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CF Industries (CF) Q2 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates
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ZacksAugust 3, 2017Comment
Fertilizer maker CF Industries CF posted net earnings of $3 million or a penny per share in the second quarter of 2017, compared with a profit of $47 million or 20 cents recorded a year ago.
Barring one-time items, adjusted earnings came in at 10 cents per share for the quarter, compared with earnings of 33 cents a year ago. Analysts polled by Zacks were expecting loss of 8 cents on average for the quarter.
Sales dipped roughly 0.9% year over year to $1,124 million in the quarter. The figure, however, beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,031 million. Sales declined in the quarter as volumes were offset by lower average selling prices in most segments.
The company said that strong second quarter performance reflects high utilization rates, record sales volume and cost efficiencies.
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Segment Review
Sales for the Ammonia segment rose roughly 8.7% year over year to $389 million in the reported quarter. Ammonia sales volumes rose 33% year over year to 1.2 million tons owing to additional production volumes from the new capacity expansions at Donaldsonville and Port Neal complexes. Average selling prices declined 17.8% year over year to $338 per ton due to excess global nitrogen supply.
Sales for the Granular Urea segment rose roughly 7.9% year over year to $259 million. Sales volumes increased roughly 53% year over year to 1,221,000 tons, driven by additional volume available from the new urea capacity at the Port Neal nitrogen complex. Average selling prices for granular urea declined 14.2% year over year to $212 per ton owing to elevated global nitrogen supply.
Sales at the UAN (urea ammonium nitrate solution) segment fell 22.7% year over year to $286 million. UAN sales volume fell roughly 11% year over year to 1,631,000 in the quarter due to unfavorable weather conditions in North America which resulted in late planting, delayed UAN purchases and applications. Average selling prices went down about 13.4% year over year to $175 per ton, hurt by elevated global nitrogen supply.
Sales at the AN (ammonium nitrate) segment went up 24.4% year over year to $112 million. Sales volumes rose about 19% to 539,000 tons and average selling prices increased 4.5% year over year to $208 per ton, owing to a new long-term AN supply agreement which started in 2017.
The Other segment’s sales rose around 2.6% year over year to $78 million. Sales volumes were 17% higher in the reported quarter at 503,000 tons. Average selling price decreased 11.3% to $155 per ton due to high levels of global nitrogen supply.