Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Clean Diesel Technologies Reports Q4 Loss Of $5.7M (NASDAQ: CDTI).

Cusick's Corner Volume is way down, window dressing is done and the market rests in front of the Unemployment data tomorrow. Take the afternoon looking at sectors and stocks that you believe will grow in a sub 9% unemployment environment. Keep in mind that you will have to take into consideration...

Last night, Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) released its quarterly earnings results, missing analysts' consensus revenue estimates. MOS shares have lost 0.78% to $79.82 in the wake of this disappointment. All of Mosaic's competitors are flying higher, however, as the grain complex has gone crazy due to a...

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) shares are skyrocketing more than 4% this morning after the USDA released a bullish crop report for corn, which is incredibly energy intensive to produce. At last check, shares of CF Industries were up $5.37 to $137.98, a gain of 4.05%.

According to Morgan Stanley, Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is maintaining its Overweight rating following F3Q11 results that came in ahead of both our and the consensus expectations, in our case largely because of lower phosphate COGS. Morgan Stanley reported that in general, the quarter was marked...

Goldman Sachs continues to see robust near-term earnings momentum for Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) “as demand remains strong and pricing continues an upward trajectory.” “Near-term we expect the Cargill distribution could be an overhang, but see better relative performance materializing once the follow...

Piper Jaffray has an Overweight rating and a $95 price target on shares of Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON). In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We maintain our Overweight rating and $95 price target on shares on MON following a round of dealer checks that gives us increased confidence in...

Cusick's Corner The market continued to chop its way higher into the After Hours and the strength continued to be wide spread. Most notably the Small Caps, IWM & RUT, were the leaders and traders like to see these higher beta stocks to be on the move. Market watchers will be focused on Ireland...

CNBC Fast Money's Tim Seymour recommended a long position in Vale (ADR) (NYSE: VALE). Vale (ADR) (VALE) fell 0.15%, and closed at $32.92 today. JJ Kinahan thinks that The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) should be bought on the weakness. The Mosaic Company (MOS) gained 2.03% in the regular trading...

Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) shares have been volatile today after the company reported an estimate-beating Q3 EPS of $1.21 versus the $1.07 estimate. After spiking to a high of $82.25, shares were last trading at $80.27, only fractionally off today's closing price.

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) announced today record third quarter net earnings of $542.1 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, for the quarter ended February 28, 2011. These results compare with net earnings of $222.6 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for the third quarter ended February 28,...

Cusick's Corner The bulls are on the loose and I am not one to get in front of a raging bull. Big Money, those managers who washed their hands of this market 10 sessions ago are feeling enough remorse and are back in, more so than the typical window dressing that we typically we see at month's...

Goldman Sachs is out with a research note this morning, where it suggests that traders look to sell strangles on Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON). Goldman Sachs Chemicals analyst, Robert Koort, is Buy rated on shares and sees 14% upside to his $80 12-mth price target. However, with options implying a...

US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting ADP employment data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 36 points to 12,261.00, and those for the S&P 500 index gained 4.80 points to 1,321.30. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index added 12.25 points to 2,334.75...

Acuity Brands Inc (NYSE: AYI) is expected to report its FQ2 EPS at $0.50 on revenue of $410.52 million. Family Dollar Stores Inc (NYSE: FDO) is projected to post its Q2 earnings at $0.97 per share on revenue of $2.27 billion. Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE: SIG) is expected to report its Q4 EPS at...