Nutrien (NTR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTR or ICL?

Nutrien received 191 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.25% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 442 62.25%	Underperform Votes 268 37.75%
ICL Group	Outperform Votes 251 55.53%	Underperform Votes 201 44.47%

Does the media favor NTR or ICL?

In the previous week, Nutrien had 17 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Nutrien and 9 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 media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nutrien	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ICL Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NTR or ICL?

Nutrien presently has a consensus price target of $59.53, suggesting a potential upside of 13.85%. ICL Group has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.06%. Given Nutrien's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than ICL Group.

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

Is NTR or ICL a better dividend stock?

Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. ICL Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is NTR or ICL 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
Nutrien	2.62%	6.81%	3.23%
ICL Group	5.83%	8.31%	4.39%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	$25.97B	0.98	$1.26B	$1.37	38.17
ICL Group	$6.84B	1.21	$647M	$0.32	19.70

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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. Comparatively, 0.3% of ICL Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, NTR or ICL?

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

Summary

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