Monsanto Company (MON): Today's Featured Chemicals Winner
(
) pushed the Chemicals industry higher today making it today's featured chemicals winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 2%. By the end of trading, Monsanto Company rose $1.66 (2.2%) to $76.41 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 9.2 million shares of Monsanto Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $75.84-$77.35 after having opened the day at $76.11 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $74.75. Other companies within the Chemicals industry that increased today were:
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), up 10%,
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), up 8.2%,
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), up 7.3%, and
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), up 5.6%.
Monsanto Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides agricultural products for farmers in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. Monsanto Company has a market cap of $39.24 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.8, above the average chemicals industry P/E ratio of 20.7 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Monsanto Company a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Monsanto Company as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Monsanto Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 12.3%,
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), down 11%,
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), down 10.6%, and
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), down 9.8%, were all losers within the chemicals industry with
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
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) being today's chemicals industry loser.
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) while those bearish on the chemicals industry could consider
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).
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