Analysts Issue Forecasts for Nutrien FY2025 Earnings

Key Points

• National Bank Financial has raised its FY2025 EPS estimate for Nutrien to $4.25, reflecting confidence in the company's performance despite earlier estimates.
• Several analysts have varying outlooks on Nutrien, with Morgan Stanley increasing their price target to $65.00 and Zacks upgrading the stock to a "strong-buy" rating.
• Nutrien announced a quarterly dividend of $0.545, translating to an annualized yield of 3.9%, scheduled to be paid on October 17th.

Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR - Free Report) - Equities researchers at National Bank Financial boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Nutrien in a research note issued on Monday, September 8th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Doumet now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $4.25 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $4.24. National Bank Financial has a "Sector Perform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Nutrien's current full-year earnings is $3.72 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Nutrien's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.69 EPS.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.41 by $0.24. The company had revenue of $10.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.40 billion. Nutrien had a return on equity of 6.51% and a net margin of 5.25%.The business's revenue was up 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.34 earnings per share.

NTR has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Nutrien in a research report on Monday, July 14th. TD Securities boosted their target price on Nutrien from $70.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Barclays boosted their target price on Nutrien from $61.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Monday, July 7th. UBS Group dropped their target price on Nutrien from $64.00 to $63.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Nutrien from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, August 18th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $62.39.

Nutrien Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of NTR stock traded up $0.15 on Wednesday, reaching $57.10. 1,849,847 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,280,171. The stock has a market cap of $27.71 billion, a PE ratio of 20.47, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 0.77. Nutrien has a one year low of $43.69 and a one year high of $65.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 1.33 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $58.41 and a 200 day moving average price of $56.32.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nutrien

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in Nutrien by 59.3% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 356,031 shares of the company's stock worth $15,932,000 after acquiring an additional 132,601 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. increased its stake in Nutrien by 93.4% during the 4th quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 17,995 shares of the company's stock worth $805,000 after acquiring an additional 8,690 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in shares of Nutrien by 35.9% in the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 37,312 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,669,000 after purchasing an additional 9,863 shares during the last quarter. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc increased its stake in shares of Nutrien by 7.9% in the 4th quarter. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc now owns 41,139 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,840,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hudson Bay Capital Management LP boosted its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 9.1% during the 4th quarter. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP now owns 60,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,685,000 after acquiring an additional 5,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 63.10% of the company's stock.

Nutrien Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.545 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 29th. This represents a $2.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.8%. Nutrien's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 78.14%.

Nutrien Company Profile

Nutrien Ltd. provides crop inputs and services. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Potash, Nitrogen, and Phosphate. The Retail segment distributes crop nutrients, crop protection products, seeds, and merchandise products. The Potash segment provides granular and standard potash products.