15. Segment

We are engaged in the manufacture and sale of nitrogen based chemical products. We manufacture and distribute products in four facilities; three of which we own and one of which we operate on behalf of a third party. Please see “Nature of business” in Note 1-Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for a description of our products and customers.

The Company is managed on a consolidated basis with a single reportable segment, chemical manufacturing, which is not an aggregation of individual operating segments. Our segment determination is based primarily on our approach in allocating resources, which is driven by the objective of maximizing profit to the consolidated entity. We do not have business activities outside of our single reportable segment. Hence, we manage our entire company on the same basis as our single reportable segment.

We have determined that the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) function is held by our Chief Executive Officer, Mark Behrman, and our Chief Financial Officer, Cheryl Maguire.

Our measure of segment profit that is most consistent with U.S. GAAP measurement principles is consolidated net income, which our CODM uses to assess performance and allocate resources. The accounting policies for our single reportable segment are the same as those for the Company as a whole, which are described in “Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”.

The CODM uses the segment profit measure to assess actual versus forecasted performance, determine incentive compensation, evaluate growth opportunities and to make decisions such as whether and when to invest profits back into the business.

Information about reported segment revenue, measures of a segment’s profit or loss, significant segment expenses, and measure of a segment's assets:

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

(In Thousands)

 

Net sales

 

$

615,208

 

 

$

522,400

 

 

$

593,709

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales excluding depreciation, amortization
  and turnaround expense

 

 

423,125

 

 

 

362,562

 

 

 

436,634

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

81,623

 

 

 

74,260

 

 

 

68,385

 

Turnaround expense

 

 

6,158

 

 

 

37,781

 

 

 

2,430

 

    Total cost of sales

 

 

510,906

 

 

 

474,603

 

 

 

507,449

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wages and benefits

 

 

25,627

 

 

 

23,191

 

 

 

20,403

 

   Other selling general and administrative

 

 

15,880

 

 

 

18,576

 

 

 

16,177

 

Total selling general and administrative

 

 

41,507

 

 

 

41,767

 

 

 

36,580

 

Interest expense

 

 

30,657

 

 

 

34,452

 

 

 

41,136

 

Loss (gain) on extinguishments of debt

 

 

52

 

 

 

(3,013

)

 

 

(8,644

)

Loss from asset write-down and disposals

 

 

6,434

 

 

 

11,703

 

 

 

3,613

 

Income tax provision (benefit)

 

 

7,936

 

 

 

(6,684

)

 

 

5,973

 

Other segment items (a)

 

 

(6,897

)

 

 

(11,075

)

 

 

(20,321

)

Segment net income (loss)

 

 

24,613

 

 

 

(19,353

)

 

 

27,923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of profit or loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments and reconciling items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated net income (loss)

 

$

24,613

 

 

$

(19,353

)

 

$

27,923

 

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(a) For the periods presented, amount consisted primarily of interest and sublease income.

The measure of our chemical business assets is reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets.

All our long-lived assets are located in the United States and substantially all net sales are to customers in the United States.

In each of 2025, 2024 and 2023 we had one customer whose net sales accounted for more than 10% of our total net sales. Net sales to this customer were 12%, 16% and 14% of total net sales, in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 26, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 27, 2025
2015Feb 29, 2016

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.