CHS

CHSCL

Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive

Price

$25.40

+0.03 (+0.12%)

Market Cap

$311.7M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through May 31, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Strong

Stability

Good

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

CHS Inc. is one of the largest farmer-owned cooperatives in the United States. It helps farmers buy supplies like fertilizer and fuel, and it sells crops like wheat, corn, and soybeans to buyers around the world. CHS also refines oil into fuel and sells energy products, making it unusual among agricultural cooperatives for operating across both farming and energy markets.

CHS makes money by buying and selling large volumes of grain, energy, and farm supplies, earning a small margin on each transaction. It operates mainly in the U.S. Midwest but sells grain globally, and its cooperative structure means farmer-members share in the profits. The thin margins shown in its financials are typical for commodity trading businesses, where volume matters more than markup. The biggest risk CHS faces is volatility in commodity prices — when crop or fuel prices swing sharply, its already-slim margins can shrink further or disappear entirely.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+18.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

EPS data limited

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$4.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth + cash flow

CHS is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 19%. 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

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

4.6%

Thin — 4.6% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

1.9%

Thin — 1.9% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

1.6%

Weak — 1.6% 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 growth

Sales YoY

+3.8%

Slow sales growth (+3.8% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

—

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

255%

Turns 255% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

2.2%

Thin free cash flow (2.2%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.33

Conservative — low debt load (0.33)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

1.31x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.3x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

—

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

7.38%

Healthy income — 7.38% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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