Scotiabank Comments on Nutrien’s Q3 Earnings (NYSE:NTR)

Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR) – Analysts at Scotiabank issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Nutrien in a research report issued on Monday, October 13th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.71 for the quarter. Scotiabank has a “Sector Perform” rating and a $60.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Nutrien’s current full-year earnings is $3.72 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for Nutrien’s FY2025 earnings at $4.27 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Nutrien in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. National Bank Financial started coverage on Nutrien in a research note on Friday, September 5th. They set a “sector perform” rating for the company. Barclays increased their price target on Nutrien from $61.00 to $64.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. National Bankshares started coverage on Nutrien in a research note on Friday, September 5th. They set a “sector perform” rating and a $64.00 price target for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Nutrien from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $62.61.

Nutrien Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE NTR opened at $58.08 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $57.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $57.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 1.33. The firm has a market cap of $28.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.82, a PEG ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 0.82. Nutrien has a 1 year low of $43.69 and a 1 year high of $65.08.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.24. Nutrien had a return on equity of 6.51% and a net margin of 5.25%.The firm had revenue of $10.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.40 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.34 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nutrien

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Nutrien by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,903,308 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,276,328,000 after acquiring an additional 712,305 shares in the last quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Nutrien by 14.0% in the second quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 13,268,229 shares of the company’s stock worth $772,742,000 after buying an additional 1,627,328 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in shares of Nutrien by 48.5% in the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 11,944,730 shares of the company’s stock worth $696,058,000 after buying an additional 3,900,755 shares during the period. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board boosted its position in shares of Nutrien by 17.1% in the first quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 8,786,309 shares of the company’s stock worth $436,137,000 after buying an additional 1,284,181 shares during the period. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Nutrien by 0.7% in the first quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 7,855,609 shares of the company’s stock worth $389,860,000 after buying an additional 54,918 shares during the period. 63.10% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Nutrien Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.545 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 29th. This represents a $2.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. Nutrien’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 78.14%.

Nutrien Company Profile

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.