Israel Chemicals Ltd. operates as a specialty minerals company worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Essential Minerals and Specialty Solutions. The company extracts potash from the Dead Sea; mines and produces potash, salt, and Polysulphate; and produces, markets, and sells pure magnesium and magnesium alloys, as well as produces dry carnallite and related by-products, including chlorine and sylvinite. It also mines and processes phosphate rock; produces sulphuric acid, fertilizer-grade phosphoric acid, and phosphate fertilizers; manufactures phosphate-based food additives for livestock; and produces water soluble specialty fertilizers, liquid and soluble fertilizers, and controlled-release fertilizers. In addition, the company produces bromine and bromine-based compounds; various grades of potassium chloride, salt, magnesium chloride, and magnesia products; and phosphorous-based flame retardants and additional phosphorus-based products; Further, it develops, produces, markets, and sells a range of acids and specialty phosphates for various applications in metal and water treatment, paint and coating, cleaning material, oral hygiene, carbonated drinks, and asphalt modification industries; develops and produces functional food ingredients and phosphate additives, which provide texture and stability solutions for the processed meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, beverage, and baked goods markets; and produces milk and whey proteins for the food ingredients industry, as well as provides blended and integrated solutions based on dairy proteins and phosphate additives. The company sells its products through marketing companies, agents, and distributors. Israel Chemicals Ltd. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Agricultural chemicals
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorBasic Materials
SymbolNYSE:ICL
CUSIPN/A
Phone972-3684-4400
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.82%
Current Ratio1.17%
Quick Ratio0.64%
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio14.42
Forward P/E Ratio13.15
P/E GrowthN/A
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$5.42 billion
Price / Sales1.07
Cash Flow$0.5936 per share
Price / Cash7.53
Book Value$2.25 per share
Price / Book1.99
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.31
Net Income$364 million
Net Margins6.72%
Return on Equity13.88%
Return on Assets4.46%
Miscellaneous
Employees13,414
Outstanding Shares1,302,970,000
