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who owns bayer stock

by Dr. Cyrus Beier Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Top 10 Owners of Bayer AG
StockholderStakeShares owned
McGinn Investment Management, Inc...0.01%337,847
BlackRock Advisors LLC0.01%285,828
Ally Financial, Inc. (Investment ...0.01%190,000
Strategic Advisers LLC0.00%114,731
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What companies does Bayer own?

What companies do Bayer own? Key products include analgesics such as Bayer Aspirin and Aleve, food supplements Redoxon and Berocca, and skincare products Bepanthen and Bepanthol. Women’s healthcare is an example of a General Medicine business unit. Bayer Pharma produces the birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin.

Who owns Roundup Company?

  • Bayer said it plans to invest $5.6 billion over the next decade in developing new weedkillers.
  • Bayer became the owner of Roundup when it bought Monsanto last year for $63 billion.
  • Roundup is at the center of legal battles over the safety of glyphosate, a Roundup ingredient which some consumers claim led to their cancer diagnoses.

Who owns Weyerhaeuser Company?

Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) is owned by 81.74% institutional shareholders, 1.39% Weyerhaeuser insiders, and 16.87% retail investors. John I. Kieckhefer is the largest individual Weyerhaeuser shareholder, owning 5.27M shares representing 0.70% of the company.

Who founded Bayer Corporation?

The Founding of Bayer The Bayer company was founded in Barmen, a city in the Rhineland, by the entrepreneur Friedrich Bayer and his partner Johann Weskott. The company originally produced synthetic dyes before expanding into the chemical and pharmaceutical markets.

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Who is Bayer owned by?

Bayer AGBayer Corporation (also known as Bayer USA) is the American subsidiary of Bayer AG. Its main offices are located in Whippany, New Jersey. In addition it has 40 fully consolidated subsidiary companies located in 19 different states....Bayer Corporation.TypeSubsidiaryNumber of employees20,735 (2019)ParentBayerWebsitewww.bayerus.com8 more rows

Is Bayer a Chinese company?

Bayer, headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, is one of the most famous companies among the world's top 500 enterprises. In 2019, the total number of Bayer's employees was 103,824 and the annual sales were 43.5 billion euros.

Is Bayer stock a good buy?

Valuation metrics show that Bayer Aktiengesellschaft may be undervalued. Its Value Score of A indicates it would be a good pick for value investors. The financial health and growth prospects of BAYRY, demonstrate its potential to outperform the market.

Is Bayer traded on the NYSE?

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - German pharmaceutical giant Bayer began trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange as one of the few newcomers to the market lately. Chairman and CEO Manfred Schneider of Bayer AG BAY, +0.96% rang the opening bell to celebrate the company's listing.

Does Monsanto own Bayer?

In September 2016, German chemical company Bayer announced its intent to acquire Monsanto for US$66 billion in an all-cash deal. After gaining US and EU regulatory approval, the sale was completed on June 7, 2018....Monsanto.TypeSubsidiaryOwnerBayerFootnotes / references9 more rows

Is Pfizer part of Bayer?

NEW YORK and LEVERKUSEN, Germany, June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pfizer Inc and Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation (BPC), the U.S. subsidiary of Bayer HealthCare, announced today that they have entered into an agreement granting Pfizer exclusive worldwide rights to Bayer's DGAT-1 inhibitors, an innovative class of ...

When did Bayer stock split?

BAYRY SplitsSplit dateSplit RatioDec 08, 19941/01 Stock SplitSep 20, 20171/4 Stock SplitJun 06, 20181/610.1 Stock Split

Does Bayer stock pay a dividend?

When does Bayer pay dividends? Bayer pays a dividend 1 times a year. The payment month is May.

Is Bayer a Fortune 500 company?

Figures prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards. What do you think of Bayer?...Our annual ranking of the world's largest corporations.Rank # of Global 500 CompaniesJapan682 more rows

Can you buy Bayer stock in the US?

American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are an instrument used widely by non-U.S. companies to offer and trade their shares conveniently and efficiently in the U.S. equity markets. In the United States, Bayer stock has been traded under a OTC Level l ADR Program since September 27, 2007.

Who owns Monsanto shares?

Monsanto is now owned by Bayer. Bayer, the second largest agrochemical company in the world, bought Monsanto for $63 billion. The Canadian government approved this merger in 2018. Bayer now owns 33% of the global seed market and 23% of the agrochemical market.

Why is Bayer stock dropping?

Bayer, once one of the most valuable companies in Europe, has fallen by nearly two-third since announcing the acquisition of U.S. crop sciences company Monsanto (NYSE:MON), which left it exposed to billions of dollars in compensation claims from those who had suffered side-effects from its Roundup weed-killer.

What company did Bayer buy?

Lawsuit and Settlement. In 2018, Bayer purchased the American agricultural product producer Monsanto Co. With the purchase, Bayer also took on litigation against its weedkiller product, Roundup, which was subject to thousands of lawsuits, representing nearly 100,000 people, claiming the product caused their cancer.

When did Bayer buy Winthrop?

In 1994, Bayer reacquired full rights to all former Bayer products after they purchased the Winthrop division of over-the-counter drugs from GlaxoSmithKline, and the Miles name was discontinued. In 2012 Bayer relocated the top United States administrative head to the Bayer HealthCare site in Whippany.

When did Bayer MaterialScience float?

On September 18, 2014, the Board of Directors of Bayer AG announced plans to float the Bayer MaterialScience business on the stock market as a separate entity. This transaction was completed in the fall of 2015 with the establishment of Covestro AG.

Why was Aspirin sold?

While the name "aspirin" became synonymous with Bayer for over a quarter of a century, the company's patents and trademarks were seized by the United States Office of Alien Property Custodian in 1917, due to Germany's enemy status in World War I. These assets were later auctioned and sold to Sterling Drug.

When did Bayer start the USA Foundation?

In 1953 , Bayer Corporation founded the first of three foundations that were later merged into the Bayer USA Foundation to support philanthropic giving in the United States. Foundation grants focus on education and workforce development, and environment and sustainability.

Where is Mobay located?

Initially established in St. Louis, Mobay established its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1958, moving to a location in Robinson Township in 1960.

What percentage of Bayer's sales are agricultural?

Bayer’s chemical sales placed it second among the Big Six, and accounted for over 80 percent of the firm’s agricultural sales. In contrast, Monsanto derived nearly 70 percent of its agricultural sales from seeds and traits, but its chemical sales placed it fifth among the Big Six.

What were the problems with Bayer and Monsanto merger?

In the United States, the Justice Department identified several areas of concern in the Bayer-Monsanto merger. For example, the two firms were the 2 leading suppliers of genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds; each firm also produced GM traits for herbicide tolerance and insect resistance used in their own seeds and licensed to other seed firms. The two firms accounted for almost all of the herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant traits in GM cotton seeds. Similarly, the two firms were the two major suppliers of GM canola seeds and also of the herbicide-tolerant traits found in their own and other firms’ GM canola seeds.

What department reviewed the Dow-Dupont merger?

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) reviewed the Dow-DuPont merger. The Department’s Antitrust Division expressed concerns with the likely competitive impact of the merger in 2 herbicide markets, and joined with 4 States to file a complaint.

What did the DOJ argue about the merger of Dow and Dupont?

In addition, the DOJ argued that competitive rivalry between Dow and DuPont had led to the development and introduction of new and improved products in each market, and that a merger would eliminate that rivalry along with the competitive pressures to introduce new products.

How many mergers were there in 2015?

In 2015 and 2016, three mergers were announced, encompassing five of the six firms. The mergers led to extensive and careful antitrust reviews by enforcement agencies in the United States, the European Union, and other countries.

When did Dow Chemical merge with Dupont?

In December 2015, Dow Chemical and DuPont proposed to merge, and then to split the merged entity into three independent and more specialized firms. One of the new firms would combine the seed and agricultural chemical businesses of Dow and DuPont.

Who bought Syngenta?

Two months later, in February 2016, the State-owned Chinese company China National Chemical Corporation (known as ChemChina) offered $43 billion to purchase Syngenta. Finally, in September 2016, Bayer proposed to acquire Monsanto for $66 billion. Hence, five of the six major global seed and chemical firms were parties to the proposed mergers, ...

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Overview

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Shares Held

Early history

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Parametric Portfolio Associates2.0M$32M47%
Academy Capital Management984k$16M-1%
McGinn Investment Management249k$4.0M88%
Ally Financial190k$3.0M0%
Moloney Securities Asset Management119k$1.9M42%
Chevoit Value Management62k$980k-1%
Pillar Pacific Capital Management50k$794k-1%
Silvercrest Asset Management Group32k$506k0%
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Products

Bayer AG is a German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.

Acquisitions

Bayer AG was founded as a dyestuffs factory in 1863 in Barmen (later part of Wuppertal), Germany, by Friedrich Bayer and his partner, Johann Friedrich Weskott, a master dyer. Bayer was responsible for the commercial tasks. Fuchsine and aniline became the company's most important products.
The headquarters and most production facilities moved from Barmen to a larg…

Corporate structure

In 1953, Bayer brought the first neuroleptic (chlorpromazine) onto the German market. In the 1960s, Bayer introduced a pregnancy test, Primodos, that consisted of two pills that contained norethisterone (as acetate) and ethinylestradiol. It detected pregnancy by inducing menstruation in women who were not pregnant; the presence or absence of menstrual bleeding was then u…

Finances

In 1994, Bayer AG purchased Sterling Winthrop's over-the-counter (OTC) drug business from SmithKline Beecham and merged it with Miles Laboratories, thereby reclaiming the U.S. and Canadian trademark rights to "Bayer" and the Bayer cross, as well as the ownership of the Aspirin trademark in Canada.
In 2004, Bayer HealthCare acquired the over-the-counter pharmaceutical division of Roche. In M…

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

In 2003, to separate operational and strategic managements, Bayer AG was reorganized into a holding company. The group's core businesses were transformed into limited companies, each controlled by Bayer AG. These companies were: Bayer CropScience AG; Bayer HealthCare AG; Bayer MaterialScience AG and Bayer Chemicals AG, and the three service limited co…

Awards and recognition

For the fiscal year 2017, Bayer reported earnings of EUR€7.3 billion, with an annual revenue of EUR€35 billion, a decrease of 25.1% over the previous fiscal cycle. Bayer's shares traded at over €69 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at US€65.4 billion in November 2018. In September 2019, Bayer announced to reduce the number of management board members from seven to five to reduce overall costs.

Overview

In 1904, the company founded the sports club TuS 04 ("Turn- und Spielverein der Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co."), later SV Bayer 04 ("Sportvereinigung Bayer 04 Leverkusen"), finally becoming TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ("Turn- und Sportverein") in 1984, generally, however, known simply as Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The club is best known for its football team, but has been involved in many other sports, including athletics, fencing, team handball, volleyball, boxing, and basketba…

History

In October 2008, Bayer's Canadian division was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc. The Canadian division was named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers by the Toronto Star newspaper. Bayer USA was given a score of 85 (out of 100) in the Human Rights Campaign's 2011 Corporate Equality Index, a measure of gay and lesbian workplace equality.

Products

Bayer Corporation (also known as Bayer USA) is the American subsidiary of Bayer AG. Its main offices are located in Whippany, New Jersey. In addition it has 40 fully consolidated subsidiary companies located in 19 different states.

Lawsuit and Settlement

Bayer AG began marketing in the United States soon after the company's inception in Germany. In the late 1800s, they began to sell their trademark medication, aspirin. While the name "aspirin" became synonymous with Bayer for over a quarter of a century, the company's patents and trademarks were seized by the United States Office of Alien Property Custodian in 1917, due to Germany's enemy status in World War I. These assets were later auctioned and sold to Sterling Dr…

Subsidiaries

Noted over-the-counter Bayer products include Aleve, Bayer Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, Phillip's Laxatives, Bactine, One-A-Day Vitamins, Flintstone Vitamins, and Midol. The company also markets prescription medications, animal medications, and diagnostic and medical testing equipment. Aside from the medical arm of the company, Bayer also creates many different chemicals and agricultural products.

Philanthropic activities

In 2018, Bayer purchased the American agricultural product producer Monsanto Co. With the purchase, Bayer also took on litigation against its weedkiller product, Roundup, which was subject to thousands of lawsuits, representing nearly 100,000 people, claiming the product caused their cancer. While Bayer denied wrongdoing, it did reach a 2020 settlement of $10 billion to eliminate uncertainty and resolve outstanding claims.

See also

• Bayer CropScience LLC
• Bayer Health Care LLC
• Bayer Business and Technology Services LLC

External links

In 1953, Bayer Corporation founded the first of three foundations that were later merged into the Bayer USA Foundation to support philanthropic giving in the United States. Foundation grants focus on education and workforce development, and environment and sustainability.
Making Science Make Sense (MSMS) is a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) social responsibility program to provide hands-on, inquiry-based educational opportunitie…

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