Adecoagro Completes Fertilizer Acquisition, Shares Surge 10%

ADECOAGRO S A (AGRO) closed at $14.95 on the New York Stock Exchange on the 18th, jumping 9.68% in a single day. Its market capitalization now stands at approximately $2.1 billion (about KRW 2.9 trillion), having gained roughly $227 million (around KRW 310 billion) on that day alone.

In its 2025 earnings release, Adecoagro reported an adjusted EBITDA of $276.7 million and announced the completion of a $1.1 billion (about KRW 1.5 trillion) investment to acquire a 90% stake in Profertil, South America’s largest urea fertilizer producer, finalized at the end of last year.

Headquartered in Luxembourg, Adecoagro is an agribusiness and energy group operating across more than 210,000 hectares of farmland in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Its operations span sugar, ethanol, power, fertilizers and food & agricultural products. The current controlling shareholder is Teder Investments, which has secured roughly 70% ownership through tender offers and other measures by 2025, significantly reshaping the company’s board of directors.