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What: So far today, shares of Terra Nitrogen
So what: The fertilizer producer reported earnings last night, announcing earnings per "common unit" of $3.95, a 78% improvement over last year's Q2. The limited partnership immediately announced it will pay out $3.75 of that as cash distributions to its owners.
Now what: Terra's bumper crop of Q2 earnings has the stock selling for about 4.2 times trailing earnings today -- a sizeable discount to the P/Es at non-limited partnership-rivals CF Industries
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