-day moving average price is $280.61. The company has a quick ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 0.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $113.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.53, a P/E/G ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 0.66. Chubb has a 1-year low of $238.85 and a 1-year high of $302.05.

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 down $3.20 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $229.78. 895,625 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,161,119. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The firm has a market cap of $52.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.35. Norfolk Southern has a 1-year low of $206.71 and a 1-year high of $277.60. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $246.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $250.88.

Steel Dynamics (STLD)

Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer and metal recycler in the United States. The Steel Operations segment offers hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated steel products; parallel flange beams and channel sections, flat bars, large unequal leg angles, and reinforcing steel bars, as well as standard strength carbon, intermediate alloy hardness, and premium grade rail products; engineered special-bar-quality products, merchant-bar-quality products, and other engineered round steel bars; channels, angles, flats, merchant rounds, and reinforcing steel bars; and specialty shapes and light structural steel products.

Shares of STLD stock traded up $3.79 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $124.55. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,071,782 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,359,716. The company has a current ratio of 2.53, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32. The company has a market cap of $18.70 billion, a PE ratio of 12.68, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.34. The business has a fifty day moving average of $126.68 and a 200-day moving average of $127.80. Steel Dynamics has a 52 week low of $104.60 and a 52 week high of $155.56.