Terra Industries: Powerful Growth in the Strong Agri-Chemical Sector

Terra Industries, Inc. (TRA) is a manufacturer of nitrogen products serving the agricultural and industrial markets in the US, United Kingdom, and Canada. Despite the long-term success of this stock, some are still shocked to find it's still cheap despite just hitting a new 52-week high. First let’s go over the fundamentals of a company that is repurchasing an additional 10 million shares of its outstanding common stock.

First off, year over year EPS has grown 999%, 650%, 500%, 185% and 169% the past five quarters respectively, making it one of the fastest growing companies out there. To go along with this incredible EPS growth, sales growth has been fantastic with sales growth of 26%, 32%, 28%, 27%, 15% and 22% the past six quarters. These numbers are fantastic and are the reason mutual funds have embraced this company.