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AdvanSix Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 08, 2026--AdvanSix Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
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1Q26 Sales of $404 million, up 7% versus prior year 1Q26 Earnings Per Share of ($0.58); Adjusted Earnings Per Share of ($0.50) 1Q26 Cash Flow from Operations of ($15) million Evaluating Expansion of Integrated Ammonia Platform to Meet Growing Regional Demand for Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Appointed Patrick Day as SVP and CFO, effective April 27th PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 08, 2026 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--AdvanSix (NYSE: ASIX) , a vertically integrated chemistry company serving diverse end markets, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2026. Overall, the Company navigated a dynamic market environment while progressing on key growth, cost savings and strategic initiatives. First Quarter 2026 Summary "The AdvanSix team delivered a solid first quarter performance consistent with our expectations while navigating a number of headwinds, including the early quarter winter storm-related impacts and new geopolitical challenges amid continued subdued industrial end market demand," said Erin Kane, president and CEO of AdvanSix. "We generated 7% sales growth year-over-year, supported by improvements in Chemical Intermediates volume and Plant Nutrients market pricing, partially offsetting the margin impacts driven by increased sulfur and natural gas costs. We remain well positioned to serve our customers across our diversified portfolio including fertilizer as the domestic planting season progresses, in chemical intermediates amid a tightening acetone global supply and demand environment, and across a modestly recovering nylon industry supporting expected meaningful sequential performance improvement into the second quarter." Summary first quarter 2026 financial results for the Company are included below: Sales of $404 million in the quarter increased approximately 7% versus the prior year comprised of 6% volume growth and 1% favorable price. Sales volume growth was primarily driven by favorable Chemical Intermediates sales. Market-based pricing improved by 3% primarily driven by an increase in Plant Nutrients reflecting higher nitrogen pricing amid increased sulfur input costs. Raw material pass-through pricing was down 2% following a net cost decrease in benzene and propylene (inputs to cumene which is a key feedstock to our products). Sales by product line and approximate percentage of total sales are included below: Adjusted EBITDA of $4.8 million in the quarter decreased $46.9 million versus the prior year primarily driven by the absence of $26 million of prior year insurance proceeds, the unfavorable impact of higher sulfur and natural gas raw material prices, and higher plant costs primarily driven by utilities costs and $11 million of winter storm impact. Adjusted earnings per share of ($0.50) decreased $1.43 versus the prior year driven primarily by the factors discussed above. Cash flow from operations of ($15.3) million in the quarter decreased $26.8 million versus the prior year primarily due to lower net income including the impact of insurance proceeds, partially offset by net changes in working capital. Capital expenditures of $35.9 million in the quarter increased $1.9 million versus the prior year, as expected. Outlook Integrated Ammonia Platform - Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Growth Project AdvanSix announced yesterday it has entered into a process design and licensing agreement to assess expansion of its integrated ammonia platform at its Hopewell, Virginia site to supply the growing DEF market. Leveraging its integrated ammonia operations, manufacturing capabilities of required feedstocks and advantaged geographic location, the Company is well positioned to provide reliable, domestic supply into a high‑demand regional market, with no expected impact to ammonium sulfate fertilizer production. The Company is progressing through Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) work with a final investment decision targeted for the first half of 2027. The Company anticipates a multi-year capital investment supporting attractive financial returns, which align with the Company's long-term value creation objectives, following expected operational start up in 2029. "Our strategic initiatives, unique combination of assets and business model are core to our durable competitive advantage and long-term positioning. Our global low-cost position in vertically integrated caprolactam production serves us well. In addition, ammonia and sulfuric acid platform integration coupled with a leading granular crystallization technology position underpins how we win in Plant Nutrients. We are progressing our SUSTAIN ammonium sulfate growth program and have now announced another high-return growth opportunity to further expand through our core assets to serve the growing DEF market. These capabilities, combined with our asset utilization agility and diversified product and end market mix, position us to navigate cycles and capitalize on emerging opportunities. We remain focused on delivering on controllable levers including our non-manpower fixed cost savings program, risk-based prioritization of our capital investments and carbon capture tax credits to support through-cycle profitability and improved cash flow generation," concluded Kane. Dividend The Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share on the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on June 2, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 19, 2026. Conference Call Information AdvanSix will discuss its results during its investor conference call today starting at 9:30 a.m. ET. To participate on the conference call, dial (844) 855-9494 (domestic) or (412) 858-4602 (international) approximately 10 minutes before the 9:30 a.m. ET start, and tell the operator that you are dialing in for AdvanSix’s first quarter 2026 earnings call. The live webcast of the investor call as well as related presentation materials can be accessed at http://investors.advansix.com . Investors can hear a replay of the conference call from 12 noon ET on May 8 until 12 noon ET on May 15 by dialing (855) 669-9658 (domestic) or (412) 317-0088 (international). The access code is 2291728. About AdvanSix AdvanSix is a vertically integrated chemistry company that produces essential materials for our customers across diverse end markets. Our value chain of our five U.S.-based manufacturing facilities plays a critical role in global supply chains and enables us to innovate and deliver essential products for our customers across building and construction, fertilizers, agrochemicals, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, electronics and other end markets. Guided by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect, AdvanSix strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, plant nutrients, and chemical intermediates. More information on AdvanSix can be found at http://www.advansix.com . Forward Looking Statements This release contains certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that our management intends, expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "outlook," "project," "strategy," "intend," "plan," "target," "goal," "may," "will," "should" and "believe" and other variations or similar terminology and expressions. Although we believe forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict, which may cause the actual results or performance of the Company to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: general economic and financial conditions in the U.S. and globally; the potential effects of inflationary pressures, tariffs or the imposition of new tariffs, trade wars, barriers or restrictions, or threats of such actions, changes in interest rates, labor market shortages and supply chain issues; instability or volatility in financial markets or other unfavorable economic or business conditions caused by geopolitical concerns, including as a result of new or proposed legislation or regulatory, trade or other policies in or impacting the U.S., the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflicts in Israel, Gaza and Iran, and related uncertainty in the surrounding region, and the possible expansion of such conflicts; the effect of any of the foregoing on our customers’ demand for our products and our suppliers’ ability to manufacture and deliver our raw materials, including implications of reduced refinery utilization in the U.S.; our ability to sell and provide our goods and services; the ability of our customers to pay for our products; any closures of our and our customers’ offices and facilities; risks associated with increased phishing, compromised business emails and other cybersecurity attacks, data privacy incidents and disruptions to our technology infrastructure; risks associated with potential use of artificial intelligence in our operations or those of third party service providers; risks associated with operating with a reduced workforce; risks associated with our indebtedness including compliance with financial and restrictive covenants, and our ability to access capital on reasonable terms, at a reasonable cost, or at all, due to economic conditions or otherwise; the impact of scheduled turnarounds and significant unplanned downtime and interruptions of production or logistics operations as a result of mechanical issues or other unanticipated events such as fires, severe weather conditions, natural disasters, pandemics, geopolitical conflicts and related events; price fluctuations, cost increases and supply of raw materials; our operations and growth projects requiring substantial capital; growth rates and cyclicality of the industries we serve including global changes in supply and demand; failure to develop and commercialize new products or technologies; loss of significant customer relationships; adverse trade and tax policies; extensive environmental, health and safety laws that apply to our operations; hazards associated with chemical manufacturing, storage and transportation; litigation associated with chemical manufacturing and our business operations generally; inability to acquire and integrate businesses, assets, products or technologies; protection of our intellectual property and proprietary information; prolonged work stoppages as a result of labor difficulties or otherwise; failure to maintain effective internal controls; our ability to declare and pay quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; our ability to repurchase our common stock and the amount and timing of any future repurchases; disruptions in supply chain, transportation and logistics; potential for uncertainty regarding qualification for tax treatment of our spin-off; fluctuations in our stock price; and changes in laws or regulations applicable to our business. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors including those noted above and those identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the risk factors in Part 1, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as updated in subsequent reports filed with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. We do not undertake to update or revise any of our forward-looking statements. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures intended to supplement, not to act as substitutes for, comparable GAAP measures. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures are provided in this press release. Investors are urged to consider carefully the comparable GAAP measures and the reconciliations to those measures provided. Non-GAAP measures in this press release may be calculated in a way that is not comparable to similarly-titled measures reported by other companies. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260507991919/en/ Contacts Media Janeen Lawlor (973) 526-1615 [email protected] Investors Adam Kressel (973) 526-1700 [email protected]