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Seth Goldstein, CFA

Raising Our K+S FVE to EUR 20 on Higher Near-Term Potash Prices After Solid 1Q Earnings

K+S reported solid first-quarter results as operating profit was up 7% year on year to EUR 147 million on higher volumes and prices in both the potash and salt segments. We’re increasing our fair value estimate to EUR 20 per share from EUR 17 to account for higher near-term potash prices, the time value of money, and a higher enterprise value/EBITDA exit multiple. Our exit multiple increases to 8.0 times from 7.5 to better align with our outlook for improved free cash flow conversion from EBITDA...
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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Seth Goldstein, CFA

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