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Profile - Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug  1Dividend payment of $0.12
Location
800 North Lindbergh Boulevard
Saint Louis, MO 63167
Phone: (314) 694-1000
Fax: (314) 694-1057
Email: relations.investor@monsanto.com
Employees (last reported count): 14,700
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 87%
·Institutional: 14% (107% of float)
(149 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.58M shares (+4.20%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Monsanto Company is a global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products for growers and downstream customers, such as grain processors, food companies and consumers, in agricultural markets. The combination of the Company's herbicides, seeds and related biotechnology trait products provides growers with integrated solutions to more efficiently and cost effectively produce crops at higher yields, while controlling weeds and insects. Monsanto's business is divided into two segments, Agricultural Productivity, and Seeds and Genomics.
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Financial Summary
Monsanto Company is a provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products for growers. Monsanto produces herbicides, seeds and related genetic trait products to produce crops at higher yields. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales fell less than 1% to $3.32 billion. Net income before acct. chng. and extraordinary item rose 53% to $446 million. Results reflect a decrease in Roundup herbicide sales, foreign currency fluctuations and a decrease in interest expense.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Frank AtLee III, 60
Chairman
--  
Hendrik Verfaillie, 55
Pres, CEO, Director
$1.3M
Terrell Crews, 45
CFO, Exec. VP
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Cheryl Morley, 46
Pres of Animal Agricultural Group
--  
Hugh Grant, 42
Exec. VP, COO
827K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:MONAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 17-Oct-2000
$4.969
Recent Price$34.11 
52-Week High
on 2-July-2001
$38.80 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)247.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)134.0K
Stock Performance
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26-Week Change+4.5%
26-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+13.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$8.80B
Shares Outstanding258.1M
Float33.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.48 
Dividend Yield1.41%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$29.06 
Earnings (ttm)$1.24 
Earnings (mrq)$1.48 
Sales (ttm)$21.03 
Cash (mrq)$0.91 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.17 
Price/Earnings (ttm)27.44 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.62 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$5.48B
EBITDA (ttm)$806.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$330.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)12.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.73%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.90%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.79 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.32 
Total Cash (mrq)$236.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short548.0K
Percent of Float1.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
656.0K
Short Ratio1.64 
Daily Volume334.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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