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 Dow Down 2.20% Nasdaq Down 2.58%
Monsanto Co. (MON)On Sep 2: 65.80  Down 3.13 (4.54%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:35.19B
Enterprise Value (Sep 3, 2011)3:36.21B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):22.93
Forward P/E (fye Aug 31, 2012)1:19.35
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.69
Price/Sales (ttm):3.20
Price/Book (mrq):3.11
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.15
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:11.61
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Aug 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):May 31, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):13.56%
Operating Margin (ttm):21.78%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.15%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.11%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):11.50B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):21.39
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):21.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):N/A
EBITDA (ttm):3.12B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.56B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.87
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):77.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.22B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.28
Total Debt (mrq):2.24B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):18.59
Current Ratio (mrq):2.42
Book Value Per Share (mrq):22.18
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.88B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.79B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.85
52-Week Change3:18.90%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:7.52%
52-Week High (Jul 25, 2011)3:77.09
52-Week Low (Oct 5, 2010)3:47.07
50-Day Moving Average3:70.38
200-Day Moving Average3:69.34
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:4,889,970
Avg Vol (10 day)3:6,166,700
Shares Outstanding5:534.74M
Float:532.82M
% Held by Insiders1:0.24%
% Held by Institutions1:79.60%
Shares Short (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:7.88M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:1.70
Short % of Float (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:1.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.54M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.20
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.12
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:38.00%
Dividend Date3:Oct 27, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 5, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jul 31, 2006

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of May 31, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of May 31, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of May 31, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Aug 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.

Currency in USD.