Agricultural Chemicals: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and (NYSE:DD), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE:POT), Monsanto (NYSE:MON), The Mosaic (NYSE:MOS), Ceres, (NASDAQ:CERE)

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Analyst Ratings.Net reports. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $63.48. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), net profit margin is 8.20% and weekly performance is 0.31%. On last trading day company shares ended up $65.64. Analysts mean target price for the company is $69.27. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -2.87%.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE:POT), was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock traders acquired 5,323 put options on the stock, American Banking Newsreports. This is an increase of 172% compared to the typical volume of 1,959 put options. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE:POT), fell 1.16% in last trading session and ended the day on $37.55. POT, Gross Margin is 36.10% and its return on assets is 8.70%. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE:POT), quarterly performance is 10.12%.

On July 01, 2014, Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), announced that it has entered into accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreements with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. to repurchase an aggregate of $6 billion of the company’s common stock. Today’s ASR is part of Monsanto’s share repurchase programs under which an additional $10 billion of authority was recently announced on June 25, 2014. Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), shares moved down 1.00% in last trading session and was closed at $125.25, while trading in range of $125.10 – 126.63 Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), year to date (YTD) performance is 8.66%.

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS), ended the last trading day at $48.76. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 0.93% and price to cash ratio as 7.26. The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS), showed a negative weekly performance of 0.33%.

On July 02, 2014, Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ:CERE), an agricultural biotechnology and seed company, announced that it will report financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2014 on Thursday, July 10, 2014 after the close of the market. The company has scheduled a webcast and conference call for 4:30 p.m. EDT (1:30 p.m. PDT) to discuss its fiscal third quarter results and to provide an update on its business. Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ:CERE), weekly performance is 7.69%. On last trading day company shares ended up $0.70. Analysts mean target price for the company is $4.00. Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ:CERE), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 9.96%.

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