Investing.com – Monsanto (NYSE:MON)'s Q4 to August loss per share narrowed to $0.44 from $1.06 a year earlier.
Net sales climbed 8.8% from a year earlier to $2.56 bn on higher sales volume of seeds.
Monsanto was forecast to report a loss per share of 3 cents on sales of $2.39 bn.
Operating expenses in the quarter declined to $1.40 bn from $1.56 bn.
Monsanto has agreed to a takeover of some $65 bn from Germany’s Bayer (DE:BAYGN).