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NTR vs. CF, IPI, MOS, AXTA, ESI, CSW, AVNT, PRM, MEOH, and PCT

Should you be buying Nutrien stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nutrien include CF Industries (CF), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Mosaic (MOS), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSW), Avient (AVNT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Methanex (MEOH), and PureCycle Technologies (PCT).

Nutrien vs. Its Competitors

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) and Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

CF Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nutrien. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CF Industries$5.94B2.37$1.22B$7.6611.34
Nutrien$25.97B1.07$674M$2.7920.57

CF Industries presently has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.40%. Nutrien has a consensus target price of $62.39, indicating a potential upside of 8.71%. Given CF Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CF Industries is more favorable than Nutrien.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CF Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Nutrien
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. CF Industries pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nutrien pays out 78.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CF Industries has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Nutrien has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Nutrien is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

CF Industries has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Nutrien shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, CF Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for CF Industries and 22 mentions for Nutrien. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Nutrien's score of 0.69 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CF Industries
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nutrien
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CF Industries has a net margin of 20.19% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 5.25%. CF Industries' return on equity of 17.10% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CF Industries20.19% 17.10% 9.58%
Nutrien 5.25%6.51%3.06%

Summary

CF Industries beats Nutrien on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NTR vs. The Competition

MetricNutrienFERTILIZERS IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.87B$8.08B$3.59B$21.53B
Dividend Yield3.86%5.27%5.07%3.51%
P/E Ratio20.5512.61158.0429.61
Price / Sales1.071.4116,297.0752.38
Price / Cash6.887.2824.2524.46
Price / Book1.151.616.674.59
Net Income$674M$274.92M$149.32M$999.91M
7 Day Performance0.73%1.88%2.63%1.04%
1 Month Performance1.94%0.40%9.77%6.38%
1 Year Performance25.69%21.25%47.97%16.89%

Nutrien Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTR
Nutrien
4.1722 of 5 stars
$57.39
0.0%
$62.39
+8.7%
+26.9%$27.87B$25.97B20.5525,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CF
CF Industries
3.9297 of 5 stars
$84.18
-0.7%
$95.00
+12.9%
+13.1%$13.73B$5.94B10.992,800Positive News
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.8694 of 5 stars
$29.24
-0.6%
$23.00
-21.3%
+28.4%$391.62M$254.69M-1.88440Short Interest ↑
MOS
Mosaic
4.7788 of 5 stars
$32.59
-0.3%
$36.42
+11.7%
+36.1%$10.38B$11.12B11.0513,765Positive News
Ex-Dividend
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.4899 of 5 stars
$31.23
+1.4%
$37.71
+20.8%
-9.3%$6.67B$5.28B15.3112,800Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
ESI
Element Solutions
4.1996 of 5 stars
$25.68
+2.2%
$27.38
+6.6%
+3.7%$6.07B$2.46B25.685,300Positive News
High Trading Volume
CSW
CSW Industrials
4.3412 of 5 stars
$266.30
+0.8%
$319.75
+20.1%
-20.4%$4.44B$878.30M31.822,600Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.7604 of 5 stars
$37.31
+2.0%
$45.60
+22.2%
-19.1%$3.35B$3.24B29.159,200Positive News
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.8589 of 5 stars
$22.30
+1.3%
$22.50
+0.9%
+98.0%$3.22B$560.97M51.86240Positive News
Insider Trade
MEOH
Methanex
4.3994 of 5 stars
$37.09
+5.0%
$44.88
+21.0%
+4.5%$2.73B$3.72B10.941,415Positive News
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.7182 of 5 stars
$13.16
-0.8%
$15.00
+14.0%
+181.2%$2.39BN/A-7.79120Positive News

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This page (NYSE:NTR) was last updated on 9/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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