Fertilizer Stocks To Consider - October 9th

Key Points

• Mosaic, Nutrien, and CF Industries are key fertilizer stocks to watch for investors seeking exposure to the agricultural sector amidst rising demand for crop nutrients.
• Fertilizer sales are expected to increase due to stronger commodity prices and overall food demand, making these stocks sensitive to agricultural cycles.
• Mosaic operates in three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes, producing various concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients.

Mosaic, Nutrien, and CF Industries are the three Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are shares of companies that manufacture or distribute agricultural nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compounds. Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to the agricultural sector, betting on farmers’ demand for crop‐boosting inputs and overall food‐price trends. Because fertilizer sales tend to rise with stronger commodity prices and global food demand, these stocks often move in line with agricultural cycles. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer stocks within the last several days.

Mosaic (MOS)

The Mosaic Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. It owns and operates mines, which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients, such as diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and ammoniated phosphate products; and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients primarily under the Biofos and Nexfos brand names, as well as produces a double sulfate of potash magnesia product under K-Mag brand name.

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Nutrien (NTR)

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.

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CF Industries (CF)

CF Industries Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other segments.

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