Downgrading Our Nufarm Fair Value Estimate on Slower Omega-3 Growth and Tempered Margins

Nufarm is a major producer of crop-protection products including herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides, selling into major world markets. The company is leveraged to growing demand for crops for biofuels, and food from rapidly industrializing markets such as China and India. Growth should come from astute brand and offshore business investments and from a customer service-focused strategy. However, the global crop-protection markets are competitive and earnings are cyclical, given a reliance on seasonal conditions.