The Andersons

ANDE

Specialty Business Services · Industrials

Price

$79.24

+3.04 (+3.99%)

Market Cap

$2.70B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

The Andersons, Inc., an agriculture company, operates in trade, renewables, and plant nutrient sectors in the United States and internationally. The company's Trade segment operates grain elevators; stores commodities; and provides grain marketing, risk management, and origination services to its customers and affiliated ethanol facilities. This segment also engages in the commodity merchandising business, as well as offers logistics for physical commodities, such as whole grains, grain products

Winston Score History

Share count broadly stable

+1.0% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 33.9M (2021) → 34.2M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Gross Margin

9.0%

Thin — 9.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

3.5%

Thin — 3.5% operating margin

ROCE

3.5%

Weak — 3.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-2.0%

Shrinking sales (-2.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

+18.5%

Earnings growing fast (18.5% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

104%

Turns 104% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

-1.0%

Burning cash (-1.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.03

Elevated debt (1.03)

Interest Cover

3.58x

Tight — interest eats into profit (3.6x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

21.0x

Growth-priced — P/E 21.0

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+7.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (21.0 → 13.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.12%

Small dividend — 1.12% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+2.6%

Dividend flat

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