Monsanto Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides agricultural products for farmers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. The Seeds and Genomics segment produces row crop seeds, including corn, soybean, cotton, and canola seeds under the DEKALB, Asgrow, and Deltapine brands; and vegetable seeds, such as tomato, pepper, melon, cucumber, squash, beans, broccoli, onions, lettuce, and others under the Seminis and De Ruiter brands. It also develops biotechnology traits that assist farmers in controlling insects and weeds in corn, soybean, and cotton crops under the SmartStax, YieldGard, YieldGard VT Triple, VT Triple PRO, and VT Double PRO brands; Intacta RR2 PRO brand; Bollgard and Bollgard II brands; Roundup Ready and Roundup Ready 2 Yield brands; and Roundup Ready 2 Xtend and Bollgard II XtendFlex brands. In addition, this segment licenses a range of germplasm and trait technologies to large and small seed companies. The Agricultural Productivity segment manufactures and sells herbicides for nonselective agricultural and residential lawn and garden applications for weed control under the Roundup brand name; and herbicides for selective agricultural applications for weed control under the XtendiMax brand name. The company markets its products through distributors, independent retailers and dealers, agricultural cooperatives, plant raisers, and agents, as well as directly to farmers. It has strategic alliance with Pairwise Plants to advance agriculture research and development by using gene-editing technology. The company was formerly known as Monsanto Ag Company and changed its name to Monsanto Company in March 2000. Monsanto Company was founded in 2000 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Stock Exchange NYSE
Industry Agricultural chemicals
Sub-IndustryFertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals
SectorBasic Materials
Current SymbolNYSE:MON
Previous Symbol
CUSIP61166W10
Phone314-694-1000
Debt
Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A
Current RatioN/A
Quick RatioN/A
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E RatioN/A
Forward P/E RatioN/A
P/E GrowthN/A
Sales & Book Value
Annual SalesN/A
Price / SalesN/A
Cash FlowN/A
Price / CashN/A
Book ValueN/A
Price / BookN/A
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A
Net IncomeN/A
Net MarginsN/A
Return on EquityN/A
Return on AssetsN/A
Miscellaneous
Employees23,300
Outstanding SharesN/A
Market Cap$0.00
OptionableOptionable
Monsanto (NYSE:MON) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Monsanto's stock symbol?
Monsanto trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MON."
How often does Monsanto pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Monsanto?
Monsanto announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.54 per share on Friday, April 27th. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 5th. View Monsanto's Dividend History.
How were Monsanto's earnings last quarter?
Monsanto (NYSE:MON) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 4th. The basic materials company reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.41) by $0.61. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.51 billion. Monsanto's quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.07 EPS. View Monsanto's Earnings History.
What price target have analysts set for MON?
5 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Monsanto's stock. Their predictions range from $119.00 to $128.00. On average, they expect Monsanto's share price to reach $123.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Monsanto.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Monsanto?
5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Monsanto in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Monsanto.
Has Monsanto been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about MON stock has trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Monsanto earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
Who are some of Monsanto's key competitors?
Who are Monsanto's key executives?
Monsanto's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Hugh Grant, Exec. Chairman & CEO (Age 60)
- Mr. Brett D. Begemann, Pres & COO (Age 57)
- Mr. Pierre C. Courduroux, Sr. VP & CFO (Age 53)
- Dr. Robert T. Fraley Ph.D., Exec. VP & CTO (Age 65)
- Mr. David F. Snively, Exec. VP, Sec. & Gen. Counsel (Age 64)
What is Monsanto's stock price today?
One share of MON stock can currently be purchased for approximately $127.95.
What is Monsanto's official website?
How can I contact Monsanto?
Monsanto's mailing address is 800 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD, ST LOUIS MO, 63167. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 314-694-1000 or via email at [email protected]
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