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Itafos

ITFS
43
Agricultural Inputs · Basic Materials
Price
$1.70
-0.03 (-1.45%)
Market Cap
$330.2M
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
43
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Sep 17, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+3.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 189.5M (2021) → 195.6M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Itafos is a fertilizer company that mines phosphate rock and turns it into products farmers use to help crops grow. Its main operations include a phosphate mine and processing facility in Conda, Idaho, where it produces superphosphoric acid, merchant-grade phosphoric acid, and granular fertilizers. The company also has phosphate assets in Brazil, making it one of the few mid-sized phosphate producers with operations in both North and South America.

Itafos makes money by selling phosphate-based fertilizer products to agricultural customers and distributors. It is a relatively small company with a market cap around $0.3 billion, but its vertically integrated mine-to-product model gives it some cost advantages. The business is heavily tied to global phosphate and fertilizer prices, which can swing significantly based on supply, demand, and trade policies — making commodity price volatility the key risk for investors to watch.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-121.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

66.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$53M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Itafos is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. 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
0.8%
Thin — 0.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-3.7%
Losing money on operations — -3.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
9.9%
Below par — 9.9% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+10.7%
Steady sales growth (+10.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-52.1%
Earnings shrinking (-52.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
92%
Modest — 92% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-6.4%
Burning cash (-6.4%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.19
Conservative — low debt load (0.19)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
7.81x
Adequate interest coverage (7.8x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.3

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
7.11%
Healthy income — 7.11% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
N/A
Data not available

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