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Recent Events July 26 Conference call: Terra Industries Earnings (Q2 2001) Location Terra Centre, 600 Fourth Street Sioux City, IA 51102 Phone: (712) 277-1340 Fax: (712) 233-3648 Email: mrosenbury@terraindustries.com Employees (last reported count): 1,279 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Basic Materials  ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing Company Websites  ·Home Page  ·Investor Relations  ·Employment  ·Products & Services  ·Yahoo! Category  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 65% · Over the last 6 months:  · 2 insider sells; 115.0K shares   (0.2% of insider shares) · Institutional: 25% (71% of float) (77 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 3.79M shares (+16.69%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary Terra Industries Inc. is engaged in the production and marketing of both nitrogen products and methanol. The Company producers anhydrous ammonia and nitrogen solutions in the United States and Canada and is a producer of ammonium nitrate in the United Kingdom. Terra also owns eight facilities that produce nitrogen products. Two of these eight facilities also produce methanol. Subsidiaries not wholly owned by Terra include a limited partnership, Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. that, through its subsidiary, Terra Nitrogen, L.P., operates the Company's manufacturing facilities in Blytheville, Arkansas and Verdigris, Oklahoma. Terra is the sole general partner and the majority limited partner in Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary Terra Industries, through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, is involved in the production and marketing of both nitrogen products and methanol. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues increased 7% to $565.4 million. Net loss increased 31% to $26.8 million. Revenues reflect increased average selling prices per unit of methanol products. Higher loss reflects costs associated with the recall of carbonated beverages containing carbon dioxide tainted with benzene. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY2000 Pay Henry Slack, 51 Chairman --   Michael Bennett, 47 Pres, CEO $585K Burton Joyce, 59 Vice Chairman 1.0M Francis Meyer, 49 Sr. VP and CFO 428K W. Mark Rosenbury, 53 Sr. VP and CAO 418K Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 12-Sep-2000 $1.25  Recent Price $3.30  52-Week High on 2-Apr-2001 $4.75  Beta -0.09  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 118.9K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 42.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change +95.5% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +162.3% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $250.4M Shares Outstanding 75.9M Float 26.6M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend none  Last Split none	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $7.35  Earnings (ttm) -$0.22  Earnings (mrq) -$0.29  Sales (ttm) $13.83  Cash (mrq) $0.16  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 0.45  Price/Earnings N/A  Price/Sales (ttm) 0.24  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $1.04B EBITDA (ttm) $143.5M Income available to common (ttm) -$16.6M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) -1.6% Operating Margin (ttm) 2.5% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Dec 31 Most recent quarter 30-June-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) -1.10% Return on Equity (ttm) -2.80% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 2.50  Debt/Equity (mrq) 0.82  Total Cash (mrq) $12.1M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 190.0K Percent of Float 0.7% Shares Short (Prior Month) 190.0K Short Ratio 1.86  Daily Volume 102.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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