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Nutrien (NTR) Competitors

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$55.59 +0.84 (+1.53%)
As of 05/9/2025 03:53 PM Eastern

NTR vs. ICL, AXTA, ALTM, CSWI, ESI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, and BAK

Should you be buying Nutrien stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nutrien include ICL Group (ICL), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Nutrien vs.

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

ICL Group has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.62%. ICL Group's return on equity of 8.31% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nutrien2.62% 6.81% 3.23%
ICL Group 5.83%8.31%4.39%

In the previous week, Nutrien had 24 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Nutrien and 7 mentions for ICL Group. ICL Group's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Nutrien's score of 0.69 indicating that ICL Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nutrien
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ICL Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nutrien presently has a consensus price target of $59.93, indicating a potential upside of 7.81%. ICL Group has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential downside of 2.60%. Given Nutrien's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nutrien is more favorable than ICL Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nutrien
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
ICL Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Nutrien received 192 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.04% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NutrienOutperform Votes
443
62.04%
Underperform Votes
271
37.96%
ICL GroupOutperform Votes
251
55.53%
Underperform Votes
201
44.47%

Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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. ICL Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

63.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned 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.

Nutrien has higher revenue and earnings than ICL Group. ICL Group 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
Nutrien$25.97B1.05$1.26B$1.0751.95
ICL Group$6.84B1.33$647M$0.3221.66

Nutrien has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICL Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nutrien beats ICL Group on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NTR vs. The Competition

MetricNutrienAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.14B$4.69B$3.09B$19.10B
Dividend Yield3.86%3.66%5.22%3.94%
P/E Ratio40.5839.3472.0333.52
Price / Sales1.055.1727,002,924,758,716,300.0033.44
Price / Cash6.017.3124.4117.51
Price / Book1.091.025.244.59
Net Income$1.26B$314.10M$157.92M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.08%-0.81%2.09%1.51%
1 Year Performance-4.44%-33.47%18.77%4.16%

Nutrien Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTR
Nutrien
3.5591 of 5 stars
$55.59
+1.5%
$59.93
+7.8%
-4.4%$27.14B$25.97B40.5824,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
1.6615 of 5 stars
$6.83
+0.5%
$6.75
-1.1%
+45.3%$8.97B$6.84B22.0213,200Positive News
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.7176 of 5 stars
$33.36
+0.6%
$41.36
+24.0%
-13.8%$7.29B$5.28B18.7512,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+25.7%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470High Trading Volume
CSWI
CSW Industrials
3.9817 of 5 stars
$317.76
-1.0%
$342.50
+7.8%
+25.7%$5.33B$858.61M37.982,400Positive News
ESI
Element Solutions
4.8187 of 5 stars
$20.94
-0.6%
$26.38
+26.0%
-11.5%$5.08B$2.48B20.525,300Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.748 of 5 stars
$34.29
+0.3%
$48.60
+41.7%
-19.1%$3.14B$3.24B18.749,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MEOH
Methanex
4.6946 of 5 stars
$32.16
-2.5%
$46.88
+45.8%
-35.7%$2.17B$3.72B13.921,300
CC
Chemours
4.1911 of 5 stars
$12.12
-3.1%
$21.56
+77.9%
-61.5%$1.81B$5.78B21.256,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.5741 of 5 stars
$10.59
+0.8%
$16.00
+51.1%
+53.2%$1.58B$560.97M-75.64240Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
BAK
Braskem
1.6429 of 5 stars
$3.55
-3.7%
$9.75
+175.0%
-50.8%$1.41B$77.41B-1.008,310

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