INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI)
Materials · fertilizers & agricultural chemicals · NYSE
Intrepid Potash is a U.S.-based mineral producer specializing in potassium, Trio specialty fertilizers, and industrial salt products for agricultural and industrial end-markets.
What INTREPID POTASH INC does
Intrepid Potash is a diversified mineral producer that extracts and refines potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and salt products primarily for the agricultural, animal feed, and industrial markets. The company is the only U.S. producer of muriate of potash and also manufactures a specialty fertilizer known as Trio, which delivers potassium, magnesium, and sulfur in a single particle. Its production operations are located entirely within the continental United States.
Recent developments
In April 2026, the company completed the sale of its Intrepid South oilfield solutions business for $68.9 million. Following this divestiture, the company increased its 2026 full-year production guidance for both potash and Trio fertilizers and expanded its share repurchase authorization to $50 million.
From INTREPID POTASH INC's filing of 2026-08-05.
Themes: agriculture / fertilizer, potash, specialty minerals, US domestic production
Fundamentals
- Price$33.05 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$445M as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+11.9% 2025-10-08 close $29.53 → 2026-10-08 close $33.05
- P/E31.26 as of 2026-10-08
- ROE+2.3% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)+9.6% as of 2026-09-02
- Beta0.59 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How IPI compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 91 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- return on equitymiddle range 144 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 122 covered Materials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which IPI reported a dividend payment is FY2012, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2012 ratio would not describe IPI today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2012) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How INTREPID POTASH INC looks technically
INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI) is trading 8.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 154 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 35, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago. It is 34.3% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 8.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -8.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $36.64 | $36.64 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $36.24 | $36.24 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 9 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 9 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 154 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 154 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with sellers in control | 28.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 35, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 35.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($31.45 to $37.85) — its "stochastic" reading is 25 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 25.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 19 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $50.31 | $50.31 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 34.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -34.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 46.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +46.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 34.3% below its highest point of the past year | 34.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $762.40 (set on 2008-06-24) | $762.40 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($23.94 to $48.84), and it has given back close to two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 63% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket", and this is inside it — for this company that is $32.66 to $33.45. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 63.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 95.7% below its all-time high | -95.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.7% below a resistance level at $33.27 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-07-18, most recently on 2026-07-24. Since 2024-10-08 it has 8 such levels below the current price and 7 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $6.00 (set on 2020-04-02) | $6.00 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 450.8% above its all-time low | +450.8% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 88% of the past ~6 months) | 88th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.41 between its high and its low — about 4.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.41 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $30.12 and $40.66 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $30.12 – $35.39 – $40.66 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.3% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (8.8% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.70× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bullish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 5 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.9% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.8% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.2% gap down opened on 2026-09-04 has been "filled" 23 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 23 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -1.43% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 21.5 percentage points (the stock lost 20.4% while the market gained 1.0%) | -21.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 8.9 percentage points (the stock lost 5.0% while the market gained 3.8%) | -8.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 38.8 percentage points (the stock lost 21.3% while the market gained 17.5%) | -38.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 3.1 percentage points (the stock gained 11.9% while the market gained 15.0%) | -3.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 11% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.3% of the share price. | -10.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 13% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $38.04 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -13.1% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 11% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $36.99 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 47 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -10.7% |
Price levels it has turned at before
IPI last closed at $33.05 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 8 prices below its last close and 7 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $33.27 | Resistance | 0.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-18 to 2026-07-24 |
| $32.42 | Support | 1.9% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-03 |
| $33.99 | Resistance | 2.8% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-06-11 to 2025-06-27 |
| $31.55 | Support | 4.5% below the last close | turned there six times · 2025-03-25 to 2026-09-29 |
| $35.37 | Resistance | 7.0% above the last close | turned there five times · 2025-04-28 to 2026-04-17 |
| $29.57 | Support | 10.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-06 to 2025-12-23 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · lagging the market · Near the golden pocket (has given back about two thirds of its 52-week move) · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingUnderperform (3.67 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 2 analysts
- Mean price target$36.50 range $29.00 – $44.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-09. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for IPI
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.257 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-09
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.00666 (-2.5%) from $0.2637, on 2026-09-04, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward13% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Exposure to commodity price volatility and supply-demand imbalances in global potash markets.","Operational risks including geological, equipment, and environmental challenges at mining facilities.","Dependency on agricultural planting cycles, weather conditions, and farmer economics."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of IPI's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added 'adverse' before 'weather events' in the newer filing (filed 2026-05-07)
- Removed:
- Removed 'against us' after 'outstanding legal proceedings' in the newer filing (filed 2026-05-07)
- Removed ', including inventories' after 'assets' in the write-downs bullet point in the newer filing (filed 2026-05-07)
- Removed 'global inflationary pressures and supply chain challenges' as a separate bullet point in the newer filing (filed 2026-05-07)
- Changed 'our inability to fund necessary capital investments' to 'our ability to fund necessary capital investments' in the newer filing (filed 2026-05-07)
- Reworded:
- Bullet point about funding changed from negative framing ('our inability to fund') in older filing (2025-11-06) to positive framing ('our ability to fund') in newer filing (2026-05-07)
- Notes:
- The change from 'our inability' to 'our ability' represents a substantial reversal in the framing of capital investment risk
- Removal of 'against us' after 'outstanding legal proceedings' changes the phrasing but may not alter substantive meaning
- The removal of 'global inflationary pressures and supply chain challenges' as a distinct risk factor consolidates or eliminates this disclosure
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($217150) — 1 selling insider
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-12. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding IPI as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 1,876,143
- Reported value $61,499,953
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
IPI had 360,843 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
IPI had 2.68% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 1.66 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 360,843
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.68%
- Prior settlement (shares) 394,913
- Reported change -8.63%
- Days to cover (reported) 1.66
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- The Mosaic Company (MOS)
- Nutrien Ltd. (NTR)
- Compass Minerals International (CMP)
- K+S Aktiengesellschaft
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Frequently asked questions
What does INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI) do?
Intrepid Potash is a diversified mineral producer that extracts and refines potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and salt products primarily for the agricultural, animal feed, and industrial markets. The company is the only U.S. producer of muriate of potash and also manufactures a specialty fertilizer known as Trio, which delivers potassium, magnesium, and sulfur in a single particle. Its production operations are located entirely within the continental United States.
What sector is INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI) in?
INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is fertilizers & agricultural chemicals. It trades on NYSE.
Who are INTREPID POTASH INC's (IPI) competitors?
Notable peers of INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI) include The Mosaic Company, Nutrien Ltd., Compass Minerals International and K+S Aktiengesellschaft. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI) overbought or oversold right now?
INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 35, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on IPI come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.