For a company to lose its sales traction is never a good thing. It shows declining clients/customers interest in the products/services being offering and, most importantly, the company is failing to grow and innovate. When this situation occurs, management often turns to cost cutting in an effort to boost margins and at least try to keep the bottom line from declining, which appears to be the case with the companies on our list.
Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) – $30.98
Oil & Gas Transportation Services
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. owns and operates natural gas liquids (NGLs) related businesses of Enterprise Products Company (EPCO). The Company is a provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and certain petrochemicals. Its midstream energy asset network links producers of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil from supply basins in the United States, Canada and the Gulf of Mexico with domestic consumers and international markets.
- Market Cap: $61,695,295,448
- Revenue Growth (1 year): -13.7%
- Gross Margins, net increase (1 year): 6.0%
- Operating Margins, net increase (1 year): 7.0%
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) – $47.79
Food Processing
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is a processor of oilseeds, corn, wheat, cocoa, and other agricultural commodities and manufactures protein meal, vegetable oil, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other value-added food and feed ingredients. The Company’s segments include Oilseeds Processing, Corn Processing, Agricultural Services and Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients.
- Market Cap: $29,647,646,506
- Revenue Growth (1 year): -12.1%
- Gross Margins, net increase (1 year): 9.7%
- Operating Margins, net increase (1 year): 7.8%
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) – $66.31
Oil & Gas Refining and Marketing
Valero Energy Corp (Valero) is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products and power. The Company’s refineries can produce conventional gasolines, premium gasolines, gasoline, diesel fuel, low-sulfur diesel fuel, ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, CARB diesel fuel, other distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals, lubricants, and other refined products. The Company markets branded and unbranded refined products through approximately 7,400 outlets. The Company also owns 11 ethanol plants in the central plains region of the United States that primarily produce ethanol.
- Market Cap: $33,726,686,625
- Revenue Growth (1 year): -14.3%
- Gross Margins, net increase (1 year): 16.7%
- Operating Margins, net increase (1 year): 8.1%
Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) – $53.04
Diversified Chemicals
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is an integrated science and technology company. Dow is a diversified, manufacturer and supplier of products used primarily as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services across the world. The Company operates in five segments: Agricultural Sciences, Consumer Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, Performance Materials & Chemicals and Performance Plastics.
- Market Cap: $61,148,801,239
- Revenue Growth (1 year): -1.9%
- Gross Margins, net increase (1 year): 10.9%
- Operating Margins, net increase (1 year): 11.3%
LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB) – $101.12
Commodity Chemicals
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LyondellBasell) is a global, independent chemical company. The Company operates through five segments: Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas (OandP-Americas), Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International (OandP-EAI), Intermediates and Derivatives (IandD), Refining, and Technology.
- Market Cap: $47,610,745,709
- Revenue Growth (1 year): -4.2%
- Gross Margins, net increase (1 year): 11.0%
- Operating Margins, net increase (1 year): 8.7%
