Agriculture Stocks To Watch Now – February 02nd

Deere & Company, Chubb, Apollo Global Management, Norfolk Southern, RB Global, Eastman Chemical, and Ingersoll Rand are the seven Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks refer to shares of companies operating within the agriculture industry, including those involved in farming, crop production, livestock, equipment manufacturing, and agribusiness. Investors may choose to invest in agriculture stocks to gain exposure to the performance of this sector and potentially benefit from trends in global food consumption, production, and trade. 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 $3.70 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $476.29. 1,400,653 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,257,077. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $444.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $410.05. Deere & Company has a twelve month low of $340.20 and a twelve month high of $485.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 2.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $129.72 billion, a PE ratio of 18.61, a PEG ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.98.

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 Chubb stock traded down $2.77 during trading on Friday, reaching $272.01. 1,583,346 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,824,784. The firm has a market capitalization of $109.65 billion, a PE ratio of 11.97, a P/E/G ratio of 7.45 and a beta of 0.67. Chubb has a 1-year low of $238.85 and a 1-year high of $302.05. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $275.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $279.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 0.28 and a quick ratio of 0.28.

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 down $0.77 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $171.00. The company had a trading volume of 2,451,966 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,097,192. The company has a market capitalization of $96.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.87, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.63. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $170.11 and its 200 day moving average price is $143.31. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Apollo Global Management has a 52 week low of $95.11 and a 52 week 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.

NSC stock traded down $1.77 during trading on Friday, reaching $255.44. 1,475,142 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,151,343. The company has a current ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21. Norfolk Southern has a twelve month low of $206.71 and a twelve month high of $277.60. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $248.95 and its 200 day moving average is $249.05. The firm has a market cap of $57.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.34.

RB Global (RBA)

RB Global, Inc., an omnichannel marketplace, provides insights, services, and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Its marketplace brands include Ritchie Bros., an auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles offering online bidding; IAA, a digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers; Rouse Services, which provides asset management, data-driven intelligence, and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, a technology platform that supports customers' management of the equipment lifecycle; and Veritread, an online marketplace for heavy haul transport solution.

Shares of NYSE:RBA traded down $1.56 during trading on Friday, reaching $89.47. 3,397,869 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 737,499. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $92.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of $86.80. RB Global has a 1-year low of $63.13 and a 1-year high of $99.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.17. The firm has a market cap of $16.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.77 and a beta of 0.96.

Eastman Chemical (EMN)

Eastman Chemical Company operates as a specialty materials company in the United States, China, and internationally. The company's Additives & Functional Products segment offers amine derivative-based building blocks, intermediates for surfactants, metam-based soil fumigants, and organic acid-based solutions; specialty coalescent and solvents, paint additives, and specialty polymers; and heat transfer and aviation fluids.

EMN traded up $6.85 during trading on Friday, hitting $99.52. 2,852,169 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 922,492. The stock has a market cap of $11.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.32, a PEG ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. Eastman Chemical has a fifty-two week low of $80.71 and a fifty-two week high of $114.50. The business’s 50 day moving average is $94.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $100.03.

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.

IR traded down $0.24 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $93.77. 2,857,330 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,123,187. Ingersoll Rand has a 1 year low of $79.73 and a 1 year high of $106.03. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $95.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $95.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 1.71 and a current ratio of 2.36. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.79 billion, a PE ratio of 45.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.61 and a beta of 1.44.