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MONSANTO CO (NYSE)
MON 76.07 0.35 (0.46%) Vol.  43,206 09:32 ET

Day Low - High 75.94 - 76.59
52wk Low - High 66.57 - 93.35
Avg Volume 4,798,748
Industry AGRICULTURE/PRODUCTS
Market Cap 41.32 B
Div - Yield 1.06 - 1.40
PE (forward) 22.99
PEG Ratio 1.77
Current Year Est. 3.29
EPS Last Year 3.40
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ARCHER DANIELS ADM PREMIUM
IMPERIAL SUGAR IPSU PREMIUM
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Current ABR 2.11
ABR (Last Week) 2.11
# of Recs in ABR 19
Average Target Price 94.25
Industry Rank by ABR 136 out of 217
Rank in Industry 8 out of 12
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR MON
Zacks Blog: Company News for February 9, 2010
Feb 09, 2010
Zacks Blog: Monsanto Remains Stable
Jan 15, 2010
Zacks Blog: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: XL Capital, Willis Group Holdings, Aviva, ACE Limited and Monsanto Company
Jan 14, 2010
Zacks Blog: Monsanto Signs Licensing Deal
Jan 13, 2010
Zacks Equity Research: Report for MON
Jan 12, 2010
Zacks Blog: Monsanto Reports a Net Loss
Jan 07, 2010
Zacks Blog: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Progressive Corporation, Allstate Corp., Infinity Property and Casualty Corp., State Auto Financial Corp. and Monsanto Company
Nov 12, 2009
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NEWS
MON: Conference call regarding To Earn On-Farm Trial of New Products @ 10:10 ET Today [delayed]
Feb 10, 2010
Execution is Key in Legwork Year for Monsanto; Company Focuses on Continuing to Earn On-Farm Trial of New Products
Feb 10, 2010
Upgrades: MON, CAT, PETM
Feb 09, 2010
Caterpillar: Analysts` Upgrades, Downgrades - TheStreet.com
Feb 09, 2010
SmarTrend Detects Continued Selling Pressure in Shares of Monsanto (MON)
Feb 08, 2010
Critical Alerts for Oracle, Monsanto, Costco, Diamond Offshore Drilling, and Ingersoll-Rand Released by Seven Summits Research
Feb 05, 2010
Monsanto Bearish Moving Average Crossover Alert (MON)
Feb 04, 2010
Monsanto Executives to Address Investors at February Events
Feb 03, 2010
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
02/2010
Next Quarter
05/2010
This Year
08/2010
Next Year
08/2011
Average Estimate 1.99 1.35 3.29 4.44
Number of Estimates 14 13 18 17
Low Estimates 1.88 1.25 3.15 4.00
High Estimate 2.18 1.60 3.50 5.00
Year Ago EPS 2.15 1.25 4.41 3.29
EPS Growth -7.34% 8.25% -25.31% 34.94%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Monsanto is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products for growers and downstream customers, such as grain processors and consumers, in the agricultural markets. The combination of its herbicides, seeds and related genetic trait products provides growers with integrated solutions to more efficiently and cost effectively produce crops at higher yields, while controlling weeds, insects and diseases. Its base business, led by Roundup and coupled with the latest tools in biotechnology, genomics and molecular breeding.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 3.4
Sales 11724
Net Income 1534
Price/Earnings 22.27
Price/Book 3.99
Price/Cash Flow 13.82
Price/Sales 3.84


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