Potash Stocks
POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN (Toronto symbol POT; www.potashcorp.com) is the world’s largest fertilizer producer. Its six potash mines in Saskatchewan and one in New Brunswick account for 20% of global potash capacity. Four of its mines have reserves of between 75 and 108 years. It also makes fertilizers from nitrogen and phosphate.
The company’s sales and earnings vary with volatile fertilizer …read more »
POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $42 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 859.1 million; Market cap: $36.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.2; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) is the world’s largest fertilizer producer. Its six potash mines in Saskatchewan and one in New Brunswick account for 20% of global potash capacity. Four of its mines have …read more »
American Depositary Receipts make foreign investing easier and safer for individual investors. The foreign company must provide detailed financial information to U.S. regulators and to the sponsor, or depositary, bank or broker. As well, since ADRs trade on U.S. stock exchanges in U.S. dollars, you don’t have to worry about currency exchange rates, foreign stock exchange rules, or language barriers.
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The long-term outlook for these two fertilizer producers is bright as population growth prompts farmers to plant more crops. However, we prefer Agrium for new buying, as its retail operations help cushion it from volatile fertilizer prices.
POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $43 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 858.7 million; Market cap: $36.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.0; …read more »
Farmers are using more fertilizers to boost their yields and take advantage of high prices for wheat, corn and other crops. At the same time, low fertilizer inventories are pushing up prices and spurring big earnings gains at Potash Corp. and Agrium. However, Agrium offers less risk.
POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $44 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; …read more »
POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $56 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 854.8 million; Market cap: $47.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.4; Dividend yield: 0.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) sells its potash fertilizer to customers outside of North America through Canpotex, a marketing and exporting firm that is equally owned by Potash Corp. and rival producers AGRIUM INC. …read more »
When you own a stock that’s being taken over, our investment advice is that it generally pays to hang on and wait for the deal to go through, then submit your shares to whoever’s making the takeover bid. Selling early will cost you money in the long run.
Weeks before a takeover is announced, speculators usually buy the stock on rumours, …read more »
POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $50 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 854.3 million; Market cap: $42.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.4; Dividend yield: 0.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) has risen 12% since the federal government blocked BHP Billiton Ltd.’s (New York symbol BHP) hostile, $43.33 U.S.-a-share takeover offer in November 2010 (all per-share amounts adjusted for a …read more »
When a company splits its shares, it is simply cutting itself up into a different number of pieces, without changing its fundamental value. It simply wants its stock to trade in a price-per-share range that seems reasonable to investors.
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Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, symbol POT on Toronto, produces potash, phosphate and nitrogen for use in fertilizers. Saskatchewan has the world’s largest deposits of potash. The company also partly owns potash-related companies in Jordan, Israel and Chile.
Potash Corp. is one of the 5 agricultural investments we analyze in our free report, Commodity Investments: Fertilizer Stocks and Potash Stocks That …read more »
