NTR vs. IFOS, KRN, GRO, BLGV, NGT, AEM, ABX, TECK.B, WPM, and FNV
Should you be buying Nutrien stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nutrien include Itafos (IFOS), Karnalyte Resources (KRN), GrowMax Resources (GRO), Belgravia Capital International (BLGV), Newmont (NGT), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Teck Resources (TECK.B), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Franco-Nevada (FNV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Nutrien (TSE:NTR) and Itafos (CVE:IFOS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Nutrien had 4 more articles in the media than Itafos. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nutrien and 0 mentions for Itafos. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Itafos' score of 0.00 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.8% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Itafos shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nutrien shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 67.4% of Itafos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nutrien currently has a consensus price target of C$68.25, suggesting a potential downside of 14.55%. Given Nutrien's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than Itafos.
Nutrien received 120 more outperform votes than Itafos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.97% of users gave Itafos an outperform vote while only 67.64% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.
Nutrien has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Itafos' net margin of -0.13%. Nutrien's return on equity of 3.46% beat Itafos' return on equity.
Nutrien has higher revenue and earnings than Itafos. Itafos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nutrien has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itafos has a beta of -0.97, indicating that its share price is 197% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nutrien beats Itafos on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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