NYSE$LXU
LSB Industries Inc · Q4 2023 earnings
Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
LSB Industries reported a net loss due to lower pricing for all products, which was slightly offset by higher sales volumes of ammonia and UAN, with operating profit benefiting from lower natural gas prices.
LSB Industries reported a net loss of $5 million on net sales of $133 million for Q4 2023, compared to a net income of $66 million on net sales of $234 million for Q4 2022. The results were impacted by lower pricing for all products, partially offset by higher sales volumes of ammonia and UAN. The company is advancing a new large-scale, low-carbon ammonia project on the Houston Ship Channel.
- Net sales decreased to $133 million compared to $234 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
- Net loss was $5 million compared to net income of $66 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
- Diluted EPS was ($0.07) compared to $0.83 for the fourth quarter of 2022.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $25 million compared to $105 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
LSB Industries · Revenue · Quarterly
$133M
Revenue by segment
LSB Industries · $84.2M total across 3 segments · Q3 2023
- AN & Nitric Acid$46M-30.4%54.7%
- Ammonia$26.8M-48.5%31.9%
- Other$11.3M-27.2%13.5%
Forward guidance
Estimated ammonia production and product sales volumes for the full year 2024 are as follows:
Tailwinds
- Urea prices have moved up recently due, in part, to Chinese urea export limitations; UAN prices are starting to follow
- Expectations are for strong demand for nitrogen fertilizers in the Spring 2024 planting season
- Current prices for ammonia and other nitrogen products should prove attractive to retailers and farmers
- Attractive U.S. corn prices providing support for fertilizer demand
- Industrial and mining business is robust
Headwinds
- Ammonia pricing is expected to moderate further in 2024 after recent pricing declines
- Heavy ammonia application by U.S. farmers in Fall of 2023
- Natural gas prices in Europe have declined to their lowest levels since 2021 as a result of warm weather and high gas storage levels in the region
- Sluggish demand from the industrial sector in Europe
- Sluggish demand from the industrial sector in Asia
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2023
-0.6%
Avg return
Earnings day
+2.0%
Avg return
5 days after
+6.2%
Avg return
30 days after
46%
30 / 65 earnings
Positive
+34.0%
Q1 2017
Best reaction
-54.7%
Q3 2015
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -2.0% | +0.7% | -17.4% | |
| Q4 2025 | +15.5% | +19.2% | +62.7% | |
| Q3 2025 | -0.1% | -8.3% | -2.9% | |
| Q1 2025 | +4.9% | +4.8% | +24.5% | |
| Q4 2024 | -4.0% | -12.7% | -14.3% | |
| Q3 2024 | -6.8% | -5.4% | -1.4% | |
| Q2 2024 | +5.1% | -8.3% | -11.0% | |
| Q1 2024 | +13.3% | +3.7% | +17.7% | |
| Q4 2023 | +1.1% | +4.1% | +17.4% | |
| Q3 2023 | -1.4% | -8.7% | -0.7% | |
| Q2 2023 | +3.7% | +2.1% | -10.8% | |
| Q1 2023 | +2.0% | -1.3% | +6.8% | |
| Q4 2022 | +5.2% | +6.4% | -21.5% | |
| Q3 2022 | -5.6% | -5.9% | -16.2% | |
| Q2 2022 | +9.8% | +9.2% | +34.8% | |
| Q1 2022 | -4.3% | -12.6% | -0.7% | |
| Q4 2021 | +22.5% | +42.5% | +92.3% | |
| Q3 2021 | -2.7% | +2.5% | +0.8% | |
| Q2 2021 | +2.0% | +7.6% | +1.6% | |
| Q1 2021 | -3.5% | -5.5% | -4.4% | |
| Q4 2020 | +14.2% | +19.3% | +10.0% | |
| Q3 2020 | -11.4% | -1.0% | +43.8% | |
| Q2 2020 | +4.5% | +1.8% | +105.5% | |
| Q1 2020 | -5.8% | -19.0% | -27.0% | |
| Q4 2019 | -19.9% | -19.1% | -9.5% | |
| Q3 2019 | -20.6% | -16.2% | -28.5% | |
| Q2 2019 | +28.9% | +26.4% | +18.8% | |
| Q1 2019 | -4.4% | -5.7% | -39.1% | |
| Q4 2018 | -5.5% | -4.1% | -14.7% | |
| Q3 2018 | -10.6% | -13.1% | -16.1% | |
| Q2 2018 | -11.9% | -16.5% | -6.2% | |
| Q1 2018 | +3.7% | -1.2% | -7.3% | |
| Q4 2017 | +10.9% | +4.0% | -14.8% | |
| Q3 2017 | +1.6% | +4.4% | +20.3% | |
| Q2 2017 | -26.3% | -26.7% | -39.1% | |
| Q1 2017 | +34.0% | +53.7% | +30.8% | |
| Q4 2016 | +23.9% | +20.5% | +5.8% | |
| Q3 2016 | +18.1% | +39.6% | +54.9% | |
| Q2 2016 | +5.0% | -2.6% | -2.4% | |
| Q1 2016 | -34.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | +25.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | -54.7% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | -31.7% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | -2.0% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | +2.5% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | -10.7% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | -1.8% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | -1.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | -4.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | -12.3% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +2.5% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | +7.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | +0.3% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | -0.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | -5.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | +8.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +3.3% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | +12.1% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | +12.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | -11.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | -11.9% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | -1.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -1.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | -1.0% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -6.8% | — | — |
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