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BASIC CHEMICAL MAKERS LYONDELL Chemical and Union Carbide sank into the red in the fourth quarter, while profits plummeted at Arch Chemicals, Rohm and Haas, and W.R. Grace. A few [...]

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS AND Praxair were among the few specialties and industrial gases firms to report increased earnings for the latest quarter. Avery Dennison and Cytec Industries had flat [...]

AIRGAS SAYS EARNINGS FOR ITS FISCAL third quarter, ended December 31, will be 10 cts-12 cts/share. Analysts had expected the company to earn 15 as/share, First Call (Boston) estimates say. [...]

CHEMICAL COMPANIES SAY THAT unusually high oil and natural gas prices are killing their bottom lines. The companies told institutional investors, bankers, analysts, and consultants at the CW-Salomon Smith Barney [...]

OIL COMPANIES' CHEMICAL PROFITS slumped in the third quarter, along with those of other basic chemicals producers. Earnings dipped at ExxonMobil, Phillips Petroleum, and Ashland, despite a rise in overall [...]

DuPont met earnings estimates for the third quarter, matching expectations that had been lowered after it announced in September that it would not achieve full-year earnings forecasts (CW, Sept. 13, [...]

UNION CARBIDE'S WARNING THAT IT would not meet profit estimates for the third quarter, mostly because of rising feedstock costs, cast a shadow over basic and diversified chemicals makers. A [...]

GEORGIA GULF AND BORDEN CHEMICALS and Plastics have warned that their third-quarter earnings will not meet forecasts because of weak vinyl resins markets and high energy and raw materials costs. [...]

A GROWING BATCH OF CHEMICAL companies have lowered their third-quarter or full-year 2000 earnings estimates, as they battle with rising feedstock and energy costs, a weak euro, and reduced demand [...]

BEAR STEARNS IS ON A CAMPAIGN TO BEEF UP ITS CHEMICALS PRACTICE The firm has hired Telly Zachariades and Gary Denning from Chase Securities (New York) 'to build and manage [...]

SPECIALTY CHEMICALS PRODUCERS HAD a tougher time in second-quarter 2000 than basic and diversified chemicals makers. About 40% of specialty makers reporting had lower profits during the quarter (table). About [...]

DOW CHEMICAL AND DUPONT BEAT analysts' forecasts, reporting higher than expected double-digit earnings growth in the second quarter, but neither company was rewarded by investors. Both companies are trading close [...]

ANALYSTS SAY THE SECOND HALF OF 2000 will be tough for chemicals producers, particularly specialty makers, which have been unable to increase product prices fast enough to compensate for higher [...]

EARLY REPORTING CHEMICALS COMPANIES posted generally higher second-quarter earnings compared to last year's second quarter, although many other companies have warned that results will be lower than forecasts. Most companies [...]

ROHM AND HAAS (R&H) SAYS ITS NET earnings, excluding special items, will be about 42 cts/share--24% lower than the average of analysts' estimates provided by First Call (Boston). The company [...]

BASIC AND DIVERSIFIED CHEMICAL MAKERS including Eastman Chemical, Union Carbide, Lyondell Chemical, Vulcan Materials, Millennium Chemicals, and Dow Chemical expect to report strong earnings in the second quarter. Vulcan says [...]

Omnova Solutions reported second-quarter operating earnings down nearly 50%, to $12.6 million, on sales up 1%, to $198.5 million. Omnova says it spent $14 million more on feedstocks in second-quarter [...]

SOLUITA HAS WARNED THAT ITS SECOND- quarter profits will be lower than analysts' expectations, despite higher sales volumes and revenues. The company says operating profits are being squeezed by high [...]

ANALYSTS EXPECT SECOND-QUARTER A earnings to be relatively strong at many chemical companies, despite high raw material costs. Many companies grew their first-quarter earnings through product price increases and higher [...]

MOST LATE-REPORTING BASIC chemicals makers had a robust first-quarter, despite the pinch of higher raw materials costs. Union Carbide, Eastman Chemical, Georgia Gulf, Geon, and Olin increased profits. Earnings were [...]

OIL COMPANIES' EARNINGS SOARED IN the first quarter as oil prices surpassed $30/barrel. Their chemical unit earnings also profited as rising product prices and sales volumes compensated for higher raw [...]

MOST OF THE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS companies reporting first-quarter earnings at the end of April say they were able to grow profits because of stronger results in Asia and Latin America, [...]

FIRST-QUARTER EARNINGS ROSE STRONGLY at most basic and diversified chemical makers, including Dow Chemical, Union Carbide, Millennium Chemicals, Nova Chemicals, Wellman, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, and Terra Nitrogen. Profits were [...]

DUPONT KEPT ITS DOUBLE-DIGIT EARNINGS PROMISE, BUT investors sent the stock down more than 10% last week. Analysts say the company was only able to beat the average of their [...]

EARLY-REPORTING SPECIALTY CHEMICAL companies, squeezed by feedstocks costs, posted mixed first-quarter results. Overall, top lines benefited from higher sales volumes for many products, some product price increases, and healthier markets [...]

Specialty chemical firms h.b. fuller, Ethyl, and MacDermid have warned that first-quarter earnings will be below analysts expectations. The companies cite rising raw materials costs as the main drag. Ethyl [...]

Calgon Carbon plans a restructuring that will boost economic profit by $45 million over the next three years, says president and CEO Jim Cederna. Calgon last year switched to the [...]

Basic chemicals makers' continue to report mixed fourth-quarter earnings (CW, Feb. 2, p. 12). Profits improved at Union Carbide, Eastman Chemical, FMC Chemical, Georgia Gulf, Millennium Chemicals, Union Carbide, and [...]

Specialty chemicals and industrial gases makers' that reported earnings last week were more mixed than earlier reporting firms (CW, Feb. 2, p. 18). Profits were up at Airgas, Arch Chemicals, [...]

Specialty chemicals companies and industrial gases makers fared better than basic chemicals producers during the last quarter of 1999, as they were more insulated from the sudden spike in oil-based [...]

Dramatically higher feedstock prices, with oil approaching $30/bbl, crushed fourth-quarter earnings at most commodity chemical makers. Companies that use more downstream raw materials say they escaped the intense cost pressure [...]

Global chemicals share prices increased 8% in December, reversing their 4% decline in November. European chemicals shares prices climbed 13% after a flat November. Americas chemicals share prices grew by [...]

Equistar says it will take a $95-million pretax charge against fourth- quarter earnings to cover polyethylene capacity shutdowns and related severance costs. About $70 million of these charges are noncash. [...]

FMC says it will post record fourth-quarter earnings, fueled by stronger than expected inorganics growth, exceeding analysts' expectations by 8%-11%. It projects earnings per share (EPS) of $1.60- $1.65 based [...]

Global Chemical stocks were mixed in November, falling an average of 4%, according to Dow Jones. Americas stock prices also declined 4% while European shares were flat. Asian shares fell [...]

Pioneer has declared a 7% stock dividend for the fourth consecutive year. It will be paid by offering an additional seven shares for every 100 held, instead of making cash [...]

DuPont retained its top spot in CW's Billion-Dollar Club ranking for 1998, growing its chemical sales by 4%, to $26.2 billion. The top 10 lineup was similar to last year, [...]

Most commodity makers posting third-quarter results last week reported lower earnings or losses, although most were in line with analyst estimates. IMC Global, Millennium Chemicals, Agrium, and Wellman reported weaker [...]

Several specialty chemical and industrial gases makers reported higher earnings despite rising feedstock costs that lowered basic chemical producers' profits (p. 12). Colgate-Palmolive, Sherwin-Williams, Lubrizol, Great Lakes Chemical, W.R. Grace, [...]

Basic and agricultural chemicals producers reported flat or lower third-quarter earnings, citing rising feedstock costs (table). Union Carbide had flat earnings; Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Georgia Gulf had lower [...]

Basic and diversified chemical makers reported mixed results for the third quarter as rising feedstock prices cramped earnings. Many basic chemical firms-including Eastman Chemical, FMC, Lyondell Chemical, Potash Corp. of [...]

Rpm reported record sales, net earnings, and earnings per share (EPS), before a restructuring charge, for the first quarter of its 2000 fiscal year, which ended August 31, 1999. RPM's [...]

Earnings comparisons were scattered for chemical and related industries in the second quarter. Overall profits fell in several segments, including industrial chemicals, fertilizers, multi-industry companies, petroleum and natural gas, rubber [...]

At least seven chemical companies have warned that third-quarter earnings will not meet analysts expectations. The companies, most of which are basic chemical producers, cite rising feedstock costs. They include [...]

BFGoodrich has lowered its 1999 profit outlook to $3.20-$3.30/share ($239 million-$246 million), excluding special charges and gains. Goodrich will fall short of analysts' expectations of $3.50/share in 1999, according to [...]

Sterling Chemicals says that earnings for its fiscal quarter ending September 30 will trail expectations. The company says feedstock costs have climbed faster than petrochemicals price increases (CW, Aug. 25/Sept. [...]

LATE-REPORTING COMPANIES ARE CONTINUING the quarter's trend: basic and diversified chemicals firms' profits are down, and specialty results are mixed. Olin, Witco, and Airgas reported lower second-quarter earnings, while Nalco [...]

DuPont was one of the few industrial and diversified chemicals firms to report improved second-quarter earnings. It posted a 6% increase, to $886 million, on sales up 9%, to nearly [...]

Industrial Chemicals makers' second-quarter earnings have fallen compared to a year ago, but analysts are upbeat about second-half prospects. Several firms beat analyst expectations, however, including Dow Chemical, FMC, and [...]

Specialty chemicals profits were mixed in the third quarter, although most firms beat analysts' expectations. Second-quarter earnings increased at Sherwin-Williams, BFGoodrich, Stepan, Amcol, Cambrex, and Quaker Chemical but decreased at [...]