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 companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, ICL or NTR?

ICL Group has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ICL or NTR?

In the previous week, Nutrien had 8 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Nutrien and 5 mentions for ICL Group. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat ICL Group's score of 0.99 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nutrien	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	1.12	$647M	$0.32	18.30
Nutrien	$25.97B	0.99	$1.26B	$1.37	38.38

Do analysts recommend ICL or NTR?

ICL Group presently has a consensus target price of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. Nutrien has a consensus target price of $60.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.36%. Given ICL Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ICL Group is more favorable than Nutrien.

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)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

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%

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 2.7%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 MarketBeat Community believe in ICL or NTR?

Nutrien received 189 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.15% 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 440 62.15%	Underperform Votes 268 37.85%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Nutrien beats ICL Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.