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Monsanto Company F1Q09 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you, ma'am. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jeffrey Zekauskas - J.P. Morgan. Jeffrey Zekauskas - J.P. Morgan Just a quick two-part question. The first is that in Robb's slide on the pipeline, tolerant corn seems more or less equal with SmartStax...
Monsanto Earnings - Quite Awesome
Trader Mark submits: Mosaic MOS, which we sold yesterday, is riding the Monsanto MON earnings report today. They are different businesses, but both are in the agriculture space. Monsanto has confused me from a stock perspective; despite having one of the highest "moats" in the business barriers to entry,...
Market Rally Faces First New Year Tests
By Deepa SeetharamanNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's bid to rally from its worst year since the 1930s will be tested this week by the new year's first wave of likely dismal corporate news and possible roadblocks to President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan.Investors will also contend with a spate of...
Adding Some Potash after Goldman Downgrade
Trader Mark submits: Goldman is out with a note this morning against some of the major names in the agriculture space. What they write is effectively the reason we are going to have a commodity issue in the years to come; lack of investment now will cause shortages when the...
Monsanto's Intrinsic Value Looks to Be 12% Below Stock Price
Monsanto MON is a global supplier of agricultural products for farmers. $MON is down just over 11% over the last 12 months - compared with the S&P500 being down over 33%. How does the current share price look from an intrinsic value perspective? Valuecruncher valuation model of $MON with...
Monsanto Company F4Q08 (Qtr End 08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Jeffrey Zekauskas – JP Morgan Jeffrey Zekauskas – JP Morgan I noticed on your funds flow statement that your deferred revenues are $867 million versus $260 in the year ago period; does that reflect something...
Is Agriculture Dead?
Roger Nusbaum submits: Ag is dead - or so says the MarketBeat blog.The post lists all sorts of related companies, noting how much they are down, and throws in a comparison to Microsoft MSFT and the tech bubble. by Roger Nusbaum
Which Company Should Replace AIG in the Dow?
IndexUniverse submits: By Matthew Hougan Despite the bailout, it's time to remove AIG AIG from the Dow. Here's the short-list of which company might replace it. by Index Universe
Van Eck's Hard Assets Producers ETF: A Better Alternative to Commodity ETFs?
The Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF launches On Wednesday September 3, Van Eck and Jim Rogers teamed up to launch the Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF (AMEX: HAP). The fund is being billed as "the first and only global hard assets ETF" press release. by...
Have European Stocks Pulled Back Too Far?
Zacks.com submits: A major pullback in European markets recently has contributed to many investors growing concerned about a global economic slowdown. But have European stocks pulled back too far? We met with Zacks senior European markets analyst Santiago Burgaleta, CFA recently to get his outlook. Were...
Monsanto Sells Controversial Milk-Hormone Unit to Eli Lilly
Money Morning submits: By Jennifer Yousfi Monsanto Co. MON, the world’s largest seed producer, is selling off its rights to a synthetic milk-producing hormone in order to focus its attention more closely on its core business of developing genetically modified seeds and pesticides. by Money Morning
15 Value Hedge Funds Portfolio Update
Mebane Faber submits: Are the top value hedge funds going to beat the market every quarter, or just outperform when the market is going up? Maybe we should ask Will Ferrell, errr, I mean Robert Goulet: by Mebane Faber
Highly Defensive PerformIdex: 35 Stocks to Outpace the Markets
Mike Havrilla submits: The accompanying table presents a quarterly update of my Highly Defensive PerformIdex, with an average beta of 0.72 and a market cap-weighted total return of 7.9% over the past year, outpacing the overall market and ETF peer group -- except for Vanguard Consumer Staples VDC ETF with...
Buy, Sell, or Hold Fertilizer Stocks: Agriculture Bust (Part II)
Andrew Mickey submits: Sometimes stories are just too good too let go. They just have everything going for them…it seems. Lately, there hasn’t been a better “story” than agriculture. But I’m afraid, for the time being, it’s time to let go of it. A couple weeks ago I wrote a...
Monsanto Company F3Q08 (Qtr End 5/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jeffrey Zekauskas - J.P. Morgan. Jeffrey Zekauskas - J.P. Morgan Over the past two years your corn seed growth has really been quite spectacular, and last year you were up 57% with no quarter below 35%, whereas...
Zacks Buy List Highlights: Massey Energy Company, Monsanto Co., Petro-Canada and Unit Corporation
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Every day on Zacks.com, four stock picks are made based on criteria for the each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
Zacks Buy List Highlights: Knight Capital Group, Monsanto, Gulfmark Offshore and Apogee Enterprises
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Every day on Zacks.com, four stock picks are made based on criteria for the each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
Fitch Assigns 'A' Ratings to Monsanto's Sr. Note Issuance
CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has assigned 'A' ratings to Monsanto Company's Monsanto senior note debt issuances. Today, Monsanto issued $300 million of 10-year senior notes and $250 million of 30-year senior notes both yielding approximately 165 basis points over comparable Treasuries. Proceeds are to be used for the refinancing of...
Monsanto Company F2Q08 (Qtr End 02/29/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator instructions. And our first question comes from the line of Mike Judd of Greenwich Consultants, please proceed with your question. Mike Judd – Greenwich Consultants Yes, congratulations on a good quarter. A two part question relating to weather in...
Zacks Buy List Highlights: Sohu.com, Monsanto Co., The Buckle and Perini Corporation
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Every day on Zacks.com, four stock picks are made based on criteria for the each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
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- Revenue (Fiscal Year) $11.3B
- Profit (Fiscal Year) $2.0B
- Incorporated: 2000
- CEO: Mr. Hugh Grant
Monsanto provides agricultural products for farmers. As of Aug 31 2008, Co. had two segments: Seeds and Genomics, which consists of its seeds and related traits businesses and biotechnology platforms; and Agricultural Productivity, which consists of its crop protection products and lawn-and-garden herbicide products. Through its Seeds and Genomics segment, Co. produces seed brands including DEKALB, Asgrow, Deltapine, Seminis, and De Ruiter, and develops biotechnology traits that assist farmers in controlling insects and weeds. Through its Agricultural Productivity segment, Co. manufactures Roundup brand herbicides and other herbicides and provides lawn-and-garden herbicide products.
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Mr. Hugh Grant Chairman
Mr. Robert J. Stevens
Mr. Arthur H. Harper
Ms. Janice L. Fields
Mr. Frank V. AtLee III
Mr. John W. Bachmann
Ms. Gwendolyn S. King
Mr. C. Steven McMillan
Mr. William U. Parfet
Dr. George H. Poste D.V.M.
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Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing: 325320
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