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Monsanto Company - Comparative Business Analysis Snapshot
Business Description
Monsanto Company. The Group's principal activity is to provide agricultural products to farmers. It operates in two segments: Seeds and Genomics and Agricultural Productivity. The Seeds and Genomics segment consists of the global seeds and related traits businesses and biotechnology platforms. In this segment its major brands include DEKALB, Channel Bio for corn, Asgrow for soybeans, Deltapine for cotton and Seminis and De Ruiter for vegetable seeds. Its Biotechnology traits include SmartStax, YieldGard and YieldGard VT for corn, Bollgard and Bollgard II for cotton, Roundup Ready and Roundup Ready 2 Yield for soybeans and Genuity, global brand for multiple products. The Agricultural Productivity segment consists of the crop protection products and lawn-and-garden herbicide products. On 01-Oct-2008, the Group divested its Dairy Business. In December 2008, the Group acquired Aly Participacoes Ltda. In July 2009, it acquired WestBred, LLC.
Competitor Analysis
This analysis compares Monsanto Company with three other companies in closely related industry sectors.
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- Sales Analysis: Recent Sales, Sales Growth, Sales per Employee
- Recent Stock Performance
- Company Valuation Ratios: Price/Earnings, Price/Book Value
- Price/Sales and 52 Week Price change
- Dividend Analysis
- Profitability Analysis: Gross Profit Margin, EBITDA Margin
- Earnings Before Extraordinary Items
- Inventory Analysis
- Research and Development Expenses
- Financial Position: Long Term Debt/Equity, Days Accounts Receivable, Days Inventory
- R&D Expenses/Sales
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