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MONSANTO CO /NEW/

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q2 FY2018 10-Q, filed Apr 5, 2018. Its latest SEC filing is a 15-12B from Jun 18, 2018.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2017 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Sells crop seeds and biotechnology traits, herbicides, and digital agriculture products to farmers and seed companies.

How Did They Make Money?

Customers pay for seeds and herbicides when products are delivered; Monsanto earns trait royalties as seed companies sell seed containing its traits, and license fees when the license term begins.

revenue

Who Were Their Customers?

Farmers buy branded seeds through distributors, independent retailers, dealers, cooperatives and agents, with some U.S. sales made directly. Other seed companies license technology and genetic material for their own branded seeds; herbicides are sold mainly through distributors, retailers, dealers and cooperatives, and in some countries directly to farmers.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 15 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in .

Operating income,
22% of revenue
▲ +35% vs ($2.4B, 18%)
Net income,
15% of revenue
▲ +69% vs ($1.3B, 10%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2017 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2018, the three months to Feb 28, 2018
Revenue
▼ −1%
vs $5.1B in Q2 FY2017
Net income
▲ +7%
vs $1.4B in Q2 FY2017
  • Jun 8, 2018 Bayer completed its acquisition of Monsanto Monsanto's shares were delisted from the NYSE.
  • May 7, 2018 CEO Hugh Grant planned to leave at merger closing

Held flat. Revenue was $14.6B in , about the same as the $14.9B of .

Dicamba-tolerant traits The earlier report describes herbicide-tolerant crops using Roundup and other glyphosate-based products; the latest also lists traits that let cotton and soybeans tolerate dicamba herbicides.

Traits for seed companies The older report says Monsanto provided other seed companies with genetic material; the latest says it also provided biotechnology traits for their seed brands.

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