Casey's General Stores Inc. (CASY) saw fiscal first-quarter earnings of 87 cents per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 45% and topping the year-prior total. The company also declared a dividend of $0.085 per share, which translates into a an industry-leading yield of 1%.

Company Description

Casey's General Stores, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, operate convenience stores under the Casey's General Stores name in the Midwest states. It has operations in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa.

A Solid Quarter

The company announced fiscal first-quarter results in early September. Earnings of 87 cents per share, exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 45% and topped the year-prior total. During the past 4 consecutive quarters, Casey's delivered an average upside earnings surprise of 17.5%.

"Strong gas margins and enhanced profitability inside the stores were

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Titan Machinery Inc. (TITN) reported fiscal second results on Sep 9 that surprised on the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 50%. The agriculture equipment retailer also confirmed its prior fiscal 2010 earnings guidance.

Earnings per share rose to 27 cents from 19 cents a year ago. The Zacks Consensus Estimate called for 18 cents per share.

Revenues jumped 43.2% to $193.2 million from $134.9 million in the year ago period. All three of the company's segments saw growth in the quarter. Equipment sales jumped 44.3% to $141.1 million from $97.8 million last year. Parts sales climbed 37.7% and service revenues grew 44.4% to $15.6 million from $10.8 million in the second quarter of last year.

For the first six months of the year, revenues grew 25% compared to fiscal 2009.

The agriculture equipment business remained strong as the company's customers continued to have access to credit and were investing in

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The Andersons, Inc. (ANDE) is a well diversified company with interests in the grain, ethanol and plant nutrient sectors, as well as in railcar leasing and repair, turf products production, and general merchandise retailing. Andersons’ grain business is benefiting from increased space income. Given its positive outlook for the grain business, the company is keen on increasing its storage capacity. The company recently added 4 million bushels of capacity, expanding the company’s total grain storage capacity to more than 101 million bushels. In addition, Andersons is working on expanding the capacity at two of its existing facilities. The company said that each facility will increase its capacity by 750,000 bushels within the next few months. The company seeks to expand its presence into new markets through storage agreements, leases and acquisitions. Andersons’ focus on value-added proprietary products extended product lines in the Turf & Specialty ...

Baywood International, Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary New Leaf Brands announced today that its new distributors, RBI Distributing in Des Moines, IA and Gateway Distributing in Omaha, NE, have expanded its distribution network with the addition of four chain stores, including Hy-Vee, Dahl’s Foods, No Frills Supermarkets and Bag ‘N Save, in addition to many other independent accounts.

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Monsanto Corp. (NYSE: MON), the world’s largest seed maker, says it’s on track to more than double its 2007 profit by the year 2012 and is expecting a “technology explosion” to provide even stronger products going forward. But while Monsanto continues to build on its reputation as a cutting edge agricultural business, it is also under siege by competitors and advocacy groups who claim the company is a monopoly.

The St. Louis-based Monsanto said in June that its fiscal third-quarter earnings fell to $694 million, or $1.25 a share, from $811 million, or $1.45 a share, in the same period a year ago. Sales slipped to $3.16 billion from $3.54 billion last year. The company also said its annual earnings would likely be at the low end of its $4.40 to $4.50 a share forecast range.

That’s not very impressive for a company that last year posted record net sales

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Casey's General Stores Inc. (CASY) is seeing higher Zacks Consensus Estimates ahead of reporting fiscal first-quarter results in early September. During the past 3 months, forecasts climbed 9% for the year ending April 2010.

Company Description

Casey's General Stores, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, operate convenience stores under the Casey's General Stores name in the Midwest states. It has operations in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa

Bullish Forecasts

The company is seeing higher Zacks Consensus Estimates ahead of reporting fiscal first-quarter results. During the past 3 months, forecasts of $1.97 per share climbed from $1.80 for the year ending April 2010.

For the following year, the Zacks Consensus Estimate was increased from $1.95 per share to $1.97 over the past 3 months.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the fiscal first quarter stands at 60 cents

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