ICL Group (ICL) Competitors

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

Is NTR or ICL more profitable?

ICL Group has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.79%. ICL Group's return on equity of 8.31% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutrien	2.79%	6.99%	3.32%
ICL Group	5.83%	8.31%	4.39%

Which has more risk & volatility, NTR or ICL?

Nutrien has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICL Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NTR or ICL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutrien	$26.56B	0.95	$1.26B	$1.49	34.62
ICL Group	$7.54B	1.03	$647M	$0.31	19.05

Do analysts recommend NTR or ICL?

Nutrien currently has a consensus target price of $59.21, indicating a potential upside of 14.78%. ICL Group has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential downside of 32.26%. Given Nutrien's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
ICL Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NTR or ICL?

63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of ICL Group shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NTR or ICL?

Nutrien received 186 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.73% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 55.80% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 436 62.73%	Underperform Votes 259 37.27%
ICL Group	Outperform Votes 250 55.80%	Underperform Votes 198 44.20%

Does the media favor NTR or ICL?

In the previous week, Nutrien had 2 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Nutrien and 11 mentions for ICL Group. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat ICL Group's score of 0.74 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nutrien	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ICL Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NTR or ICL a better dividend stock?

Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Nutrien pays out 145.0% 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 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Nutrien beats ICL Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.