MON: Key Statistics for MONSANTO CO

Market Cap (intraday):	8.40B
Enterprise Value (12-May-04)³:	9.64B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	N/A
Forward P/E (fye 31-Aug-05)¹:	17.01
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	1.86
Price/Sales (ttm):	1.82
Price/Book (mrq):	1.63
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	2.03
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	9.61

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Aug
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	29-Feb-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	-0.08%
Operating Margin (ttm):	12.35%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	-0.04%
Return on Equity (ttm):	-0.08%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	4.75B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	17.986
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	-27.80%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	1.58B
EBITDA (ttm):	1.00B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	-4.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	-0.032
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	N/A

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	548.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	2.06
Total Debt (mrq)²:	1.54B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.29
Current Ratio (mrq):	3.08
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	20.014

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	79.00M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	-103.00M

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.891
52-Week Change:	72.11%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	48.05%
52-Week High (2-Apr-04):	37.09
52-Week Low (15-May-03):	18.12
50-Day Moving Average:	35.06
200-Day Moving Average:	28.65

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	1,339,454
Average Volume (10 day):	1,212,000
Shares Outstanding:	265.58M
Float:	262.90M
% Held by Insiders:	1.01%
% Held by Institutions:	82.80%
Shares Short (as of 7-Apr-04):	3.86M
Daily Volume (as of 7-Apr-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 7-Apr-04):	2.603
Short % of Float (as of 7-Apr-04):	1.47%
Shares Short (prior month):	5.18M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	0.58
Dividend Yield:	1.78%
Dividend Date:	30-Jul-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	7-Jul-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	N/A
Last Split Date:	N/A

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 29-Feb-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 29-Feb-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Aug-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
¹ = Data provided by Thomson; ² = Data provided by EDGAR Online;
³ = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance