Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

April 2024 | 50 pages | ID: PD1B2D9C9B2BEN
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Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information, industry analysis, opinions, estimates, plus annual and quarterly forecasts made by stock market experts. The report also enables direct comparison to be made between Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. position in the Industry.

• The report contains detailed information about Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
• Another part of the report is a SWOT-analysis carried out for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.. It involves specifying the objective of the company's business and identifies the different factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. SWOT-analysis helps to understand company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
• The Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. financial analysis covers the income statement and ratio trend-charts with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis. The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company’s long-term solvency. This sort of company's information will assist and strengthen your company’s decision-making processes.
• In the part that describes Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. competitors and the industry in whole, the information about company's financial ratios is compared to those of its competitors and to the industry. The unique analysis of the market and company’s competitors along with detailed information about the internal and external factors affecting the relevant industry will help to manage your business environment. Your company’s business and sales activities will be boosted by gaining an insight into your competitors’ businesses.
• Also the report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements. The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms. Such information creates your awareness about principal trends of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. business.

About Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. operates as an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company. The company owns and operates five potash mines in Saskatchewan and one in New Brunswick. It also holds mineral rights at the Esterhazy mine and potash is produced under a mining and processing agreement with a third party.

Potash Operations

The company’s potash operations include the mining and production of potash, which is predominantly used as fertilizer.

Properties

All potash produced by the company in Saskatchewan is in the southern half of the Province, where potash deposits are found. The potash ore is contained in a rock salt formation known as the Prairie Evaporite, which lies approximately 1,000 metres below the surface. The evaporite deposits, which are bounded by limestone formations, contain the potash beds of approximately 2.4 to 5.1 metres thickness. The Patience Lake Member is mined at the Lanigan, Allan, Patience Lake and Cory mines, and the Esterhazy Member is mined at the Rocanville and Esterhazy mines.

The company also produces potash at its mine near Sussex, New Brunswick from the flank of an elongated salt structure. It also holds an interest in certain oil and gas rights in the vicinity of the New Brunswick mine.

The company controls the right to mine 773,474 acres of land in Saskatchewan. Included in these holdings are mineral rights to 665,468 acres contained in blocks around the six mines in which the company has an interest, of which acres approximately 28% it owns, approximately 55% are under lease from the Province of Saskatchewan, and approximately 17% are leased from other parties. The company’s remaining 108,006 acres are located elsewhere in Saskatchewan.

Phosphate Operations

The company mines phosphate ore and manufacture phosphoric acid, solid and liquid fertilizers, animal feed supplements, purified phosphoric acid which is used in food products and industrial processes, hydrofluosilicic acid (HFSA) and silicon tetrafluoride (STF).

Properties

The company conducts phosphate operations primarily at two facilities, one a 74,787-acre facility near Aurora, North Carolina and the other a 100,580-acre facility near White Springs in northern Florida. The Aurora facility includes a 6.0 million tonne per-year mining operation, five sulfuric acid plants, four phosphoric acid plants, four purified acid plants, a liquid fertilizer plant, a superphosphoric acid (SPA) plant, a defluorinated phosphate (DFP) or animal feed plant, two granulation plants capable of producing diammonium phosphate (DAP) or monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and four STF plants.

The White Springs facility includes a mine and two production facilities, Suwannee River and Swift Creek, with two sulfuric acid plants, one phosphoric acid plant, two MAP plants, a SPA plant, a dicalcium phosphate plant and a DFP plant located at the Suwannee River complex and two sulfuric acid plants and a superphosphoric plant located at the Swift Creek complex.

At Geismar, Louisiana facility, the company manufactures phosphoric acid. The Geismar facility has a sulfuric acid plant, a phosphoric acid plant and a liquid fertilizer plant. A significant portion of the phosphoric acid produced at the Geismar facility is sold as feedstock to Innophos, Inc. for use in its neighboring purified acid plant. The company’s other phosphate properties include animal feed plants in Marseilles, Illinois; Weeping Water, Nebraska; and Joplin, Missouri; a technical and food grade phosphate plant in Cincinnati, Ohio; and a terminal facility at Morehead City, North Carolina.

Nitrogen Operations

The company’s nitrogen operations include production of nitrogen fertilizers and nitrogen chemicals. These products are used for agricultural, industrial and animal nutrition purposes. The company has four nitrogen production facilities, of which three are located in the United States and one is located in Trinidad.

Customers

The company’s customer includes Canpotex.

Competition

The company’s principal competitors in North American markets include The Mosaic Company; CF Industries, Inc.; Koch Industries, Inc.; and Terra Industries, Inc.

History

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. was founded in 1953.

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Contents

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

DISCLAIMER

1. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. COMPANY PROFILE

1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History

2. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. BUSINESS OVERVIEW

2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units

3. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. SWOT ANALYSIS

3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats

4. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

4.1. Financial Statements
4.1.1. Income Statement
4.1.2. Balance Sheet
4.1.3. Cash Flow
4.2. Financial Ratios
4.2.1. Profitability
4.2.2. Margin Analysis
4.2.3. Asset Turnover
4.2.4. Credit Ratios
4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
4.2.7. Financial Ratios Charts
4.3. Stock Market Snapshot

5. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

5.1. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Industry Snapshot
  5.4.2. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Industry Position Analysis

6. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. NEWS & EVENTS

6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events

7. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. EXPERTS REVIEW¹

7.1. Experts Consensus
7.2. Experts Revisions

8. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. ENHANCED SWOT ANALYSIS²

9. CANADA PESTEL ANALYSIS²

9.1. Political Factors
9.2. Economic Factors
9.3. Social Factors
9.4. Technological Factors
9.5. Environmental Factors
9.6. Legal Factors

10. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. IFE, EFE, IE MATRICES²

10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix

11. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. PORTER FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS²

12. POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC. VRIO ANALYSIS²

APPENDIX: RATIO DEFINITIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Profit Margin Chart
Operating Margin Chart
Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Debt to Equity Chart
Current Ratio Chart
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 1-year Stock Charts
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 5-year Stock Charts
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Article Density Chart

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2 – These sections are available only when you purchase a report with appropriate additional types of analyses.
The complete financial data is available for publicly traded companies.

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Key Facts
Profitability
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Key Executives
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Major Shareholders
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. History
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Offices and Representations
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. SWOT Analysis
Yearly Income Statement Including Trends
Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Balance Sheet Including Trends
Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Cash Flow Including Trends
Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Capital Market Snapshot
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Direct Competitors Key Facts
Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Industry Statistics
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Industry Position
Company vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Company vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Company vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Company vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. Consensus Recommendations¹
Analyst Recommendation Summary¹
Price Target Summary¹
Experts Recommendation Trends¹
Revenue Estimates Analysis¹
Earnings Estimates Analysis¹
Historical Surprises¹
Revenue Estimates Trend¹
Earnings Estimates Trend¹
Revenue Revisions¹

ANALYSIS FEATURES

SWOT Analysis

SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, is an analytical framework that identifies the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable for a company.

Enhanced SWOT Analysis

Enhanced SWOT is a 3×3 grid that arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats into one scheme:

• How to use the strengths to take advantage of the opportunities?
• How to use the strengths to reduce likelihood and impact of the threats?
• How to overcome the weaknesses that obstruct taking advantage of the opportunities?
• How to overcome the weaknesses that can make the threats a reality?

Upon answering these questions a company can develop a project plan to improve its business performance.

PESTEL Analysis

PESTEL (also termed as PESTLE) is an ideal tool to strategically analyze what influence different outside factors – political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal – exert on a business to later chart its long term targets.

Being part of the external analysis when carrying out a strategic assessment or performing a market study, PESTEL gives an overview of diverse macro-environmental factors that any company should thoughtfully consider. By perceiving these outside environments, businesses can maximally benefit from the opportunities while minimizing the threats to the organization.

Key Factors Examined by PESTEL Analysis:

• Political – What opportunities and pressures are brought by political bodies and what is the degree of public regulations’ impact on the business?
• Economic – What economic policies, trends and structures are expected to affect the organization, what is this influence’s degree?
• Sociological – What cultural and societal aspects will work upon the demand for the business’s products and operations?
• Technological – What impact do the technological aspects, innovations, incentives and barriers have on the organization?
• Environmental – What environmental and ecological facets, both locally and farther afield, are likely to predetermine the business?
• Legal – What laws and legislation will exert influence on the style the business is carried out?

IFE, EFE, IE Matrices

The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix (IFE matrix) is a strategic management tool helping audit or evaluate major weaknesses and strengths in a business’s functional areas. In addition, IFE matrix serves as a basis for identifying and assessing relationships amongst those areas. The IFE matrix is utilised in strategy formulation.

The External Factor Evaluation matrix (EFE matrix) is a tool of strategic management that is typically utilised to assess current market conditions. It is an ideal instrument for visualising and prioritising the threats and opportunities a firm is facing.

The essential difference between the above mentioned matrices lies in the type of factors incorporated in the model; whilst the latter is engaged in internal factors, the former deals exceptionally with external factors – those exposed to social, political, economic, legal, etc. external forces.

Being a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models, the Internal External matrix (IE matrix) rests upon an investigation of external and internal business factors integrated into one suggestive model.

Porter Five Forces Analysis

The Porter’s five forces analysis studies the industry of operation and helps the company find new sources of competitive advantage. The analysis surveys an industry through five major questions:

1. What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
2. Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
3. What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
4. How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
5. How significant is the bargaining power of suppliers?

VRIO Analysis

VRIO stands for Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization. This analysis helps to evaluate all company’s resources and capabilities and bring them together into one aggregate table that includes:

• Tangible resources
  • Financial
  • Physical
  • Technological
  • Organizational
• Intangible resources
  • Human
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Reputation
• Organizational capabilities

The result of the analysis gives a clear picture of company’s competitive and economic implications, answering the questions if the resources mentioned above are:

• Valuable?
• Rare?
• Costly to imitate?
• Organized properly?