** US BIOENERGY CORP. ** USBE B6Z Research Teil1; Start 3.2.07 - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

[KiKo]

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US BIOENERGY CORP.

HP: http://www.usbioenergy.net

Producer & marketer of ethanol & distillers grains



IPO:
Priced 10 million shares at $14 a share in a bid to raise $140 million in its initial public offering on Friday. The Brookings, S.D. ethanol company priced below its $15-$17 range and increased the size of the IPO slightly from the earlier level of 9.375 million shares.

Ratings:
1/24/2007 Piper Jaffray Market Perform Price target set at 15.75
1/24/2007 UBS Neutral Price target set at $15

24.1.07: $15 price target. A top pure-play in the U.S. ethanol business, US BioEnergy has plans to produce one billion gallons of the fuel per year. "This expansion should fuel strong sales and profit growth over the next few years," UBS said in a note to clients. Currently, the ethanol industry is facing difficult market conditions, with ethanol prices falling and corn prices rising.

Insider Transactions:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=USBE&partner=mf

Andere Ethanol Werte: z.B. EHNX, VSE, AVR

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KiKo

[KiKo]

Ethanol Producer Ramps Up
Gordon Omen, CEO of Iowa ethanol producer US BioEnergy, talks with MarketWatch's Steve Gelsi about the company's expansion, profit margins and the outlook for industry consolidation. (Feb. 7)

VIDEO:
http://www.marketwatch.com/tvradio/playerfull.asp?guid=%7B40…

[KiKo]

22.2.07: William Blair & Company Initiates Coverage of US BioEnergy Corporation With Outperform Rating

Largest pure-play ethanol producer in the United States, with an Outperform rating and company profile of Aggressive Growth.

Analyst Bill Benton estimated that the company would generate diluted EPS of $0.25 in 2006, $0.77 in 2007, and $1.98 in 2008.
"USBE is on track to be the No. 2 ethanol producer in the United States, with 700 million gallons per year (mmgy) of production currently on line, under construction, or in development," Benton said. "The company has a distinct advantage over its competitors in the form of the relationships it has in place with industry participants, giving it access to plant build slots as well as logistical assets."

"USBE is well positioned to compete as the low-cost producer in the ethanol industry, in our view," he added. "Using Fagen as its builder and leveraging ICM Marketing's design technology, the company should be able to achieve higher corn-to-ethanol conversion relative to competitors, supported by the above-target conversion results it has already achieved. Also, given the company's larger scale, partnerships, and geographic diversity, we believe it will be able to market ethanol more efficiently, as well as have access to a diverse corn supply to help keep costs down. USBE's management expertise and established marketing platform, in our view, give it a competitive advantage."

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U.S. BioEnergy has operational plants in Albert City, Iowa, Central City, Neb., and Lake Odessa, Mich., with a combined capacity of 241 MMgy. The company is also building plants in Dyersville, Iowa, Hankinson, N.D., Janesville, Minn., and Ord, Neb. Once on line those plants will have 355 MMgy of capacity.

U.S. BioEnergy is holding a groundbreaking ceremony for its Dyersville plant on Friday.

Alibabus

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