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Monsanto profit beats consensus by 21.0% in fiscal Q1

Monsanto Co. said its normalized net income for the fiscal first quarter ended Nov. 30, 2014, was 42 cents per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 35 cents per share.

EPS decreased 29.9% year over year from 60 cents.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was $204.4 million, a decline of 35.6% from $317.5 million in the year-earlier period.

The normalized profit margin dropped to 7.1% from 10.1% in the year-earlier period.

Total revenue declined 8.7% on an annual basis to $2.87 billion from $3.14 billion, and total operating expenses declined 4.9% on an annual basis to $2.45 billion from $2.58 billion.

Reported net income decreased 35.5% year over year to $230.0 million, or 47 cents per share, from $356.8 million, or 67 cents per share.