Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) reported a 37% drop in its third-quarter profit. Scotts Miracle-Gro reported its quarterly profit at $111.6 million, or $1.69 per share, down from $175.9 million, or $2.65 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its adjusted earnings came in at $1.91 per...

Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating on CF Industries (NYSE: CF). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $215. On Friday, CF added 3.58% to its value to finish the week at $146.66.

With the US markets crashing, most European markets in turmoil, Japan stagnating, and other areas of the world suffering due to the worldwide recession, where is an investor to turn? The Swiss franc is skyrocketing, while the currency for the rest of Europe is tanking. Since Switzerland is known...

Jan Hatzius, the prestigious economist at Government, err Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) came out with a report this morning and told us to expect some kind of QE3 announcement when the Federal Reserve meets next week. This is from his note this morning, thanks to ZeroHedge: "We have lowered our...

Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) is up over 9% in today's pre-market trading due to Q2 earnings. The company reported an adjusted EPS of $5.49 beat EPS estimate of $4.87. Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) gained over 7% in the pre-market. CF Industries (NYSE: CF) gained over 4% during pre-market hours...

priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) rose 9.04% to $527.01 in the pre-market session. PCLN reported upbeat Q2 profit. CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) added 4.53% to $148.00 in the pre-market session. CF reported a strong rise in its Q2 profit. Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU)...

I borrowed the title of today's issue from the Daniel Day Lewis movie of the same name - based on the Upton Sinclair novel, "Oil!" The novel detailed the oil boom of early 20th Century Southern California. Today I'm not going to talk much about oil, but the title of the movie is appropriate enough...

Goldman Sachs has upgraded CF Industries (NYSE: CF) from Sell to Neutral and has raised the price target from $131 to $160.

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) Board of Directors declared an increase in the quarterly dividend on its common shares from 28 cents per share to 30 cents per share as part of its continuing commitment to return value to shareowners. The dividend relates to the company's fourth quarter of its 2011...

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Wednesday, August 3, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Wednesday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are set to rebound today after moving into negative territory for the year...

It might be time to just put all of your money into a pile in the front yard and burn it. There is nothing in the economic data this month to suggest that the economy is turning around. Unemployment sucks. Manufacturing sucks. Housing sucks. The Republicans just — quite successfully — held the...

That's a lot of reasons to buy agricultural names, so here's why. According to an article on Bloomberg, the 7 billionth person will be born this year, on October 31 in India. This is from a projection from the United Nations, which cites a variety of different reasons why the world's population...

CF Industries Holdings (NYSE: CF) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, August 4, 2011. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Thursday's second quarter earnings announcement. Earnings and Revenue: Ahead of the company's earnings announcement, analysts are...

Notable gainers this morning: Old National Bancorp (NYSE: ONB) +9.41% on upbeat earning. Terra Nitrogen Company (NYSE: TNH) +5.84% on heavy volume. Net Servicos de Comunicacao SA (NASDAQ: NETC) +4.85% VirnetX Holding Corporation (NYSE: VHC) +4.41% on heavy volume Alliance Resource Partners...

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE: AXL) had its rating reiterated at Hold. On Friday, AXL added 8.82% to its value to finish the week at $11.47. Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) had its rating reiterated at...