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

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 Chemours (CC).

Nutrien vs. Its Competitors

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

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%

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$5.94B2.30$1.22B$7.6610.99
Nutrien$25.97B1.05$674M$2.7920.24

CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Nutrien has increased 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, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.77, meaning 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CF Industries presently has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.82%. Nutrien has a consensus price target of $62.39, suggesting a potential upside of 10.51%. Given CF Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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)
13 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.12
Nutrien
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

In the previous week, CF Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CF Industries and 9 mentions for Nutrien. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Nutrien's score of 0.85 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
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Nutrien
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$27.52B$8.07B$3.58B$21.52B
Dividend Yield3.84%5.09%5.06%3.50%
P/E Ratio20.2412.58156.5329.87
Price / Sales1.051.4218,006.5553.61
Price / Cash6.917.4325.6924.68
Price / Book1.131.646.484.54
Net Income$674M$274.92M$149.31M$999.97M
7 Day Performance-1.65%0.77%1.77%1.44%
1 Month Performance-1.13%2.73%10.33%4.66%
1 Year Performance20.33%17.29%46.02%14.11%

Nutrien Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTR
Nutrien
4.2017 of 5 stars
$56.46
-0.4%
$62.39
+10.5%
+21.7%$27.52B$25.97B20.2425,500Positive News
CF
CF Industries
4.0229 of 5 stars
$86.15
-0.9%
$95.00
+10.3%
+6.4%$14.08B$5.94B11.252,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.8091 of 5 stars
$29.19
-0.9%
$23.00
-21.2%
+18.4%$392.29M$254.69M-1.87440Positive News
Short Interest ↑
MOS
Mosaic
4.4936 of 5 stars
$33.67
+0.8%
$36.42
+8.2%
+33.1%$10.60B$11.12B11.4113,765Positive News
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.505 of 5 stars
$31.78
+2.7%
$37.71
+18.7%
-12.4%$6.70B$5.28B15.5812,800Positive News
Short Interest ↑
ESI
Element Solutions
4.3521 of 5 stars
$26.38
+2.2%
$27.38
+3.8%
+2.3%$6.24B$2.46B26.385,300Positive News
CSW
CSW Industrials
4.3183 of 5 stars
$254.87
+0.9%
$319.75
+25.5%
-27.6%$4.24B$878.30M30.452,600Positive News
Insider Trade
AVNT
Avient
4.583 of 5 stars
$37.62
+3.1%
$45.60
+21.2%
-23.9%$3.34B$3.24B29.399,200News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.5975 of 5 stars
$22.22
+0.9%
$22.50
+1.3%
+78.9%$3.22B$560.97M51.68240News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
MEOH
Methanex
4.3422 of 5 stars
$39.78
+3.4%
$44.88
+12.8%
+1.9%$2.98B$3.72B11.731,415Positive News
CC
Chemours
3.2812 of 5 stars
$16.75
+2.9%
$17.38
+3.7%
-5.1%$2.44B$5.78B-5.986,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:NTR) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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