Erin N. Kane
Thanks, Chris. I am now on Slide 7 to discuss our end market exposure and what we are seeing across our major product lines. Our diversified end market exposure continues to be a strategic advantage, providing resiliency across cycles. Agriculture and fertilizer remains our largest end market. Overall, we continue to see favorable ammonium sulfate supply and demand fundamentals, with sulfur nutrition demand growing approximately 3% to 4%. There is caution around crop prices and sensitivity to declining farmer profitability, in addition to higher sulfur input costs which are impacting fertilizer margins. Sulfur prices settled at nearly $500 per long ton in 2026. That compares to $165 per ton in 2025 and $310 per ton last quarter, so a meaningful increase that the industry is experiencing. There continues to be robust acceptance of the sulfur value proposition, with growers seeking to maximize crop yields. In the first seven months of this fertilizer year, granular sales volume is up 10%. We continue to build upon last year's success and are on pace for another record year of sales growth. As the value chain has been preparing for the upcoming planting in spring, we are seeing inventory fill up in the channel, particularly with the impact of weather-related delays. We are now seeing our first half order book shift more into the second quarter when fertilizer typically moves very quickly through the chain to the fields. While there is risk to our first quarter planned volume, we also view this as an opportunity to place more tons in the second quarter when we traditionally see the highest in-season pricing. To put this into historical context, at this point in the year, we are typically sold out several months in advance, meaning that pricing for the first quarter shipments is based on the back half of the prior year, and the second quarter shipments largely reflect first quarter pricing. This year, given the considerations around anticipated acceleration of input costs, expectations for corn acres planted, and tight domestic fertilizer supply, we engaged in a more limited pre-buy program and have taken a more cautious and patient approach to the order book. By not selling forward, our average price in the order book is above last year's pricing and much closer to current published pricing without the historical lag. Moving to building and construction, dynamics here remain largely unchanged. We have direct and indirect exposure across nylon and chemical intermediates through flooring, oriented strand board, and paints and coatings, to name a few. Our view is that latent demand will build and begin to recover through 2026, assuming moderating interest rates going forward. Third-party estimates indicate approximately 3% commercial construction growth anticipated in 2026. For nylon fiber and filament, in particular, we see a stronger presence in commercial applications such as office, hospitality, and leisure. Broadly across Nylon Solutions, the industry remains in an extended trough. Pricing has stabilized domestically with margins supported by lower benzene input costs. However, demand remains muted across construction, automotive, food packaging, and broader industrial applications. As I mentioned earlier, encouragingly, we are seeing increased evidence of capacity rationalization in Europe and lower operating rates in China, which again should support more balanced supply and demand conditions over time. In chemical intermediates, phenol demand remains weak, driving lower global operating rates and supporting more balanced acetone supply and demand dynamics. While acetone margins have moderated, they remain near cycle averages. Downstream MMA demand is improving following planned and unplanned downtime in 2025. In addition, we note that the refinery grade propylene pricing marker is being discontinued in 2026, and the industry is moving to buying cumene on a polymer grade propylene-minus pricing construct. Lastly, as of January, the Commerce Department and International Trade Commission made final determinations to renew the antidumping duties for acetone into the U.S. for another five years. Let us move to Slide 8. As we look ahead to the remainder of 2026, our strategic priorities remain clear. We are focused on bolstering sustainable cash flow generation through risk-based prioritization of capital investments, cost productivity, tax optimization, and commercial and operational execution. Our balance sheet is positioned to provide optionality and the ability to weather the challenging macro environment, with leverage exiting 2025 at approximately 1.2 times net debt to adjusted EBITDA. Now starting with CapEx, we are expecting to spend in the range of $75,000,000 to $95,000,000 in 2026, compared to $116,000,000 in 2025. This reduction reflects a rigorous evaluation and risk-based assessment of base investments and enterprise programs, with continued progression of growth projects, including our Sustained Growth Program. We anticipate a similar range of investment in 2027 as well. We prioritize capital based on compliance, risk and reliability assessments, and efficiency improvements. We have also taken a refined risk-based approach to our planned turnaround schedule in 2026. While it is an ammonia turnaround year at Hopewell, we reduced the scope of these activities, focusing on critical maintenance and compliance areas. In total, we now anticipate the pretax income impact of plant turnarounds to be in the range of $20,000,000 to $25,000,000. The majority of the spend will be in the second quarter this year as we necessarily aligned our work with planned natural gas pipeline maintenance already scheduled by our vendor partners. As we previewed on our last earnings call, we are embarking on a non-manpower fixed cost takeout initiative which is expected to support margin resilience. Supported by our recent ERP upgrades and enhanced management tools and data analytics, this multiyear productivity program targets approximately $30,000,000 of annual run-rate cost savings. From an execution perspective, we remain focused on optimizing production output, inventories, and sales volume mix while remaining nimble to capture market opportunity in the areas that are most profitable. We are also actively managing our cash tax rate, which we anticipate being below 10% this year. Lastly, all of these contributing items support expected meaningful improvement in free cash flow for the year. As a reminder, our linearity, consistent with past years, will represent a first-half use of cash, primarily due to the unwinding of cash advances, the run-rate of cash payments on CapEx, and timing of annual payments. Conversely, we anticipate the second half to be a source of cash to achieve our full-year expectations. Let us turn to Slide 9 before moving to Q&A. We believe that AdvanSix Inc. offers a compelling investment thesis, with several value drivers supporting through-cycle profitability and sustainable performance. Our leading U.S.-based position, advantaged value chain, and business model provide inherent competitive advantages. We are aligned to a diverse set of end market applications, including roughly 40% of our revenue tied to underlying strong agricultural fundamentals. Our ammonia-sulfuric acid platform integration coupled with leading granular crystallization technology underpins our ammonium sulfate growth and how we win in plant nutrients. These capabilities, combined with our asset utilization agility and product mix, position us to navigate cycles and capitalize on emerging opportunities. With disciplined capital allocation, a healthy balance sheet, and a keen focus on productivity and free cash flow generation, we believe we have the flexibility and resilience to navigate current market conditions and create long-term shareholder value. With that, Adam, let us move to Q&A.