E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) first-quarter earnings dropped sharply as unusually cold weather in North America delayed farmers’ decisions to buy seeds and chemicals for spring plantings. E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) shares after opening at $67.16 moved to $67.71 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $66.98. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.70 and price to cash ratio as 6.75. E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) showed a positive weekly performance of 0.77%.
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan logoPotash Corp./Saskatchewan (NYSE:POT) was upgraded by stock analysts at Miller Tabak from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report issued on Tuesday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm currently has a $30.00 price objective on the stock, up from their previous price objective of $28.00. Miller Tabak’s price objective indicates a potential downside of 13.94% from the stock’s previous close. Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT) shares fell -0.31% in last trading session and ended the day on $34.90. POT return on equity ratio is recorded as 17.70% and its return on assets is 9.80%. Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT) yearly performance is -4.96%.
Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) VP Tom D. Hartley sold 7,900 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.51, for a total value of $873,029.00. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 9,961 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,100,790. Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) shares moved up 0.38% in last trading session and was closed at $112.95, while trading in range of $112.02 – $113.13. Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) year to date (YTD) performance is -2.35%.
Petrochemicals firm Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) has signed a US$350mn deal to acquire the Brazilian and Paraguayan fertilizer distribution assets of food processor Archer Daniels Midland. Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) weekly performance is 1.33%. On last trading day company shares ended up $48.72. Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 0.92%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $84.46.