After more than 31 years of service, Antonio Galindez, president and CEO of Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) will retire from the Company, effective May 1. Tim Hassinger, global commercial leader for Dow AgroSciences and global leader of Dow AgroSciences’ Crop Protection Global Business Unit, has been named as Galindez’ successor. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) shares after opening at $50.64 moved to $50.84 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $50.21. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.05 and price to cash ratio as 10.06.The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) showed a positive weekly performance of 3.21%.
Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) has selected Accenture (NYSE:ACN) to help improve its use of business analytics and to drive standardization and efficiency through the design and implementation of an integrated enterprise performance management system built on the SAP HANA® platform.Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) shares fell -1.82% in last trading session and ended the day on $23.77. HUN return on equity ratio is recorded as 7.10% and its return on assets is 1.40%. Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) yearly performance is 30.32%.
FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC) was downgraded by analysts at Macquarie to a “neutral” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, Analyst Ratings.Net reports.FMC Corp (NYSE:FMC) shares moved down -0.30% in last trading session and was closed at $78.90, while trading in range of $78.90-$80.28.FMC Corp (NYSE:FMC) year to date performance is 4.56%.
Rentech, Inc. (NASDAQ:RTK) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from sell to hold. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins. Rentech, Inc. (NASDAQ:RTK) weekly performance is 1.68%. On last trading day company shares ended up $1.82. Rentech, Inc. (NASDAQ:RTK) distance from 50-day simple moving average is -2.52%.Analysts mean target price for the company is $2.37.