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Fertilizer Stocks Worth Watching - October 1st

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Key Points

  • The five Fertilizer stocks currently worth watching are CF Industries, Nutrien, Mosaic, CVR Energy, and Intrepid Potash, noted for their high trading volume.
  • Fertilizer stock performance is closely linked to factors such as crop prices, government policies, and weather conditions affecting agriculture.
  • Demand for fertilizer generally increases with population growth and rising food prices, making these stocks critical for investors looking to gain agricultural exposure.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of CF Industries.

CF Industries, Nutrien, Mosaic, CVR Energy, and Intrepid Potash are the five Fertilizer stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fertilizer stocks are publicly traded shares of companies that manufacture or distribute chemical and organic nutrients used to enhance soil fertility and boost crop yields. Investors follow these stocks to gain exposure to the agricultural sector, since fertilizer demand generally rises with population growth, food prices and planting activity. Their performance often correlates with crop‐price trends, government policies and weather conditions affecting farm production. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Fertilizer stocks within the last several days.

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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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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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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CVR Energy (CVI)

CVR Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the petroleum refining and marketing, and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. It operates in two segments, Petroleum and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and supplies gasoline, crude oil, distillate, diesel fuel, and other refined products.

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Intrepid Potash (IPI)

Intrepid Potash, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction and production of the potash in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Potash, Trio, and Oilfield Solutions. The company offers muriate of potash for various markets, such as agricultural market as a fertilizer input; the industrial market as a component in drilling and fracturing fluids for oil and gas wells, as well as an input to other industrial processes; and the animal feed market as a nutrient supplement.

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Further Reading

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