The Andersons, Inc Security Rating

The Andersons is an agriculture company that conducts business in the trade, ethanol, plant nutrient, and rail sectors. Its Trade segment specializes in the movement of physical commodities such as whole grains, grain products, feed ingredients, frac sand, domestic fuel products, and other agricultural commodities. Its Ethanol segment produces, purchases, and sells ethanol as well as offers facility operations, risk management, and ethanol and corn oil marketing services to the ethanol plants it invests in and operates. The company's Plant Nutrient business provides warehousing, packaging, and manufacturing services to basic nutrient producers and other distributors as well as manufactures and distributes a variety of industrial products, including nitrogen reagents for air pollution control systems used in coal-fired power plants, and water treatment and dust abatement products. Its Rail business leases, repairs, and sells various types of railcars, locomotives and barges. In addition, it offers fleet management services to private railcar owners.