Company Notes Archives
2011
11/28/11 Tronox Company Note
Tronox – Focus on the feedstock
11/14/11 Methanex Company Note
Methanex – Multiple accretive options abound
11/07/11 LyondellBasell Company Note
LYB – Conservative inputs, above consensus outputs
10/28/11 LyondellBasell Company Note
LyondellBasell – Blowout Q3’11; “double umbrella” benefit
10/27/11 Methanex Company Note
Methanex – In-line quarter despite lower production
10/27/11 Dow chemical Company Note
Dow Chemical – Slight earnings miss but does it matter?
10/25/11 DuPont Company Note
DuPont – Q3’11 beat, Q4’11 guide down
10/25/11 Celanese Company Note
Celanese – Solid Q3’11 EPS beat; 2011 guidance raised
09/19/11 Solutia Company Note
Solutia – Bouncing along the bottom; lowering EPS and TP
08/15/11 Industry Note
US Chemicals – Already discounting 2008-like stress
08/09/11 Tronox Company Note
Tronox – Supply constrained earnings resilience
08/02/11 Westlake Company Note
Westlake Chemical – Q2’11 earnings beat; Vinyls turning a corner
07/29/11 LyondellBasell Company Note
LyondellBasell – Clean beat should allay investor concerns
07/28/11 DuPont Company Note
DuPont – Earnings beat but volumes fail to impress
07/28/11 Methanex Company Note
Methanex – Chillier in Chile; slight earnings miss
07/26/11 Solutia Company Note
Solutia – Slight Q2’11 beat; FY2011 guidance maintained
07/25/11 Dow Chemical Company Note
Dow Chemical – Strategically and financially sound JV
07/21/11 Celanese Company Note
Celanese – Solid EPS beat and guidance raise
06/20/11 Methanex Company Note
Methanex – Supportive pricing environment; raising ’11 EPS
06/13/11 Industry Note
US Chemicals – Addressing the great price/volume debate
06/06/11 Celanese Company Note
Celanese – Positive near and medium term trends
05/31/11 Industry Note
US Chemicals – Déjà vu all over again
05/16/11 LyondellBasell Company Note
LyondellBasell – Earnings revving up; raising target price
05/03/11 Solutia Company Note
Solutia – Q1’11 earnings beat; FY2011 guidance raised
05/03/11 Westlake Chemical Company Note
Westlake Chemical – Another quarter another beat
05/02/11 LyondellBasell Company Note
LyondellBasell – Another “blow-out” quarter
04/28/11 Methanex Company Note
Methanex – EPS beat; Egypt and Medicine Hat running
04/28/11 Dow Chemical Company Note
Dow Chemical – Big clean beat
04/18/11 NIC (Tasnee) Company Initiation
Underappreciated titanium dioxide story; initiating at Overweight
04/04/11 Industry Note
Global Chemicals – Lessons learnt from prior peaks
03/29/11 Westlake Chemical Company Note
Westlake Chemical – Establishing the “new normal”; upgrade to Overweight
03/21/11 Yansab Company Initiation
Earnings revving up, upgrade to Overweight
03/14/11 LyondellBasell Company Note
LyondellBasell – The best is yet to come; raising target price
02/28/11 Industry Note
Global Chemicals – Evaluating the impact of Mid-East unrest
02/18/11 LyondellBasell Company Note
LyondellBasell – Fundamentals intact; buy on weakness
02/14/11 LyondellBasell Company Note
LyondellBasell – Undemanding consensus estimates
02/03/11 Dow Chemical Company Note
Dow Chemical – Broad based earnings beat
01/31/11 Celanese Company Note
Celanese – An ethanol high
01/27/11 Methanex Company Note
Methanex – A good set of numbers despite a headline miss
01/27/11 Solutia Company Note
Solutia – Q4’10 earnings beat; FY2011 guidance reiterated
01/25/11 E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company Note
DuPont – Broad based earnings improvement
01/18/11 Dow Chemical Company Note
Dow Chemical – Undervalued despite the run-up; raising TP