Nutrien (NTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The Nitrogen segment offers ammonia, urea, environmentally smart nitrogen, nitrogen solutions, nitrates, and sulfates. The Phosphate segment provides solid fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, and industrial and feed products. In addition, it provides services directly to growers through a network of farm centers in North America, South America, and Australia. The company is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$63.10 to C$64.87
• 50-Day Range: C$63.38 to C$70.56
• 52-Week Range: C$60.74 to C$83.14
• Volume: 4.66 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.54 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$31.72 billion
• P/E Ratio: 29.01
• Dividend Yield: 4.55%
• Price Target: C$64.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Nutrien Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nutrien scored higher than 21% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Nutrien has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on 1 buy rating, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nutrien has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Nutrien is 29.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nutrien is 29.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 111.90.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Nutrien has a PEG Ratio of 1.15. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Nutrien has a P/B Ratio of 1.26. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for NTR.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Nutrien is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.42%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Nutrien does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Nutrien is 132.13%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for NTR.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.13

News Sentiment

Nutrien has a news sentiment score of -0.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Nutrien this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 13 people have searched for NTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added Nutrien to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Nutrien insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$245,534.00 in company stock and sold C$0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.03% of the stock of Nutrien is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.86% of the stock of Nutrien is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

NTR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have NTR shares performed this year?

Nutrien's stock was trading at C$74.65 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NTR shares have decreased by 14.1% and is now trading at C$64.11.
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How do I buy shares of Nutrien?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Nutrien own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Nutrien investors own include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Enbridge (ENB), TELUS (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and Suncor Energy (SU).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/18 Dividend: 9/27/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/18/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/17 Dividend: 12/31/2024
• Dividend Payable: 1/17/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Agricultural Inputs
• Sub-Industry: Chemicals
• Current Symbol: TSE:NTR
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.nutrien.com
• Phone: +1-306-9338500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 24,700
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: C$64.50
• High Stock Price Target: C$70.00
• Low Stock Price Target: C$59.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): C$2.21
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.01
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.00
• P/E Growth: 1.15
• Net Income: C$790 million
• Net Margins: 3.06%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.22%
• Return on Assets: 3.27%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 53.14
• Current Ratio: 1.26
• Quick Ratio: 0.65

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$25.84 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.23
• Cash Flow: C$0.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 65.80
• Book Value: C$50.79 per share
• Price / Book: 1.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 494,760,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$31.72 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.95