Good news for ethanol producers like ADM (ADM), Verasun (VSE) and Pacifc Ethanol (PEIX).
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast that farmers will harvest 12.3 billion bushels of corn, up more than 570 million bushels from last month's estimate of 11.7 billion. That's down 6% from last year's record crop of 13.1 billion bushels, but 17% above the 2006 harvest.
VeraSun Energy (VSE), the country’s largest ethanol producer managed to handily beat the analysts' estimates for the 2nd quarter of 2008. Estimates for the quarter’s per share earnings ranged from a -7¢ to a positive 12¢, with the average of 18 analysts at 2¢ earnings. Actual earnings came in at 15¢ per share, well above the average and handily beating the most optimistic. The 15¢ per share also almost doubles the 8¢ earned in Q1, 2008. VSE’s total revenues of $1.015 billion also exceeded the average estimate of $924 million.
The most interesting point of the press release is that VeraSun s
Ethonal is a bogus alt energy. In time we will look back and laugh at the idea of using this inferior product. The only thing to keep it a float is government conctracts/mandate. The only thing draggin it down is production cost, rising cost of corn, lack of fuel effienciey, general move away towards BETTER alt energies... (the list goes on)
The link above is the Department of Energy’s response to several questions concerning biofuels' impact on food and energy prices. The questions are from Senator Jeff Bingaman, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The 16 page report is in question-and-answer form and here are some selected quotes:
VeraSun Energy (VSE) President and CFO Danny Herron presented at the William Blair 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference 2 weeks ago. I listened to the replay, checked out the slide show and took some notes. The presentation was very upbeat, as they usually are. This is a company that has gone from a couple of plants to the nation's leading ethanol producer in the space of about 3 years. I was most interested in the comments concerning the ethanol market in general and the specific growth and profitability prospects for VSE.
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I am a fan of ethanol. The addition of corn ethanol to our US fuel supply chain has had a significant impact on keeping gasoline prices way lower than they otherwise would have been, and has paid for the subsidies many times over. But that has not translated to gains for ethanol stocks, which are down on the order of 50% over the last year according to the Camino Energy index, and it won't change anytime soon.
As the bellwether US ethanol pureplays are finally down to earth, my predictions have come to pass. Two years ago ahead of Verasun's (VSE) IPO, I blogged an analysis saying I thought V
Once-in-vogue ethanol stocks have taken a beating over the past year as investors went from wildly bullish to wildly bearish due to concerns about a production glut, and claims ethanol is a driving force behind rising food prices -- which could threaten its coveted government subsidies.
But Barron's Andrew Bary thinks the ethanol rally will resume. "The stocks are depressed, the businesses are profitable and the companies generally trade below the replacement cost of their ethanol plants."<!---->
VeraSun Energy (VSE)
has reported 1st quarter earnings and the results could be considered
very good, given the current sentiment for ethanol producers.<!----> VSE
increased quarterly revenue by 257%, primarily by increasing the volume
of ethanol sold by 223%. VeraSun sold 191.7 million gallons of ethanol,
including 49.5 million gallons it purchased from other producers to
resell to its customers. VeraSun’s own production increased 138.6%
from the 1st quarter of 2007.
The first thing I notice from thisinformation is that there seems to be a very strong demand for ethanol!Who would have guess
I am writing this in response some of the debates going on around ethanol at the moment, and to provide some research driven facts regarding my position in the area and particularly in VeraSun (VSE).
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The real issue is energy security. The more ethanol from US corn in your tanks, the less dependent the US is on foreign imports. This is a no-brainer - oil will go up as the middle classes in India and China grows (see India/China automotive growth targets for next 5 years here). In addition, it keeps the USD in the US; this is why Brazilian ethanol is not a good solution. Every perc
All ethanol stocks have been crashing lately as it was reported there was a surplus of ethanol than the demand. A recent senate bill however massively boosts the mandate for ethanol use from 7.5 billion gallons in 2012 to 36 billion gallons by 2022. This should be a nice push for all these stocks.
1. The price of oil is on the declne.
2. The current administration will do its best to keep the price of oil (the price of gas) down -- they have an election to win.
3. Companies that develop ethanol and alternative fuels can only compete when the price of oil is high. These technologies are not cost effective when the price of gas is cheap.
4. Ethanol Companies already sport ludicrously rediculous valuations.
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