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NTR vs. CF, IPI, MOS, AXTA, ALTM, ESI, CSWI, AVNT, PCT, and MEOH

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), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), and Methanex (MEOH).

Nutrien vs. Its Competitors

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

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

In the previous week, Nutrien had 1 more articles in the media than CF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nutrien and 10 mentions for CF Industries. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Nutrien's score of 1.15 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nutrien
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CF Industries pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nutrien pays out 203.7% 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 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CF Industries currently has a consensus target price of $91.79, suggesting a potential downside of 2.13%. Nutrien has a consensus target price of $62.12, suggesting a potential upside of 2.99%. Given Nutrien's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nutrien is more favorable than CF Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CF Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Nutrien
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.39

CF Industries has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.05%. CF Industries' return on equity of 17.39% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CF Industries21.80% 17.39% 9.82%
Nutrien 2.05%6.08%2.86%

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$5.94B2.68$1.22B$7.5912.36
Nutrien$25.97B1.13$674M$1.0756.37

Summary

CF Industries beats Nutrien on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NTR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NTR vs. The Competition

MetricNutrienFERTILIZERS IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.38B$8.67B$3.27B$20.61B
Dividend Yield3.73%3.97%5.17%3.77%
P/E Ratio56.3724.2294.6728.03
Price / Sales1.131.5325,801,666,827,738,200.0037.14
Price / Cash7.138.0523.8321.91
Price / Book1.211.735.894.59
Net Income$674M$274.92M$147.76M$984.95M
7 Day Performance3.86%3.06%1.45%2.86%
1 Month Performance0.88%3.12%6.09%5.43%
1 Year Performance18.47%20.90%25.90%14.59%

Nutrien Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTR
Nutrien
4.0278 of 5 stars
$60.32
+0.5%
$62.12
+3.0%
+20.0%$29.38B$25.97B56.3725,500Positive News
Ex-Dividend
CF
CF Industries
3.9556 of 5 stars
$91.93
+1.0%
$91.79
-0.2%
+32.4%$15.59B$5.94B12.112,800Positive News
IPI
Intrepid Potash
0.6043 of 5 stars
$35.74
+1.4%
$19.00
-46.8%
+60.9%$476.06M$254.69M-2.25440Positive News
MOS
Mosaic
4.0522 of 5 stars
$36.49
+3.3%
$34.58
-5.2%
+36.0%$11.58B$11.12B31.4613,765Positive News
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.7758 of 5 stars
$29.71
-0.5%
$40.50
+36.3%
-8.0%$6.49B$5.28B14.4912,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+81.5%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470High Trading Volume
ESI
Element Solutions
4.7426 of 5 stars
$22.65
-0.6%
$25.75
+13.7%
-11.2%$5.49B$2.46B19.035,300News Coverage
Positive News
CSWI
CSW Industrials
2.9456 of 5 stars
$305.23
+0.2%
$347.00
+13.7%
+14.2%$5.13B$878.30M36.472,400
AVNT
Avient
4.6516 of 5 stars
$32.36
-1.5%
$46.80
+44.6%
-18.6%$2.96B$3.24B30.249,200
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.0694 of 5 stars
$13.70
flat
$12.50
-8.8%
+141.9%$2.46BN/A-11.71120News Coverage
Options Volume
MEOH
Methanex
4.855 of 5 stars
$33.10
-3.0%
$44.88
+35.6%
-28.9%$2.23B$3.72B11.111,415

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This page (NYSE:NTR) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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