Agrium, Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

The Company is a retailer of agricultural products and services in the United States and Argentina and a global producer and wholesale marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets.

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Player Avatar cibient (< 20) Submitted: 3/22/2011 12:44:17 PM : Outperform Start Price: $86.94 AGU Score: -11.06

I had owned AGU and CF before in MRLP. Sold both with trailing stop orders but am looking to get exposure back into fertilizer stocks. According to Yahoo! Finance, AGU has the best PEG ratio at 0.62 and Price/Sales ratio at 1.33.Stats from MagicDiligence.com:Results for ticker 'AGU' (Agrium Inc.):Earnings Yield:   6.7%MFI Return on Capital:   20.4%MagicDiligence Research for 'AGU':Research Available for AGU! (full membership required - upgrade here)Instant Diligence:The Earnings Yield of 6.7% is Average.The MFI Return on Capital of 20.4% is Average.Near-term Financial Health appears to be Very Good. The current ratio is 1.63.Calculations:(for quarter ended 2010-12-31)Market Cap   =   Stock_Price * Shares   =   87.58 * 158.00   =   13837.64Excess Cash   =   Cash - MAX(0; (Current Liabilities - Current Assets + Cash))   =   543.00 - MAX(0; (4285.00 - 6994.00 + 543.00))   =   543.00Enterprise Value   =   Market Cap + Total Debt - Excess Cash   =   13837.64 + 2540.00 - 543.00   =   15834.64MFI Invested Capital   =   Total Assets - Goodwill - Intangibles - Current Liabilities + Short Term Debt - Excess Cash   =   12717.00 - 2463.00 - 619.00 - 4285.00 + 422.00 - 543.00   =   5229.00Earnings Yield   =   Operating Earnings / Enterprise Value   =   1066.00 / 15834.64   =   0.067 (6.7%)MFI Return on Capital   =   Operating Earnings / MFI Invested Capital   =   1066.00 / 5229.00   =   0.204 (20.4%)

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