Diversified Chemicals

Earnings Preview 1/28/11 Next week the fourth quarter earnings season is in full swing. A total of 561 firms are due to report, including 106 S&P 500 firms. So far the earnings season seems to be going well. The firms reporting this week include several icons of U.S. business, including: Aflac...

SAP AG (SAP) reported fourth quarter 2010 earnings per share of €0.37 (50 cents) compared to €0.57 (77 cents) in the prior-year quarter due to charges of €933 million and associated income taxes of €359 million related to TomorrowNow litigation. Excluding these charges, SAP's EPS from...

SAP AG (SAP) reported fourth quarter 2010 earnings per share of €0.37 (50 cents) compared to €0.57 (77 cents) in the prior-year quarter due to charges of €933 million and associated income taxes of €359 million related to TomorrowNow litigation. Excluding these charges, SAP's EPS from...

Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) today reported income from continuing operations attributable to Solutia of $43 million for the fourth quarter 2010, up $34 million from the same period in 2009. The fourth quarter of 2009 was impacted by certain events affecting comparability (detailed below), which...

New home sales in December rose by 17.5% from November, but only to a dismal rate of 329,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 7.6%. While the level was substantially better than the expected rate of 300,000, it is still a very bad level. The eight lowest months on record (back to 1963) for...

New home sales in December rose by 17.5% from November, but only to a dismal rate of 329,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 7.6%. While the level was substantially better than the expected rate of 300,000, it is still a very bad level. The eight lowest months on record (back to 1963) for...

Markets closed almost flat yesterday after erasing losses ahead of President Obama's State of Union speech, scheduled for later in the day. Late-day buying helped the markets gained slightly before the close.   On Tuesday, the markets closed almost flat after erasing early losses due to...

Markets closed almost flat yesterday after erasing losses ahead of President Obama's State of Union speech, scheduled for later in the day. Late-day buying helped the markets gained slightly before the close.   On Tuesday, the markets closed almost flat after erasing early losses due to...

Citigroup has raised the price target on DuPont (NYSE: DD) from $62 to $65 and maintains its Buy rating.

DuPont (NYSE: DD) raised its outlook for 2011 EPS to $3.45-3.75 from $3.30-3.60 (vs. $3.50 consensus), excluding the $0.30-0.45 headwind from the proposed Danisco acquisition, Jefferies reports. “The new outlook reflects a $0.11-$0.12 benefit from lower pension expense, $0.09 from a lower tax rate...

Below are the top mid-cap chemicals-major diversified stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Ashland Inc (NYSE: ASH) is $9.01 billion. ASH's PEG ratio is 1.01. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) is $9.00 billion...

Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW) reported net earnings of 67 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2010, up 15.5% from 58 cents per share in the year-ago period and up 3.1% from the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 65 cents. Reported net income per share were reduced by trademark and long-lived asset...

Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW) reported net earnings of 67 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2010, up 15.5% from 58 cents per share in the year-ago period and up 3.1% from the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 65 cents. Reported net income per share were reduced by trademark and long-lived asset...

OVERVIEW Chemicals are essential to millions of consumer goods, enabling hi-tech advances in industries as diverse as aerospace, computing and telecommunications. The chemical industry comprises companies engaged in the conversion of raw materials -- oil, natural gas, air, water, metals -- that...