ICL Group (ICL) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, ICL or NTR?

ICL Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ICL or NTR a better dividend stock?

ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. ICL Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nutrien pays out 159.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer ICL or NTR?

In the previous week, Nutrien had 14 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Nutrien and 10 mentions for ICL Group. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat ICL Group's score of 1.01 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICL Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nutrien	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ICL or NTR?

13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ICL or NTR?

ICL Group currently has a consensus target price of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.64%. Nutrien has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.05%. Given Nutrien's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nutrien is more favorable than ICL Group.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICL or NTR?

Nutrien received 190 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICL Group	Outperform Votes 251 55.53%	Underperform Votes 201 44.47%
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 441 62.20%	Underperform Votes 268 37.80%

Which has better earnings & valuation, ICL or NTR?

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
ICL Group	$6.84B	1.22	$647M	$0.32	19.78
Nutrien	$25.97B	0.98	$1.26B	$1.37	38.07

Is ICL or NTR more profitable?

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
ICL Group	5.83%	8.31%	4.39%
Nutrien	2.62%	6.81%	3.23%

Summary

Nutrien beats ICL Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.