Top Agriculture Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist – May 21st

Edible Garden, Apollo Global Management, Deere & Company, Chubb, and Vodafone Group Public are the five Agriculture stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Agriculture stocks are equity securities issued by companies whose core operations involve the cultivation, production and distribution of agricultural goods and services—ranging from crop and livestock farming to farm equipment manufacturing, agrochemicals and food processing. Investors buy these shares to gain exposure to global food demand, commodity price cycles and technological advances in the agricultural sector. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Agriculture stocks within the last several days.

Edible Garden (EDBL)

Edible Garden AG Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operate as a controlled environment agriculture farming company. It offers various packaged products, including cilantro, rosemary, mint, thyme, oregano, bay leaves, chives, poultry mix, sage, dill, buttercrunch living lettuce, basil, living butterhead lettuce, basil, parsley, arugula spring mix, baby arugula blend, baby romaine, and crisp ranch and Caesar salad kits.

Shares of NASDAQ:EDBL traded up $1.69 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $5.29. 101,810,596 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,162,292. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The firm has a market cap of $8.76 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 1.55. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $2.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $4.14. Edible Garden has a 1 year low of $1.80 and a 1 year high of $62.50.

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 stock traded down $7.59 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $131.70. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,680,162 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,913,617. Apollo Global Management has a 52-week low of $95.11 and a 52-week high of $189.49. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $133.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $152.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $75.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.06, a PEG ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.67. The company has a quick ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

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 DE traded down $10.99 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $515.35. The stock had a trading volume of 424,781 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,412,695. Deere & Company has a 1-year low of $340.20 and a 1-year high of $533.78. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $470.64 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $456.41. The company has a market cap of $139.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.85, a PEG 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.

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.

NYSE:CB traded down $1.83 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $290.13. 713,730 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,607,275. Chubb has a fifty-two week low of $251.42 and a fifty-two week high of $306.91. The company has a current ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The company has a market capitalization of $116.26 billion, a PE ratio of 12.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $288.69 and a 200 day simple moving average of $280.85.

Vodafone Group Public (VOD)

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Europe and internationally. It offers mobile connectivity services comprising end-to-end services for mobile voice and data, messaging, device management, BYOx, and telecoms management, as well as professional and consulting services; and fixed line connectivity, such as fixed voice and data, broadband, software-defined networks, managed WAN, LAN, ethernet, and satellite; and financial services, as well as business and merchant services.

Vodafone Group Public stock traded up $0.02 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $10.41. 19,505,323 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,283,125. Vodafone Group Public has a 12-month low of $8.00 and a 12-month high of $10.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.37. The stock has a market cap of $25.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.61. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $9.28 and its 200 day simple moving average is $8.89.