Loading…
← CockpitCompetitor Analysis › 1722.TW Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd.Open in the cockpit ↗

Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd.1722.TWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Materials›Chemicals: Agricultural

State-linked Taiwanese producer of chemical fertilizers, also making industrial gases and other basic chemicals.

≈ A smaller, state-linked CF Industries/Air Products hybridMomentum neutral 51
Mkt cap
$1.18B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
60%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.16M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.72×
price to book
ROE
0.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
2.9%
what the price asks
Next earnings
125 days
11 Mar 2027
Close · TWDNT$39.80
1D-1.9%
1W-5.0%
1M-2.6%
3M-11.8%
6M-15.3%
YTD-16.7%
1Y-17.5%
ATR %1.8%
52w lowhigh23.5% off high

What Taiwan Fertilizer does

State-linked Taiwanese producer of chemical fertilizers, also making industrial gases and other basic chemicals.

Sells fertilizer to farmers through farmers' associations and dealers across Taiwan, so the domestic farm calendar and government fertilizer policy set volumes. Industrial gases are a second business, sold mainly to industrial users.

In one line: A smaller, state-linked CF Industries/Air Products hybrid.

Products and services

  • Chemical fertilizers (urea, compound)
  • Industrial gases
  • Basic chemicals

Customers

  • Farmers/agricultural distributors
  • Industrial gas customers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Materials
  • Agricultural & industrial chemicals
  • Fertilizer and industrial gas…

What could go right

  • Fertilizer/agricultural demand

What could go wrong

  • Natural gas feedstock cost swings
  • Fertilizer price cyclicality

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, scale). Long-standing, partly state-backed producer with established distribution to Taiwan's agricultural sector.

Headquarters: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Named competitors

Taiwan Fertilizer at a glance

Size Taiwan Fertilizer (1722.TW) is a Taiwan Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $1.18B, the 242nd largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$39.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.3%, against -20.3% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.0%); the operating margin is -16.5% (peer median 7.7%).

Valuation It trades at 0.72× book value against a peer median of 1.74× (4th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.9%; Taiwan Fertilizer delivers 0.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 11 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20261722.TW 85Peer median 80
Six months, rebased to 100: Taiwan Fertilizer against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Taiwan Fertilizer financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$12.5BNT$12.1BNT$11.9BNT$15.0BNT$15.1B
Revenue growth—+2%-21%0%—
Gross profitNT$2.68BNT$1.50BNT$1.72BNT$4.05BNT$1.22B
EBITDAn/aNT$1.80BNT$1.96BNT$4.00BNT$667M
Net incomeNT$293MNT$932MNT$1.97BNT$3.92BNT$2.67B
Free cash flown/aNT$1.90BNT$3.19BNT$5.64BNT$5.25B
Capital expendituren/aNT$480MNT$524MNT$405MNT$329M
Total debtn/aNT$537MNT$82.0MNT$126MNT$154M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Taiwan Fertilizer competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%+40%-10%0%+10%301665UANEIDPARRY002215002588603299987939830297600389002004002217000525OCIODCMBAPL1866DEEPAKFERTNUF1722.TW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Taiwan Fertilizer is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%30%20×40×301665UANEIDPARRY002215002588603299987939830297600389002217000525002170OCIODCMBAPLNUF1722.TWReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Taiwan Fertilizer is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%20%40%0%20%40%301665UAN002215002588603299987939830297600389002217000525002170OCIODC1866NUF1722.TWROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Taiwan Fertilizer is the large dot.

Taiwan Fertilizer competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (1722.TW vs CF vs YAR.OL vs NTR.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Taiwan Fertilizer 1722.TW$1.18B-15%+4%1%0.72×2.9%
CF Industries CF$18.1B+4%+20%39%3.15×17.2%
Yara International YAR.OL$11.0B-26%+2%16%1.15×10.6%
Nutrien NTR.TO$34.3B+8%+8%9%1.31×11.2%

How Taiwan Fertilizer compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Taiwan Fertilizer against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure1722.TWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-2.6%-4.6%11th highest of 21
6-month return-15.3%-20.3%10th highest of 21
Return on equity0.5%11.3%5th lowest of 21
Price / book0.72×1.74×4th cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies2.9%10.7%least demanding of 21
ROE delivered0.5%11.4%5th lowest of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Taiwan Fertilizer 1722.TWTaiwan$1.18B-15%+4%1%0.72×2.9%0.5%
CAC Nantong Chemical 301665.SZChina$1.17B-26%+27%12%2.48×17.6%12.5%
CVR Partners, LP UANUnited States$1.16B-13%+7%36%4.25×17.3%36.0%
E.I.D.-Parry (India) EIDPARRY.NSIndia$1.21B-24%+16%7%1.30×18.9%n/a
Shenzhen Noposion Crop Science 002215.SZChina$1.25B-23%+12%17%1.88×14.3%16.6%
Stanley Agricultural 002588.SZChina$1.27B-33%+3%11%1.08×6.6%11.4%
Jiang Su Suyan Jingshen 603299.SSChina$1.28B-18%-5%4%1.06×5.9%4.0%
Migao 9879.HKHong Kong$1.08B+16%+27%13%2.45×9.0%12.9%
China BlueChemical 3983.HKHong Kong$1.08B-32%+4%4%0.39×4.8%4.5%
Sinofert 0297.HKHong Kong$1.08B-25%+16%12%0.61×5.7%11.6%
Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals 600389.SSChina$1.04B-44%+13%10%1.60×12.4%10.5%
Huapont Life Sciences 002004.SZChina$1.39B-5%-6%6%0.92×6.4%5.8%
Holitech Technology 002217.SZChina$1.41B-58%+17%0%5.01×42.8%0.5%
Nanjing Redsun 000525.SZChina$981M-10%+12%-2%2.52×6.7%-1.8%
Shenzhen Batian Ecological Technique 002170.SZChina$1.44B-29%+3%23%2.60×17.9%23.0%
Oci OCI.ASNetherlands$967M+8%-81%-1%0.82×4.5%-0.9%
Oil-Dri Corporation of America ODCUnited States$948M-9%+2%20%3.19×22.3%19.6%
Madhya Bharat Agro Products MBAPL.NSIndia$944M+68%+48%32%15.49×101.4%n/a
China XLX Fertiliser 1866.HKHong Kong$1.51B-27%+24%12%0.95×8.1%12.4%
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals DEEPAKFERT.NSIndia$1.54B-14%+14%11%2.13×34.8%n/a
Nufarm NUF.AXAustralia$897M+40%-2%-7%0.71×6.5%-7.2%

Questions

Who are Taiwan Fertilizer's main competitors?
Named competitors: CF Industries (CF), Yara International (YAR.OL), Nutrien (NTR.TO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes CAC Nantong Chemical (301665.SZ), CVR Partners, LP (UAN), E.I.D.-Parry (India) (EIDPARRY.NS), Shenzhen Noposion Crop Science (002215.SZ), Stanley Agricultural (002588.SZ), Jiang Su Suyan Jingshen (603299.SS).
Is Taiwan Fertilizer expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.72× against a peer median of 1.74×, 4th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.9%; Taiwan Fertilizer delivers 0.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Taiwan Fertilizer stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -15.3% against -20.3% for the median peer; over one year -17.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.