Analyzing Nutrien (NTR) & Its Peers

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) is one of 295 public companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Nutrien to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Nutrien and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutrien	1	6	16	0	2.65
Nutrien Competitors	3248	12213	14133	519	2.40

Nutrien currently has a consensus price target of $79.24, indicating a potential upside of 11.04%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 9.17%. Given Nutrien’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nutrien is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nutrien and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutrien	$26.89 billion	$2.27 billion	15.58
Nutrien Competitors	$8.00 billion	$230.87 million	9.56

Nutrien has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Nutrien is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Nutrien pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Chemicals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 103.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Nutrien has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Volatility & Risk

Nutrien has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien’s peers have a beta of 0.93, suggesting that their average stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nutrien and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutrien	7.78%	8.00%	3.85%
Nutrien Competitors	-59.15%	-0.44%	-1.38%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Nutrien beats its peers on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Nutrien

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.