Merger’s success rides on cost cuts

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Agrium and Potash Corp. expect to complete their merger in the next few months. Potash Corp. investors will receive 0.40 of a share in the combined company (called Nutrien) for each POT share they hold; Agrium investors will receive 2.23 shares for each of… Read More

Earnings jump ahead of merger

POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $23 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 840.0 million; Market cap: $19.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.0; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) operates five potash mines in Saskatchewan, which account for 20% of global capacity. It… Read More

POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $21

POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN $21 (Toronto symbol POT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 839.4 million; Market cap: $17.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.3; Dividend yield: 6.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.potashcorp.com) gets 40% of its revenue and 50% of its earnings from potash, followed by… Read More