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Yara International ASA

YARIY
61
Agricultural Inputs · Basic Materials
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
61
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Yara International is a Norwegian company that makes fertilizers — the chemicals farmers spread on fields to help crops grow faster and produce more food. Its main products are nitrogen-based fertilizers like ammonia, urea, and nitrates, sold to farmers and agricultural distributors around the world. Yara is one of the largest fertilizer producers on the planet, operating across more than 60 countries.

Yara makes money by manufacturing and selling fertilizers directly to farmers, cooperatives, and distributors, with pricing tied closely to global commodity markets for natural gas — its key raw material. The company generates revenue across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, with roughly $15–17 billion in annual sales. Its scale and global production network give it a cost advantage over smaller rivals, but its profits are heavily exposed to swings in natural gas prices and fertilizer demand cycles, which remain the central risk to its earnings.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-44.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

68.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Yara International ASA is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 17%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
30.3%
Modest — 30.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
13.6%
Healthy — 13.6% operating margin
ROCE
4.5%
Weak — 4.5% 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
+14.8%
Fast-growing sales (14.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
+255.2%
Earnings growing fast (255.2% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
149%
Turns 149% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
7.2%
Modest free cash flow (7.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.41
Conservative — low debt load (0.41)
Interest Cover
7.08x
Adequate interest coverage (7.1x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
8.6x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 8.6

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
-1.6
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
5.07%
no trend
Healthy income — 5.07% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth
-3.0%
no trend
Dividend cut (-3.0% YoY) — warning sign

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