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 ...

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Chicago, IL – July 31, 2009 – Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum, and Value.

The four highlighted picks are: ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ESI), Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Tenneco Inc. (TEN) and The Anderson's, Inc. (ANDE).      Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5607

Zacks #1 Rank Stocks have nearly tripled the S&P 500 since 1988, producing an average annual return of +26%. Performance has been notable even during volatile and down times. For example, during the last bear market, 2000-2002, the market tumbled -37.6% – but Zacks #1 Rank stocks gained +43.8%.

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The Andersons, Inc. (ANDE) is a diversified company operating in five different business segments ranging from buying, selling and storing grain to leasing railcars and running retail stores offering the latest home hardware needs. The company has operations in 12 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, plus rail equipment leasing interests in Canada and Mexico.The company said certain fertilizer inventory values began to decline late in the third quarter and into the fourth quarter. What's more, ANDE expects some continued price decreases in the world fertilizer markets will lead to margin decreases and additional inventory adjustments in Q4.Given the unpredictability in plant nutrient product valuation, the company lowered its FY08 EPS guidance to a range of $2.00 to $2.80 per diluted share, down from the previous estimate of $3.50 to $4.00 per diluted share. We rate shares of ANDE a Hold.Read the ...