Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting results from General Mills (NYSE: GIS) and home-sales data. The Greek parliament is scheduled to vote on the austerity measures. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 19 points to 12,160.00 and futures on the S&P...

Family Dollar Stores Inc (NYSE: FDO) is projected to post its Q3 earnings at $0.95 per share on revenue of $2.17 billion. Acuity Brands Inc (NYSE: AYI) is estimated to report its Q3 EPS at $0.63 on revenue of $447.59 million. General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is expected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.52 on...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Monsanto Co (NYSE: MON) to report its Q3 EPS at $1.11 on revenue of $3.38 billion. MON shares rose 0.88% to $67.49 in the after-hours trading session. Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL) announced its plans to repurchase more than...

Monsanto (NYSE: MON) is set to report earnings tomorrow before the bell. At last check, shares were up $1.28 to $67.00, a gain of nearly 1.95% as traders await earnings. Wall Street is looking for quarterly earnings of $1.11 per share on $3.38 billion in revenues. This is up from last year, when...

The CANSLIM top-8 scan saw Research in Motion (RIMM) dropped on fundamentals - finally - and Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) in at eighth place. The last installment from June 14th can be found here. The following CANSLIM stock screener settings were employed: Still top dog on the list is AAPL....

The CANSLIM top-8 scan saw Research in Motion (RIMM) dropped on fundamentals - finally - and Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) in at eighth place. The last installment from June 14th can be found here. The following CANSLIM stock screener settings were employed: Still top dog on the list is AAPL....

Today in Boston, several companies will be presenting at Oppenheimer's 11th Annual Consumer Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel. Below is a schedule of publicly-traded companies and their presentation times: 9:30am: Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) 10:05am: Pool Corp (NYSE: POOL)...

Monsanto (NYSE: MON) is scheduled to report third-quarter fiscal 2011 results Wednesday morning. Investors will be looking to see if the momentum continues after a strong first half, which included a boost to its free cash flow guidance for the full-year, driven by a strong economic climate in...

Converted Organics (Nasdaq: COIN) announced today the implementation of a series of cost reductions in all areas of its business which will reduce overhead expense and streamline operating activities. The reductions include elimination of overhead positions including a senior management position...

According to J.P. Morgan, Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) F2011 was lowered from $3.70 to $3.15. J.P. Morgan said that the decrease was due to unfavorable weather trends and a weaker product mix due to greater promotional activity. “The second quarter of 2011 has been generally wet, which could...

JP Morgan has lowered the price target on Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) from $59 to $56 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Credit Suisse made a number of updates in a research report published today, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) had its rating upgraded from Neutral to Outperform. At the same time, its price target was raised from $40 to $45. On Thursday, Southern lost 0.56% of its value to close the day at $39.34. Its...

Credit Suisse has changed the price target on the following companies: Agrium (NYSE: AGU) Outperform, from $108 to $111 Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) Outperform, from $51 to $53 Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) Neutral, from $25 to $28 Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) Outperform, from $15 to...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading session: 1) Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY): Shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb hit a 52-week...

Cusick's Corner As I mentioned yesterday and in today's Midday, Tech was really strong (look at the QQQs) and that leadership buoyed a weak market and by the afternoon, sectors like Consumer Discretionary, XLY, Housing, XHB, and even Finance, XLF, joined the advance. The table is now setting up...