REX American Resources Corporation

REX

Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials

Price

$47.32

+1.22 (+2.65%)

Market Cap

$1.56B

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−7.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 35.9M (2022) → 33.2M (2026)

REX American Resources Corporation makes ethanol, a type of alcohol that gets blended into the gasoline most cars use. The company owns stakes in several ethanol production plants, mostly in the Midwest where corn is grown nearby. Ethanol is made from corn, so REX is closely tied to the agriculture industry.

REX earns money by selling ethanol and related byproducts like distillers grains, which are fed to livestock, and corn oil. The company operates primarily in the central United States and keeps costs low by locating plants close to corn supplies. Its main competitive advantage is a lean operating structure with low debt and a history of holding significant cash reserves. The biggest risk REX faces is the spread between corn prices and ethanol prices, called the crush margin — when corn gets expensive or ethanol prices fall, profits can shrink quickly.

Winston Score History

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Quality

Gross Margin

18.3%

Thin — 18.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

10.5%

Modest — 10.5% operating margin

ROCE

2.7%

Weak — 2.7% 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

-2.9%

Shrinking sales (-2.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

+35.7%

Earnings growing fast (35.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

171%

Turns 171% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

10.6%

Modest free cash flow (10.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

18.4x

Fair value — P/E 18.4

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

-11.6

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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