Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG), the world's largest marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a cash dividend of $0.25 per share. The dividend is payable on December 10, 2010 to shareholders of record...

I'm pulling the trigger on one of the daily trading setups from a few days ago by going long on Monsanto (MON) at $62.93. I'm going to be much tighter with my stop-loss though by placing it at $61.20. If it goes lower than that, I'll be out of the trade.  Here's the chart analysis on MON Read more...

Cusick's Corner While a 15 point range in the December E-Mini S&P futures was a nice trading day for scalpers, it was a thorny consolidation for investors. As noted in the past two Corners, there have been few major catalysts to get the market moving in one direction or the other. The market...

Cusick's Corner Yesterday's pullback felt more like profit taking than a negative reaction to any data release or headline. The Claims data for both new and existing dropped, resulting in an early morning pullback that gave some strategists the opportunity to reposition. One way to reposition in...

Last week, Intrepid Potash's (NYSE: IPI) results beat forecasts due mostly to higher volumes as customers bought ahead of planned price hikes. While fundamentals have improved, we do not see IPI fully participating in this uptrend until 1Q11 given its lack of compaction capability. Dahlman Rose...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 9, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) as the Bull of the Day and Monsanto Company (MON) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Manpower (MAN), Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and...

Futures continue to consolidate near their overnight highs, with very little in the way of economic reports to affect change on that, so it will be upon the bulls and bears to determine at the open whether they are in a profit taking mode today or if they want to push this market even higher today...

Monsanto's (NYSE: MON) 2010 U.S. yield results for corn and soy were slightly better than expected overall, Jefferies & Company reports, saying that with a favorable backdrop from agricultural prices likely to support sentiment into next year, it is raising its target $5 to $60, 18x calendar...

We reiterate our Underperform recommendation on Monsanto Company (MON) based on low visibility on the yield performance of SmartStax seed in the coming years. Based on concerns regarding the performance of SmartStax seed, estimates have gone down by 6 cents and 14 cents for fiscal 2011 and 2012,...

Agrium Inc. (AGU) recorded net earnings of $111 million or 70 cents per share in the third quarter of 2010, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimates by 19 cents per share. However, it exceeded the prior-year profit of $26 million or 16 cents per share. Including one-time charges, Agrium recorded net...

Monsanto (NYSE: MON) confirmed 2011 ongoing EPS guidance of $2.72 to $2.82 on an ongoing basis and $2.67 to $2.77 on an as-reported basis. The company continues to project free cash flow in the range of $800 million to $900 million, which reflects an expected investment of $600 million -to $700...

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) reported 3Q2010 EPS of $1.10 Friday after the market close, Goldman Sachs reports. “This was roughly $0.30 shy of our and Street estimates,” Goldman Sachs writes. “The stock nonetheless traded up intraday and closed up over $1, as investors were willing to...

JP Morgan has published a research report on CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) following the company's 3Q earnings report and comparison to Agrium's (NYSE: AGU) business experience. In the report, JP Morgan writes "Average product prices for the quarter experienced by CF were meaningfully...