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Double-digit Earnings Increases Were Common in First Quarter

by WILLIAM J. STORCK, C&EN NORTHEAST NEWS BUREAU
May 23, 2005 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 83, Issue 21

SALESEARNINGSaCHANGE FROM 2004PROFIT MARGINb
($ MILLIONS)SALES EARNINGS2005 2004
Air Products$2,003.3$175.37.9%24.2%8.8%7.6%
Albemarle510.025.258.452.74.95.1
Arch Chemicals301.33.625.456.51.21.0
Cabot527.043.05.413.28.27.6
Cambrex110.54.1-2.6-47.43.76.9
Cytec Industries563.938.935.817.26.98.0
Dow Chemical11,679.01,353.025.5188.511.65.0
DuPont7,431.0967.0-8.00.313.011.9
Eastman Chemical1,762.0155.010.3287.58.82.5
Engelhard1,026.758.0-1.315.35.64.8
Ferro452.55.9nana1.3na
FMC Corp.552.442.89.2207.97.72.7
H.B. Fuller353.05.810.826.11.61.4
Georgia Gulf645.438.729.9107.06.03.8
Great Lakes Chemical420.49.317.478.82.21.5
Hercules505.120.56.430.64.13.3
Lubrizol970.152.567.957.75.45.8
Monsanto1,909.0373.027.444.619.517.2
PolyOne576.719.12.5nm3.3def
PPG Industries2,493.0186.010.156.37.55.3
Praxair1,827.0195.019.318.910.710.7
Rohm and Haas2,022.0159.010.439.57.96.2
Sigma Aldrich399.864.48.63.416.116.9
Stepan264.33.219.4-20.01.21.8
Terra Industries450.08.124.73.81.82.2
TOTALc$39,302.9 $4,000.5 12.8%55.0%10.2%7.4%
a After-tax earnings from continuing operations, excluding significant extraordinary and nonrecurring items. b After-tax earnings as a percentage of sales. c Excludes Ferro, for which first-quarter 2004 data were not supplied. Percentages calculated from combined sales and earnings. na = not available. nm = not meaningful. def = deficit.

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