孟山都公司近期发布财报称,第三财季净盈利下降3%,主要是由于种子销售的疲软,以及投入成本的增加,但调整后盈利仍好于市场预期。截至5月31日的财季,该公司净盈利从上年同期的9.37亿美元降至9.09亿美元。不包括一次性项目在内,调整后每股盈利从上年同期的1.63美元增至1.66美元。公司营收增长不到1%,至42.5亿美元。毛利率从上年同期的56%降至53.2%, Monsanto recently released earnings report, third-quarter net profit fell 3%, mainly due to weak seed sales, and increased input costs, but the adjusted profit is still better than the market expected. For the quarter ended May 31, the company’s net profit dropped to 990 million U.S. dollars from 937 million U.S. dollars in the same period of previous year. Excluding the one-off items, adjusted earnings per share from 1.63 US dollars a year earlier to 1.66 US dollars. Revenue growth of less than 1% to 4.25 billion US dollars. Gross profit margin dropped to 53.2% from 56% in the same period of last year,