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Andersons, Inc.: Q3 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 4 November 2025: press release. Guidance figures: 1 lowered, 1 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Net income and EPS for the quarter: Net income attributable to the company was $20 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, against $0.80 a year earlier. Adjusted net income was $29 million, or $0.84 per share, against $0.72. Source
  • Agribusiness pretax income was $1 million: Agribusiness pretax income was $1 million and adjusted pretax income attributable to the company was $2 million, against $19 million adjusted in the third quarter of 2024. Source
  • Renewables pretax income rose: Renewables pretax income was $43 million and adjusted pretax income attributable was $46 million. The 2024 third quarter showed $50 million pretax and $26 million attributable. Source
  • Modest tax benefit recorded: The company recorded a modest income tax benefit, which it attributed to non-taxable 45Z income and the elimination of certain reserves for R&D tax credits. Source
  • Operating cash flow rose: Operating cash flow was $234 million, against a use of $2 million in the third quarter of 2024. Before working capital changes it was $68 million against $86 million. Source
  • Port of Houston project progressing: The Port of Houston project adds export capacity for soybean meal and improves efficiency of the existing grain operations. Source

“We continue to be encouraged on fundamentals in Renewable fuels”

President and CEO Bill Krueger

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Full-year adjusted effective tax rate SourceFull year 202515% - 18%Lowered from 22% - 25%
Port of Houston project completion Source2026mid-2026Kept

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance lowered: Full-year adjusted effective tax rate lowered to 15% - 18% from 22% - 25%, including full ownership of the ethanol plants. Source
  • New: Year-to-date 2025 45Z tax credits of $20 million recorded this quarter, after completing analysis of the qualification requirements. Source
  • New: Full ownership of the ethanol plants added pretax earnings of approximately $12 million, or $0.28 per share, in the quarter. Source

Results and earnings

  • Net income and EPS for the quarter: Net income attributable to the company was $20 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, against $0.80 a year earlier. Adjusted net income was $29 million, or $0.84 per share, against $0.72. Source
  • Adjusted EBITDA below last year: Adjusted EBITDA was $78.3 million against $97.4 million in the third quarter of 2024. Nine-month adjusted EBITDA was $200.7 million against $246.9 million. Source
  • Nine-month earnings and gross profit: Nine-month net income attributable to the company was $28.3 million against $68.9 million. Third-quarter gross profit was $170.9 million against $177.1 million. Source
  • Other income lifted pretax result: Other income, net was $38.0 million against $13.9 million. Pretax income was $25.8 million against $62.2 million in the third quarter of 2024. Source

Agribusiness segment

  • Agribusiness pretax income was $1 million: Agribusiness pretax income was $1 million and adjusted pretax income attributable to the company was $2 million, against $19 million adjusted in the third quarter of 2024. Source
  • Lower margins and put-through volumes: Lower margins across the asset and merchandising footprint, and lower put-through volumes at the assets, contributed to the decline from the prior year. Source
  • Wheat harvest added bushels at favorable basis: Wheat harvest finished with higher-than-expected volumes, and elevators in both grain belts accumulated bushels at favorable basis values. Source
  • Agribusiness adjusted EBITDA declined: Agribusiness adjusted EBITDA was $29 million, compared with $45 million in 2024. Source

“We remain below our long-term debt to EBITDA target of less than 2.5 times and are pleased with the strength of our balance sheet.”

Executive Vice President and CFO Brian Valentine

Renewables segment

  • Renewables pretax income rose: Renewables pretax income was $43 million and adjusted pretax income attributable was $46 million. The 2024 third quarter showed $50 million pretax and $26 million attributable. Source
  • Co-product values mixed: Co-product contribution improved with higher distillers corn oil prices, partly offset by lower values for dried distillers grain. Source
  • Renewables adjusted EBITDA higher: Adjusted third-quarter EBITDA for Renewables was $67 million, against EBITDA of $63 million in 2024. Source
  • 45Z credits in effect through 2029: Management said current law keeps 45Z tax credits in effect through 2029, which it described as continued policy support for renewable fuels. Source

Demand and grain markets

  • Fall harvest yields vary: The fall harvest began in the third quarter and is progressing, with yields varying across the country. Source
  • Feed buyers limit purchases: With a large harvest and low market prices, feed and end-use customers continue to limit their purchasing to immediate needs. Source
  • Nutrient margins and volumes higher: Nutrient margins and year-over-year volumes increased in a seasonally slow quarter. Source

Costs and income taxes

  • Operating expenses increased: Operating, administrative and general expenses were $172.6 million against $120.5 million. Nine-month expenses were $452.9 million against $356.5 million. Source
  • Modest tax benefit recorded: The company recorded a modest income tax benefit, which it attributed to non-taxable 45Z income and the elimination of certain reserves for R&D tax credits. Source
  • Items excluded from adjusted results: Asset impairment of $11.4 million and acquisition costs of $5.9 million were excluded from adjusted net income, as were insured inventory and property recoveries of $7.7 million. Source

Cash and balance sheet

  • Operating cash flow rose: Operating cash flow was $234 million, against a use of $2 million in the third quarter of 2024. Before working capital changes it was $68 million against $86 million. Source
  • Capital project spending increased: Cash spent on capital projects was $67 million, up $29 million from 2024. Source
  • Ethanol purchase funded from cash: The ethanol purchase was funded with cash on hand, with only a minimal increase to the operating line. Source
  • Dividends and buybacks in nine months: Nine-month dividends were $19.9 million and common stock repurchases were $15.4 million. Source
  • Cash balance below year-end: Cash and equivalents were $81.6 million at September 30, 2025, against $561.8 million at December 31, 2024. Source

Strategy and growth projects

  • Port of Houston project progressing: The Port of Houston project adds export capacity for soybean meal and improves efficiency of the existing grain operations. Source
  • Skyland assets being integrated: Integration of Skyland Grain, LLC assets into the Agribusiness segment continues. Source
  • Premium food corn capacity investment: Capacity in the premium food corn business is being increased in response to growing customer demand. Source
  • Ethanol yield and carbon work: Work continues on enhancements to ethanol and co-product yields and on lowering the carbon intensity of the ethanol produced. Source
  • Clymers carbon sequestration after approval: Once the Class VI permit is approved, the Clymers, Indiana facility could sequester carbon on-site, lowering its carbon intensity score further. Source

Coming up, as management said on 4 November 2025

  • Investor Day on December 9: The company plans to provide updated long-range financial targets at an Investor Day on December 9. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Ethanol gallons produced Sourceslightly higher year-over-year

Risks management discussed

  • External: Trade policy uncertainty, low prices and volatility reduced grain gross profit, excluding Skyland. Source
  • Regulatory: Clymers carbon sequestration depends on an EPA approval process for the Class VI well permit that is still under way. Source
  • Operational: Ethanol margins were lower on board crush, higher corn basis and higher natural gas costs. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • On track: Management said it is on track to meet its run-rate EPS target by the end of 2026. Source
  • Not stated: The company expected Port of Houston completion by mid-2026 in the prior quarter's release.
  • Met: Management said the company now has access to 100% of the cash generated by the ethanol operations. Source
  • Met: Results included two months of full ownership of the ethanol plants, August and September. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.