Weekly Recap | MOO.US -1.08%, regulatory probe weighs on farm machinery
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.MOO.US fell 1.08% this week to close at $80.46, while the S&P 500 rose 1.15%, leaving the ETF roughly 2.23 percentage points behind. It was a fade-after-the-open week: the fund started Monday at $81.27, pushed up to $82.47 intraday, and hit a weekly high of $82.846 on Tuesday before sliding through Thursday and Friday to close at $80.46. Weekly amplitude was 3.04%. Average daily volume of around 153,100 shares sat about 36% below the 60-day median, so turnover was thin.
The Week
MOO.US fell 1.08% this week to close at $80.46, while the S&P 500 rose 1.15%, leaving the ETF roughly 2.23 percentage points behind. It was a fade-after-the-open week: the fund started Monday at $81.27, pushed up to $82.47 intraday, and hit a weekly high of $82.846 on Tuesday before sliding through Thursday and Friday to close at $80.46. Weekly amplitude was 3.04%. Average daily volume of around 153,100 shares sat about 36% below the 60-day median, so turnover was thin. Close from Friday was $80.46 against a prior-week close of $81.34.
Sector News
Agribusiness news this week split between farm machinery and farm inputs. On the regulatory side, the FTC and USDA opened a competition probe into farm equipment, and Deere, Caterpillar, and CNH slipped midweek, with Deere down 3.07% on Wednesday. On the partnership side, Yamaha Motor and John Deere said they would co-develop future side-by-side vehicles. In farm inputs, Corteva completed the Vylor spin-off; Vylor received an Outperform initiation from Oppenheimer with an $82 target, alongside a $3 billion revolver and $1.5 billion credit facility. In animal health, Zoetis declared a $0.53 quarterly dividend and said its Simparica Trio outperformed NexGard Plus against a resistant heartworm isolate. CF Industries affirmed its dividend and kept an RBC Hold rating, while Tyson Foods held a Piper Sandler Overweight. Among the week’s headlines, ‘Agriculture Stocks To Follow Today’ captured a few of these names, and a separate note flagged Deere as potentially 5% undervalued.
The Week Ahead
Next week is heavy on macro data. October 13 brings NFIB small-business sentiment and existing home sales, and October 14 brings CPI and core CPI, with core CPI at 2.4% previously and 2.5% expected. On the earnings side, ADM has updated its Q3 calendar and CF Industries has confirmed its Q3 release and call dates, so early guidance signals from major agribusiness names will start to land. Deere remains in focus after the FTC probe and the Yamaha tie-up, with Wells Fargo keeping a Buy rating.
In Short
The week shaped up as relative weakness, thin volume, and a sector split: farm machinery was weighed down by the regulatory probe, while animal health and parts of farm inputs held up better. The ETF itself traded about a third below its volume median, suggesting limited participation. On valuation, the fund trades at a price-to-book of about 0.99, though a negative P/E makes earnings-based measures noisy. The latest session’s capital flow showed small-lot money as a net buyer while large and medium orders were flat. The question for the week ahead is whether the CPI prints anchor the rate-sensitive agribusiness complex, and whether early earnings commentary from Deere, ADM, and CF can firm up the sector tone.
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