We refer you to the forward-looking statements included in our press release and earnings presentation. This morning, we will review our financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 and share our outlook for our key product lines and end markets. We delivered record annual production across both of our key ammonia and sulfuric acid unit operations. We invested $116 million in CapEx, funding key growth and enterprise initiatives, including our sustained growth program.

We anticipate continued strength in plant nutrients, supply-demand fundamentals, and expect acetone margins to remain near cycle averages, while nylon remains plateaued in its trough. In total, we anticipate roughly an $8 million-$10 million unfavorable earnings impact in the first quarter, which we do intend to fully offset as we progress through the year. This includes optimizing production output and sales volume mix, driving fixed cost reductions and productivity, maintaining a disciplined approach to cash management, and taking a risk-based approach to capital investment and plant turnaround scoping. Market-based pricing was favorable by approximately 2%, driven by the continued strength in plant nutrients, reflecting favorable North American ammonium sulfate supply and demand conditions, partially offset by lower acetone prices as anticipated.

adjusted EBITDA was $25 million, up $15 million from last year, while adjusted EBITDA margin was 6.9%. In Nylon Solutions, volumes declined sequentially as we moderated caprolactam and resin production rates to manage inventory in a softer demand environment. Granular ammonium sulfate volumes increased year-over-year, supported by the resiliency of sulfur nutrition demand and continued progress of our sustained growth program. I'm now on slide 6, where we've summarized our full year 2025 financial results.

What went well
  • Delivered full-year 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $157 million with 90 basis points of margin expansion to 10.3%, and generated positive free cash flow of $6 million for the year.
  • Fourth-quarter sales rose approximately 9% year-over-year to $360 million, with sales volume up roughly 11% (aided by lapping the prior-year Q4 extended planned turnaround), and Q4 adjusted EBITDA increased $15 million to $25 million.
  • Plant nutrients performed exceptionally well with strength in volume, pricing, and mix; granular ammonium sulfate sales volume was up 10% in the first seven months of the fertilizer year, putting the business on pace for another record year of sales growth.
  • Achieved record annual production across both the ammonia and sulfuric acid unit operations at Hopewell in an ammonia turnaround year, and completed planned turnarounds at the low end of the target spend range.
  • Maintained a healthy balance sheet, exiting 2025 at approximately 1.2 times net debt to adjusted EBITDA, preserving the dividend, and received the final $26 million PES settlement proceeds in Q1 2025; management expects a similar $18 million 45Q carbon-credit benefit in 2026 (subject to DOE approval).
  • Safely and continuously ran operations through a significant winter storm, and pointed to encouraging capacity rationalization in nylon (Fibrant closure in Europe, lower China operating rates) plus the five-year renewal of acetone anti-dumping duties as supportive going forward.
What went wrong
  • Nylon solutions remained in an extended cyclical trough, with demand muted across construction, automotive, food packaging, and broader industrial applications, prompting the company to moderate caprolactam and resin production rates to manage inventory as volumes declined sequentially.
  • Raw material input costs became a meaningful headwind, with sulfur settling at nearly $500 per long ton in Q1 2026 (versus $165 a year earlier and $310 last quarter) and natural gas around $300 per decatherm, expected to pressure the first half of 2026.
  • A recent winter storm is expected to cause a roughly $8 million-$10 million unfavorable earnings impact in the first quarter due to natural gas restrictions, additional maintenance costs, and moderated operating rates.
  • Chemical intermediates pricing was lower year-over-year as acetone prices moderated from the multi-year highs of 2024, and Q4 adjusted EBITDA margin was only 6.9% with earnings roughly flat sequentially.
  • The Chesterfield site experienced an unplanned electrical outage and fire, contributing to operating rates there being down high single digits year-over-year.
  • Management expects sequential margin compression of roughly $10 million-$15 million as price increases lag rising sulfur and natural gas costs, and there is risk to first-quarter plant nutrient volumes as weather-related delays shift order books into the second quarter.

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Reported 2026-02-20 · figures from the AdvanSix Inc. Q4 2025 earnings call.

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