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Jan. 4, 2016 Source: Agri Marketing magazine In 2015 Agri Marketing's Ag Stock Index finished the year down 12%. That compares to the Dow Jones Industrial Index down 2%, S&P 500 down 1% and NASDAQ down 3%. The Agri Marketing Ag Stock Index is composed of a portfolio of 40 publicly traded companies with significant agricultural interests. Since its inception on January 1, 2006, the Agri Marketing Ag Stock Index has gained 93%. That compares to the Dow's gain of 67%, the S&P 500's gain of 33% and NASDAQ's gain of 104%. One-third of the companies' stock value closed the year higher while two-thirds closed lower. The Ag Stock Index's five largest gainers in 2014 were: 1. Syngenta (crop protection, seed, traits)...+26% 2. Eli Lilly (Elanco Animal Health)...+25% 3. American Vanguard (crop protection)...+21% 4. Dow Chemical (Dow AgroSciences)...+17% 5. Zoetis (animal health)...+12% The five companies whose stock prices lost the most value in 2015 were: 1. Intrepid Potash (fertilizer)...-79% 2. Potash Corp (fertilizer)...-47% 3. Art's-Way Mfg (farm machinery)...-40% 4. The Andersons (grain handling, crop inputs)...-39% 5. The Mosaic Co (fertilizer)...-37% Other notables: *AGCO...+1% *Agrium...-2% *Deere...-11% *DuPont...-3% Tweet |
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