K+S beats Q2 revenue forecasts as fertiliser sales recover
Adds agricultural segment performance in paragraph 3, shares in paragraph 4, outlook for potash supply paragraph 7
By Tristan Veyet and Chiara Holzhaeuser
Aug 14 (Reuters) -German potash and salt miner K+S SDFGn.DE beat revenue expectations on Wednesday as it published its second quarter results, helped by higher sales volumes in its agricultural segment.
The firm reported a quarterly revenue of 874 million euros ($960.6 million), 5% above analysts' expectations of 831.7 million according to a consensus compiled by Vara Research.
K+S's agricultural customer segment, which makes up 70% of its total revenue, sold 0.21 million tonnes more than in the same period last year, excluding traded goods, boosted by a better European business and fertiliser specialties.
Its shares rose 2.3% by 0619 GMT in early Frankfurt trade.
K+S also narrowed its outlook range for 2024 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to 530-620 million euros, from the previously expected 500-650 million.
"Our guidance assumes that the potash price will remain stable for the rest of the year. And this is also confirmed after we have recently seen the contracts in China and India and potash prices remain stable," CEO Burkhard Lohr said.
K+S expects no potash oversupply for the remainder of 2024, though supply volumes from Russia and Belarus are expected to increase and reach the levels seen in 2021, before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Potash prices have started to recover and stabilise following a period of volatility caused by the war in Ukraine, which hurt the margins of potash miners.
K+S's positive results echo those of its peers, Canada-based Nutrien NTR.TO and Norway's Yara YAR.OL, which both beat estimates as demand for fertilisers picks up.
($1 = 0.9098 euros)
Reporting by Tristan Veyet and Chiara Holzhaeuser in Gdansk, Patricia Weiss in Frankfurt; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Milla Nissi
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