Agrium News

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Agrium Inc. is a Canadian company and its main headquarters are located in Calgary, Alberta.

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The firm currently has a C$110.00 target price on the stock, down from their previous target price of C$120.00. Shares of Agrium traded down 1.34% during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $92.25. Agrium has a one year low of $77.50 and a one year high of $116.38. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $100.1. The company has a market cap ... (more)

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Agrium Inc. says spring's late arrival to North America could be a major challenge, as farmers who buy fertilizers, seeds and other agricultural products from the company have less time to get their crops in the ground.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. Agrium traded down 3.07% on Friday, hitting $91.95. Agrium has a 52-week low of $74.28 and a 52-week high of $115.31. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $94.18. The company has a market cap of $13.701 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.93. Agrium last announced its earnings ... (more)

Steven Cohen 's SAC Capital Advisors LP is giving clients more time to decide whether to pull money from the firm's hedge funds amid a government investigation of insider trading, said a person familiar with the matter.

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Agrium posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.14, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

Agrium said results were hurt by cold and wet weather, which delayed planting of corn and other grains.

Agrium Inc , the Canadian fertilizer company, reported lower quarterly profit on Thursday, as cold, wet spring weather delayed plantings in the United States, and forecast weaker-than-expected earnings for the current quarter.

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Agrium Inc., the largest U.S. farm- products retailer, reported first-quarter profit and sales that trailed analysts' estimates after cold weather slowed planting by farmers.

AGU has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at Canaccord Genuity cut their price target on shares of Agrium from $123.00 to $120.00 in a research note to investors on Friday, April 26th.

Agrium will report earnings before markets open on Wednesday, May 8th. Agrium Inc.

Alana Krug-MacLeod is the proud winner of the 2013 Caring for our Watersheds contest, brought to Saskatoon by Agrium Inc.

TORONTO/NEW YORK - Highfields Capital, a U.S. hedge fund agitating for change at coffee shop chain Tim Hortons Inc, faces a difficult task in trying to persuade long-term institutional investors of the merits of its plan to shake up the Canadian company.

Regina, SK- Viterra Inc. is pleased to announce that it has transferred to Richardson International Limited certain Canadian grain elevators; certain agri-centres co-located with certain of the grain elevators; all oat milling assets and shares relating to Viterra's oat milling business in Canada; all assets or shares of the 21st Century Grain ... (more)