Nutrien (NTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The Nitrogen segment offers ammonia, urea, environmentally smart nitrogen, nitrogen solutions, nitrates, and sulfates. The Phosphate segment provides solid fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, and industrial and feed products. In addition, it provides services directly to growers through a network of farm centers in North America, South America, and Australia. The company is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $57.23 to $58.32
• 50-Day Range: $52.57 to $62.87
• 52-Week Range: $43.70 to $65.08
• Volume: 4.12 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.19 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $28.28 billion
• P/E Ratio: 54.27
• Dividend Yield: 3.75%
• Price Target: $62.12
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Nutrien Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nutrien scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 54th out of 191 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Nutrien has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.39, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nutrien has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Nutrien is 54.27, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nutrien is 54.27, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 91.80.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Nutrien has a PEG Ratio of 1.10. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Nutrien has a P/B Ratio of 1.17. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.32% of the float of Nutrien has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Nutrien has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Nutrien has recently decreased by 8.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Nutrien is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.75%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Nutrien has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Nutrien is 203.74%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -5.10

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.32% of the float of Nutrien has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Nutrien has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Nutrien has recently decreased by 8.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.24

News Sentiment

Nutrien has a news sentiment score of 1.24. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Nutrien this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

19 people have searched for NTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 27% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Nutrien to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Nutrien insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.09% of the stock of Nutrien is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

63.10% of the stock of Nutrien is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

NTR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have NTR shares performed this year?

Nutrien's stock was trading at $44.75 at the start of the year. Since then, NTR stock has increased by 29.8% and is now trading at $58.0680.
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How were Nutrien's earnings last quarter?

Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 7th. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.24. The business's revenue was down 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year.
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How do I buy shares of Nutrien?

Shares of NTR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Nutrien own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Nutrien investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), Verizon Communications (VZ), The RMR Group (RMR) and TotalEnergies (TTE).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 4/10 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/10 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/10/2025
• Last Earnings: 5/07/2025
• Today: 6/30/2025
• Record date for 7/18 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/18 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/18/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: FERTILIZERS
• Sub-Industry: Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NTR
• CIK: 1725964
• Web: www.nutrien.com
• Phone: (800) 667-0403
• Fax: 306-933-8877
• Employees: 25,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $62.12
• High Stock Price Target: $75.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $50.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.39
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $1.07
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 54.27
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.61
• P/E Growth: 1.1
• Net Income: $674 million
• Net Margins: 2.05%
• Pretax Margin: 3.67%
• Return on Equity: 6.08%
• Return on Assets: 2.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.41
• Current Ratio: 1.22
• Quick Ratio: 0.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $25.97 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.09
• Cash Flow: $8.20 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.08
• Book Value: $49.77 per share
• Price / Book: 1.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 487,060,000
• Free Float: 472,007,000
• Market Cap: $28.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.81