Brokers Issue Forecasts for Nutrien's Q1 Earnings (TSE:NTR)

Nutrien Ltd. (TSE:NTR - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Nutrien in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, March 4th. Zacks Research analyst M. Agrawal now expects that the company will earn $0.36 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.49. The consensus estimate for Nutrien's current full-year earnings is $5.34 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Nutrien's Q2 2025 earnings at $3.26 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.59 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.66 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.73 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also commented on NTR. Barclays lowered Nutrien from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Raymond James raised Nutrien from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, Piper Sandler raised shares of Nutrien from a "strong sell" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of C$59.00.

Nutrien Price Performance

NTR traded up C$0.50 during trading on Friday, reaching C$73.90. The stock had a trading volume of 160,304 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,549,224. The business has a 50-day moving average of C$72.79 and a 200-day moving average of C$68.01. Nutrien has a one year low of C$60.74 and a one year high of C$83.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.10, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 1.27. The stock has a market cap of C$25.44 billion, a PE ratio of 34.79, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 0.95.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Michael Jeremiah Hennigan bought 5,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$73.98 per share, with a total value of C$369,910.00. Also, Director Kenneth Alvin Seitz acquired 10,490 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 24th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of C$64.04 per share, with a total value of C$671,779.60. Insiders have bought a total of 16,840 shares of company stock valued at $1,138,741 over the last three months. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Nutrien Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be issued a $0.545 dividend. This is a boost from Nutrien's previous quarterly dividend of $0.54. This represents a $2.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.95%. Nutrien's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 137.48%.

About Nutrien

Nutrien Ltd. provides crop inputs and services. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Potash, Nitrogen, and Phosphate. The Retail segment distributes crop nutrients, crop protection products, seeds, and merchandise products. The Potash segment provides granular and standard potash products.