Basic Materials
Intrepid Potash, Inc.(IPI)
Live Price
Offline$36.15
+5.21% today
1Y Change
-5.09%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $530.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +17.1%
- EPS Growth
- +105.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Intrepid Potash, Inc. (IPI) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $530.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $36.15 and down 5.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +17.1%, EPS growth of +105.2%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +17.1%, EPS +105.2%, free cash flow -24.0% with operating margin 4.8% and ROIC 2.4%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 46.5 and price/sales 1.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines IPI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+17.1% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+4.8% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 4, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +17.1% and EPS at +105.2%, with operating margin around 4.8%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +11.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 4, 2026 | โ | +2.0% | +11.2% | -3.2% |
2026 Mar 4, 2026 | +88.5% | +10.6% | +22.4% | +16.7% |
2025 Nov 5, 2025 | -15.4% | -8.6% | +1.4% | -2.0% |
Benchmark Edge
IPI vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
IPI
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
IPI Max Drawdown
-34.87%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for IPI and SPY.
Company Overview
Intrepid Potash, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Intrepid Potash, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction and production of the potash in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Potash, Trio, and Oilfield Solutions. The Potash segment offers muriate of potash or potassium chloride for use as a fertilizer input in the agricultural market; as a component in drilling and fracturing fluids for oil and gas wells, as well as an input to other industrial processes in the industrial market; and as a nutrient supplement in the animal feed market. The Trio segment provides Trio, a specialty fertilizer that delivers potassium, sulfate, and magnesium in a single particle. The Oilfield Solutions segment sells water for use in the oil and gas services industry; and offers potassium chloride real-time mixing services on location for hydraulic fracturing operations and trucking services. The company also offers salt for use in animal feeds, industrial applications, pool salts, and treatment of roads and walkways for ice melting or to manage road conditions; magnesium chloride for use in the deicing and dedusting of roads; brines for well development and completion activities in the oil and gas industry; and metal recovery salt, a combination of potash and salt to enhance the recovery of aluminum in the aluminum recycling processing facilities. Intrepid Potash, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
- Leadership
- Kevin S. Crutchfield
- IPO Date
- Apr 22, 2008
- Employees
- 468
- Street Address
- 1001 17th Street
- Mailing
- Denver, CO, 80202
- Region
- Denver, CO, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 303 296 3006
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 46.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.7
- Price/Sales
- 1.8
- Price/Book
- 1.1
Growth
- Revenue
- +17.1%
- EPS
- +105.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- -24.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 17.9%
- Operating Margin
- 4.8%
- Net Margin
- 3.7%
- ROE
- 2.3%
- ROIC
- 2.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.01
- Current Ratio
- 4.38
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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