Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Agricultural Farm Products
CHS Inc. CHSCL
$25.09 -0.08% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $307.9M
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $37.41B, up 3.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from -0.8% a quarter earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -3.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 18.1 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 6%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 22%
- Gross marginBottom 3%
- Operating marginBottom 20%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 25%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Interest coverBottom 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
- 6-month returnTop 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 40%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.8% | 3.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 3.4% | 3.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.7% | 4.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.8% | -0.8% | ↑ | Top 49% |
| Gross margin | 3.4% | 3.4% | ↓ | Bottom 3% |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 0.5% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.0% | -1.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.5% | — | Bottom 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -9.5% | — | Bottom 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.55×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.08×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 64.53%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 119.59%
- Shareholder yield
- 184.12%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 8, 2026).
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 2.3× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.09× | — | — | Top 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 490.98% | — | — | Top 1% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -1.7%
- RSI (14)
- 42.3
- Relative volume
- 0.66×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 5.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 6th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.15
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -5.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2021 | Oct 10, 2022 | -17.4% | 269 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $307.9M
- Revenue (TTM)
- $37.41B
- Dividend yield
- 7.47%
- 52-week range
- $25.00 – $25.95
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $38.45B | $47.79B | $45.59B | $39.26B | $35.46B |
| Gross profit | $1.88B | $2.69B | $2.78B | $1.75B | $1.14B |
| Operating income | $1.13B | $1.69B | $1.75B | $584.4M | $90.8M |
| Net income | $554.0M | $1.68B | $1.90B | $1.10B | $597.9M |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.17B | $9.29B | $7.80B | $9.77B | $8.61B | $8.86B | $8.35B | $11.58B |
| Net income | $111.8M | $244.8M | -$75.8M | $232.2M | $196.7M | $260.5M | -$147.1M | $267.4M |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $757.8M | $1.95B | $3.28B | $1.27B | $635.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$358.7M | -$379.2M | -$781.9M | -$831.5M | -$1000.0M |
| Free cash flow | $399.1M | $1.57B | $2.50B | $441.4M | -$364.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$168.7M | -$168.7M | -$168.7M | -$168.7M | -$469.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | -$495.8M | -$355.9M | -$287.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $497.6M
- Total assets
- $20.78B
- Total liabilities
- $9.57B
- Total debt
- $3.72B
- Net debt
- $3.23B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $11.20B
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 8, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $0.47 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.47 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.47 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | $0.47 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $0.47 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.47 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.47 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | $0.47 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,843
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- +18.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.