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Monsanto Company Overview

Address

800 N. Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, 
MO 63167 United States
Phone: 314-694-1000
Fax:314-694-8394

Monsanto Company Rankings

#234 in FORTUNE 500 (May 2011) 
#S&P 500 
#213 in FT Global 500 (June 2011)

Company Description

An ear of corn the size of a Trident missile? Not quite, but Monsanto is all about bioengineered crops. The company helps farmers grow more crops like corn, cotton, oilseeds, and vegetables by applying biotechnology and genomics to seeds and herbicides. It produces genetically altered seeds that tolerate Roundup (its flagship product and the world's #1 herbicide) and resist bugs. The company also produces Asgrow, DEKALB, Deltapine, and Seminis seeds. During the past decade, Monsanto re-made itself into a seed and biotech company, as opposed to one focused on agrochemicals, a transition that was sped up with the acquisition of Delta and Pine Land.

Monsanto Company Company Profile Report

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Hoover's industry experts provide proprietary editorial analysis supplemented with content from multiple data sources to bring you the Company Profile Report. The depth of each report varies, so be sure to view the sample and review the report contents listed next.

 

Sections Included in Report

  • Company Overview
  • Company Description
  • Company History
  • People
  • Biographies
  • Industry Information
  • Financial Summary
  • Annual Income Statement
  • Quarterly Cash Flow
  • Annual Balance Sheet
  • Quarterly Balance Sheet
  • Annual Cash Flow
  • Quarterly Income Statement
  • Earning Estimates
  • Financial Market Data
  • Historical Financials
  • Competitors List
  • Competitive Landscape

Company Profile Report Highlights

  • Company Description

    Quickly grasp how a company operates and understand its current business environment.

  • Industry Information

    Identify the often times disparate industries a company does business in, and find the corresponding SIC and NAICS codes.

  • Biographies

    Learn the background and technology interests of the company's executives, to better understand possible growth directions.

  • Company History

    When you want to know where a company is going, you'll be helped by first knowing where it's been. Use this to get up to speed on a company's history.

  • Key People

    Uncover the roles and responsibilities of the management team and identify the correct decision maker, so you are sure to talk to the right contact.

  • Company Financials

    Review key financial information to gauge health and growth potential.

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Chemical Manufacturing Industry Report

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Overview

The US chemicals industry includes about 10,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $700 billion. Major companies include Dow, DuPont, Eastman Chemical, ExxonMobil Chemical, and Huntsman. The US industry is concentrated: the 50 largest firms generate more than half of industry revenue.

SIC: 2823, 2824, 2833, 2834, 2835, 2836, 2841, 2842, 2843, 2844, 2851, 2861, 2865, 2869, 2873, 2874, 2875, 2879, 2891, 2892, 2893, 3087, 3861, 2822, 2821, 2819, 2812, 2813, 2816

NAICS: 325998, 325992, 325920, 325991, 325910, 325620, 325613, 325612, 325611, 325520, 325510, 325414, 325413, 325412, 325411, 325320, 325314, 325312, 325311, 325222, 325221, 325110, 325120, 325131, 325132, 325181, 325182, 325188, 325191, 325192, 325193, 325199, 325211, 325212

 

Sample Questions & Answers

How has the company been affected by recent changes in energy and raw material costs?

Because of the high energy requirements in chemical production, higher energy prices can greatly affect costs. Many manufacturers use natural gas as a source of heat, or natural gas or crude oil as feedstocks. Feedstocks and energy can account for...

 

How does the company track compliance with federal regulations?

Despite large investments to prevent air, water, and ground pollution, chemical companies have ongoing exposure to environmental and health issues, because regulations continue to tighten and past practices continue to result in large cleanup costs...

 

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General Report Description

Save valuable research time, increase confidence on sales calls, and get the competitive edge to win more business with Hoover's Industry Report. Proprietary editorial analysis synthesizes hundreds of sources into an easy-to-digest format so that you can quickly understand a client's business challenges. Insight into critical business issues, industry trends and opportunities, and financial benchmarks is an integral part of each report.

 

Sections Included in Report

  • Industry Overview
  • Quarterly Industry Update
  • Business Challenges
  • Trends and Opportunities
  • Call Preparation Questions
  • Financial Information
  • Industry Forecast
  • Website and Media Links
  • Glossary of Acronyms

    Industry Report Highlights:

    • Recent Developments

      Stay up to date on crucial industry news that may affect your strategy.

    • Trends & Opportunities

      Identify avenues for expansion and get prospects thinking about growth opportunities that justify investing in your product.

    • Call Preparation Questions

      Gain instant rapport with prospects during your sales calls using done-for-you call preparation questions.

    • Industry Forecast

      Identify growth and integrate projections in your own business planning.

    • Business Challenges

      Engage your prospects with solution selling that makes their life easier by first understanding their pain points.

    • Executive Insight

      Identify the correct decision maker and tailor your presentation to his or her needs, and maximize the effectiveness of your pitch.

    • Financial Information

      Increase your credibility and support your presentations by adding verifiable industry metrics.

    • Web Links & Acronyms

      Speak the Prospect's language by demonstrating an understanding of industry trade associations and jargon.

    Chemical Manufacturing Industry Report

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    Farm Support Services Industry Report

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    Overview

    The US farm support services industry includes about 8,500 companies with combined annual revenue of about $13 billion. No major companies dominate the industry, which is highly fragmented.

    SIC: 0711, 0722, 0723, 0724, 0751, 0761, 0762

    NAICS: 115111, 115112, 115113, 115114, 115115, 115116, 115210

     

    Sample Questions & Answers

    How does the company forecast demand for its services?

    By definition, farm support services depend heavily on the success of crop and livestock farms. Rising input and labor costs may actually help some service providers, as it may make sense for a farm to outsource certain labor- or capital-intensive...

     

    How seasonal are the company's hiring needs and cash flow?

    Many farm services depend on a few critical weeks (planting and post-harvest) for the majority of profits. Employment levels can swing considerably depending on food demand, farm worker wages, and growing conditions. Because of the highly seasonal...

     

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    General Report Description

    Save valuable research time, increase confidence on sales calls, and get the competitive edge to win more business with Hoover's Industry Report. Proprietary editorial analysis synthesizes hundreds of sources into an easy-to-digest format so that you can quickly understand a client's business challenges. Insight into critical business issues, industry trends and opportunities, and financial benchmarks is an integral part of each report.

     

    Sections Included in Report

    • Industry Overview
    • Quarterly Industry Update
    • Business Challenges
    • Trends and Opportunities
    • Call Preparation Questions
    • Financial Information
    • Industry Forecast
    • Website and Media Links
    • Glossary of Acronyms

      Industry Report Highlights:

      • Recent Developments

        Stay up to date on crucial industry news that may affect your strategy.

      • Trends & Opportunities

        Identify avenues for expansion and get prospects thinking about growth opportunities that justify investing in your product.

      • Call Preparation Questions

        Gain instant rapport with prospects during your sales calls using done-for-you call preparation questions.

      • Industry Forecast

        Identify growth and integrate projections in your own business planning.

      • Business Challenges

        Engage your prospects with solution selling that makes their life easier by first understanding their pain points.

      • Executive Insight

        Identify the correct decision maker and tailor your presentation to his or her needs, and maximize the effectiveness of your pitch.

      • Financial Information

        Increase your credibility and support your presentations by adding verifiable industry metrics.

      • Web Links & Acronyms

        Speak the Prospect's language by demonstrating an understanding of industry trade associations and jargon.

      Farm Support Services Industry Report

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      Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing Industry Report

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      Overview

      The US agricultural chemicals manufacturing industry includes about 700 companies with combined annual revenue of about $32 billion. Large companies include divisions of Dow, DuPont, and Monsanto, as well as specialized producers such as CF Industries, FMC, and Mosaic. Many smaller companies are involved in mixing purchased raw materials to produce customized fertilizer compounds with special characteristics.

      SIC: 2879, 2875, 2873, 2874

      NAICS: 325311, 325312, 325320, 325314

       

      Sample Questions & Answers

      How does the company protect against volatile raw material prices?

      Producing nitrogen fertilizer requires access to large supplies of ammonia, which is made from natural gas, a commodity with high price volatility. The cost of natural gas represents as much as 80 percent of the cost of ammonia. In recent years the...

       

      How is the company managing increased government regulation?

      Due to environmental, safety, or health issues, both federal and state governments restrict the production, distribution, application, and disposal of pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural chemicals. The EPA regulates the use of most...

       

      To read this full Call Prep Question and others, purchase the full report.

       

      General Report Description

      Save valuable research time, increase confidence on sales calls, and get the competitive edge to win more business with Hoover's Industry Report. Proprietary editorial analysis synthesizes hundreds of sources into an easy-to-digest format so that you can quickly understand a client's business challenges. Insight into critical business issues, industry trends and opportunities, and financial benchmarks is an integral part of each report.

       

      Sections Included in Report

      • Industry Overview
      • Quarterly Industry Update
      • Business Challenges
      • Trends and Opportunities
      • Call Preparation Questions
      • Financial Information
      • Industry Forecast
      • Website and Media Links
      • Glossary of Acronyms

        Industry Report Highlights:

        • Recent Developments

          Stay up to date on crucial industry news that may affect your strategy.

        • Trends & Opportunities

          Identify avenues for expansion and get prospects thinking about growth opportunities that justify investing in your product.

        • Call Preparation Questions

          Gain instant rapport with prospects during your sales calls using done-for-you call preparation questions.

        • Industry Forecast

          Identify growth and integrate projections in your own business planning.

        • Business Challenges

          Engage your prospects with solution selling that makes their life easier by first understanding their pain points.

        • Executive Insight

          Identify the correct decision maker and tailor your presentation to his or her needs, and maximize the effectiveness of your pitch.

        • Financial Information

          Increase your credibility and support your presentations by adding verifiable industry metrics.

        • Web Links & Acronyms

          Speak the Prospect's language by demonstrating an understanding of industry trade associations and jargon.

        Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing Industry Report

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        Biotechnology Product Manufacturing Industry Report

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        Overview

        The US biotechnology product manufacturing industry includes about 1,500 companies with combined annual revenue of more than $90 billion. Major companies include Amgen, Biogen Idec, Genentech (owned by Switzerland-based Roche), Genzyme, Life Technologies, and Monsanto. Because many drugs are now developed using biotechnology, the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries overlap considerably. Related profiles include Biotechnology Research Services, Crop Production, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

        SIC: 2836

        NAICS: 325414

         

        Sample Questions & Answers

        How have government regulations impacted the company?

        The FDA and other regulators can decline to approve a new drug, even after years of internal testing and millions of dollars in expenses. Biotech companies take, on average, eight to 10 years to ready a single drug for FDA approval. Since the success...

         

        What benefits and obstacles does patent protection create for the company?

        Specialized biotech methods and products can be protected through patents, but only for 20 years from the date of application. By the time a new product is available, many years of development and testing may already have passed. The multiple patents...

         

        To read this full Call Prep Question and others, purchase the full report.

         

        General Report Description

        Save valuable research time, increase confidence on sales calls, and get the competitive edge to win more business with Hoover's Industry Report. Proprietary editorial analysis synthesizes hundreds of sources into an easy-to-digest format so that you can quickly understand a client's business challenges. Insight into critical business issues, industry trends and opportunities, and financial benchmarks is an integral part of each report.

         

        Sections Included in Report

        • Industry Overview
        • Quarterly Industry Update
        • Business Challenges
        • Trends and Opportunities
        • Call Preparation Questions
        • Financial Information
        • Industry Forecast
        • Website and Media Links
        • Glossary of Acronyms

          Industry Report Highlights:

          • Recent Developments

            Stay up to date on crucial industry news that may affect your strategy.

          • Trends & Opportunities

            Identify avenues for expansion and get prospects thinking about growth opportunities that justify investing in your product.

          • Call Preparation Questions

            Gain instant rapport with prospects during your sales calls using done-for-you call preparation questions.

          • Industry Forecast

            Identify growth and integrate projections in your own business planning.

          • Business Challenges

            Engage your prospects with solution selling that makes their life easier by first understanding their pain points.

          • Executive Insight

            Identify the correct decision maker and tailor your presentation to his or her needs, and maximize the effectiveness of your pitch.

          • Financial Information

            Increase your credibility and support your presentations by adding verifiable industry metrics.

          • Web Links & Acronyms

            Speak the Prospect's language by demonstrating an understanding of industry trade associations and jargon.

          Biotechnology Product Manufacturing Industry Report

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          Monsanto Company Overview

          Top 3 Competitors

          Company: Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
          Location: Decatur, IL

          Company: BASF SE
          Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany

          Company: Bayer CropScience AG
          Location: Monheim Am Rhein, Germany

          Industries where Monsanto Company Competes

          Farm Support Services
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          Chemical Manufacturing
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          Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
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          Biotechnology Product Manufacturing
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          Agriculture & Forestry Sector
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          Competitive Landscape Brief

          Demand for agricultural chemicals depends mainly on demand for various crops, which in turn depends on crop prices. The profitability of individual companies is linked to efficient operations and marketing. Big producers have large economies of scale in production. Smaller companies can compete effectively by making specialty chemicals or fertilizer mixtures for local markets. The industry is capital-intensive: annual revenue per employee is about $1 million. International trade in fertilizers is large, because phosphate rock and potash are available in only a few countries. The high product value makes bulk shipping costs relatively unimportant. The relative cost of natural gas (for nitrogen fertilizers) has a large effect on trade. The US is usually a net importer of fertilizer, largely due to limited domestic supplies of nitrogen and potash. Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Russia are the leading sources of US fertilizer imports. The US is a net exporter of pesticides.

          Monsanto Company Competitive Landscape

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          Providing a complete view of how this company and its competitors stack up against one another, the Competitive Landscape report includes benchmarks on over 30 parameters related to sales, employees, market cap, profitability, and growth. Exclusive to Hoover's, this landscape can be used to conduct competitive analysis, inform corporate strategy, and identify trends.

           

          Sections Included in Report

          • Key Numbers
          • Profitability
          • Valuation
          • Operations
          • Financial Ratios
          • Per Share Data ($)
          • Growth Statistics
          • *Data provided for 3 to 30 competitors

            Company Landscape Report Highlights

            • Competitors List

              Identify specific primary and secondary competitors, allowing you evaluate the chances of successfully introducing new products.

            • Competitive Landscape

              Access detailed financial metrics on a company's top competitors, so you can quickly determine their relative health and add credibility-boosting quantitative data to your presentations.

            Competitive Landscape Report

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            Monsanto Company Overview

            Address

            800 N. Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, 
            MO 63167 United States
            Phone: 314-694-1000
            Fax:314-694-8394

            Monsanto Company Rankings

            #234 in FORTUNE 500 (May 2011) 
            #S&P 500 
            #213 in FT Global 500 (June 2011)

            Company Description

            An ear of corn the size of a Trident missile? Not quite, but Monsanto is all about bioengineered crops. The company helps farmers grow more crops like corn, cotton, oilseeds, and vegetables by applying biotechnology and genomics to seeds and herbicides. It produces genetically altered seeds that tolerate Roundup (its flagship product and the world's #1 herbicide) and resist bugs. The company also produces Asgrow, DEKALB, Deltapine, and Seminis seeds. During the past decade, Monsanto re-made itself into a seed and biotech company, as opposed to one focused on agrochemicals, a transition that was sped up with the acquisition of Delta and Pine Land.

            Monsanto Company Spotlight on IT

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            Hoover’s Spotlight Reports on IT give you a look inside of IT departments of top companies, making it easier for you to learn, prepare, and sell to the IT professionals that lead them. These reports reveal the software and platforms that are currently in use, an overview of the IT department and their strategy, and the IT leaders that make the decisions.

             

            Sections Included in Report

            • Company Overview
            • IT Strategy
            • IT Highlights
            • IT Executives
            • IT Contacts
            • Recent News and Activity
            • Conversation Starters
            • Industry Data
            • Major Subsidiaries and Locations

              Information Technology Report Highlights

              • Company Overview

                Quickly grasp how company operates and understand their current business environment, ensuring you make the right first impression with minimal time invested.

              • IT Highlights

                Be in the know about a company's current infrastructure before you make contact with the list of applications, software, and hardware presently in use.

              • IT Contacts

                Uncover the roles and responsibilities of the management team and identify the correct decision maker, so you don't waste time talking to the wrong contact.

              • Conversation Starters

                Gain instant rapport by engaging you sales prospect as a fellow industry "insider," thanks to these carefully-designed call preparation question (with answers).

              • Major Subsidiaries & Locations

                Uncover new cross-sell and up-sell opportunities by exploring the company's corporate relationships.

              • Business Challenges

                Engage your prospects with solution selling that makes their life easier by first understanding their pain points.

              • IT Strategy

                Identify industry trends, opportunities, and challenges that a company is facing right now - often directly from the mouths of its own executives.

              • IT Executives

                Learn the background and technology interests of the company's IT executives, allowing you to strategically position your product in a way that's compatible with their vision.

              • Recent News & Activity

                Stay connected to your prospects and customers by communicating with them about recent developments that affect their business.

              • Industry Data

                Find the SIC and NAICS codes for the oftentimes disparate industries a company does business in to ensure your sales presentation delivers a wide-reaching and compelling value proposition.
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