As a follow-up to the top rated companies highlighted from the ETF Innovators [ETFI] healthcare and transport indexes, below are some top rated companies from other sectors and industry groups.
From the Global Tobacco Index , Altria Group (MO) is a top rated stock with a dividend yield near 8% which is set to acquire smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc. (UST) early next year and is poised to capitalize on a strong U.S. Dollar (UUP) compared to the international operations of Philip Morris (PM).
"Monsanto just recently released solid earnings and raised guidance for the year. They are now looking for earnings of $3.58 to $3.60 a share, up from $3.37 previously.
"The company said the change reflected higher-than-expected sales and gross profit in its seeds and traits business and its Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicide business.
The accompanying table presents a 20-stock defensive growth portfolio which I believe will outperform the overall market as measured by the S&P 500 Index as the current panic trade comes to an end and investors stop selling stocks regardless of their fundamentals. The average PEG ratio for this group of stocks is below one and the average dividend yield of 4.4% is nearly two times the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) yield of 2.4%. All of the stocks have a market cap over $1B with an average of just under $75B and the indust
"As incomes around the world rise, so does demand for food; and the explosive growth in population is aggravating the situation even further," note Yiannis Mostrous and Roger Conrad.
The co-editors of Vital Resource Investor explain, "The big cycle in food demand has begun, and long-term-oriented investors will be rewarded handsomely." What's the best play? Among their favorites is Monsanto (NYSE: MON).
"Monsanto is the undisputed leader in the genetically modified (GM) seed industry. Its business consists of two segme
A few months ago the other hugh grant offered up a doubling of profits over the next 4 years. GM crops are becoming more and more prevalent in todays society. With most regulatory concerns addressed and the WHO's constant reminder that we don't have enough food for the entire world, what has been dragging this stock down lately? I think Goldman-Sachs put a target of about 140 on the stock last year. I don't think that is too unreasonable. Are most investors balking right now because of the P/E ratio?
Monsanto Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides agricultural products for farmers principally in the United States. It operates in two segments, Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. The Seeds and Genomics segment produces corn, soybeans, canola, and cotton seeds, as well as vegetable and fruit seeds, including tomato, pepper, eggplant, melon, cucumber, pumpkin, squash, beans, broccoli, onions, and lettuce. This segment also develops biotechnology traits that assist farmers in controlling insects and weeds, as well as provide genetic material and biotechnology trait
Monsanto (MON) reported very good results this morning, although a bit light on the revenue line - expectations just are so high for this name and at 40x forward estimates it's a quite rich valuation. Fortunately to offset the light top line number, they raised earnings guidance for the year which is helping to support the name to a degree in pre-market. For stocks priced to perfection you need to hit on all cylinders and a perceived revenue "miss" would of dropped the stock a bit more, but the raised guidance will help offset any major long term worries.
Today's stock selection: MON Monsanto Focus: Growth and Income stock Upgrade MON is set to announce results for the fiscal third quarter on June 25, prior to market open. Wall Street estimates have been moving up ahead of the report. Four out of 12 covering analysts lifted third-quarter earnings forecasts from last month’s $1.33 per share to $1.35. The most accurate projection is higher at $1.36. The company recently hiked its quarterly dividend from 17.5 cents per share to 24 cents per share. The new dividend is payable on July 25, 2008, to shareowners of record on July 3, 2008...
Monsanto Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides agricultural products for farmers principally in the United States. It operates in two segments, Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. The Seeds and Genomics segment produces corn, soybeans, canola, and cotton seeds, as well as vegetable and fruit seeds, including tomato, pepper, eggplant, melon, cucumber, pumpkin, squash, beans, broccoli, onions, and lettuce. This segment also develops biotechnology traits that assist farmers in controlling insects and weeds, as well as provide genetic material and biotechnology traits...
On December 27th of last year I made a call on Monsanto (MON) at $112.43 per share on theupdown.com and since is up 26.86%. There was plenty of static with the call as the name had already had a pretty good run up. I have owned it in my brokerage account since it traded for $66.13. Even at this price I still believe the stock is a long term play on world agricultural technologies. Its hard to believe on March 10th of 2003 this stock sold for just $7.03 a share. These types of runs are generally not long lived, and investors have lost huge sums of money not taking any
The crazy and often deplorable and runaway rise in food prices have given companies like Monsanto a great run. But there has been outrage all over the world and there are countries where middle class people are facing such a crisis that they are going to die of hunger. This is quite a serious thing and such outrage and concern is likely to slow the rise in prices of food the world over. This would have an adverse effect on the stock price of this company. This is why I am bearish on this company in the next one year. I am sure the world leaders would do something to cool down the overheated...
After a month long sell-off that
saw Mosaic Company (MOS), Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (POT), and
Monsanto Company (MON) dip from 4-15%, the agricultural chemical companies have
rebounded to new highs within the last two weeks. Monsanto is still close to a
new high with Mosaic and Potash striking new highs on Wednesday.
As someone who is not afraid to point out what is wrong with the economy today, it is refreshing for me to be able to write about what is working well in corporate America. If the United States is going to solve its current account imbalances and boost its G.D.P. to rival the world's growth rate, domestic corporations may need to take a lesson by turning their ears (pun intended) towards a company like Monsanto (MON).
What we do best in this country is technological innovation, and there are few enterprises that exemplify that better than the world's largest company focused on seeds and tra
Today's stock selection: MON Focus: Growth and Income I'm adding MON in SP portfolio; performance to date: Gain/Loss: +21.43% in 131 days Allocation: 0.7% of portfolio Monsanto Company ( MON ) is an agricultural company that produces seed brands in large-acre crops like corn, cotton, and oilseeds (soybeans and canola), in addition to small-acre crops like vegetables. The company also creates technologies to aid farmers at protecting their yield and reducing costs.
On June 4, the company announced a three-point commitment to help increase global food product
Monsanto (MON) is by far the world's largest leading producer of bioengineered crops. In fact, the company's market share is so huge that experts estimate that Monsanto has developed 70% of the world's insect- and herbicide-resistant crops.
Do you realize what this means?
That's like having a 70% market share in the one commodity that every human being on Earth needs to survive—FOOD.
When you add the fact that demand for ethanol is putting powerful upward pressure on the price of corn, you can see why the company is about to hit the jackpot again as sales to China and India
MON - looks very toppy.
- MON reports before the open Wednesday. The stock sold off, as did all the AG's on Tuesday. The group looks very toppy, but it is the end of the quarter...
MON - it does this EVERY quarter!
- MON has earnings Wed. Monday the stock was down early but really motored into the close. You can't keep this beast down into earnings, it does this E...
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