Scotiabank Weighs in on Nutrien’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:NTR)

Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR) – Analysts at Scotiabank dropped their FY2025 earnings estimates for Nutrien in a report released on Wednesday, February 11th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $4.39 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $4.45. Scotiabank currently has a “Sector Perform” rating and a $70.00 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 FY2026 earnings at $4.73 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on the company. UBS Group raised their target price on Nutrien from $58.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Mizuho raised their price objective on Nutrien from $65.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Nutrien from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 31st. TD Securities reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Nutrien in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised shares of Nutrien from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $70.00 to $77.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Nutrien has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $66.31.

Nutrien Stock Performance

Shares of NTR opened at $69.82 on Monday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $65.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $60.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 1.41 and a quick ratio of 0.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.61 billion, a PE ratio of 18.82 and a beta of 0.73. Nutrien has a one year low of $45.78 and a one year high of $73.55.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Guggenheim Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 6,628 shares of the company’s stock worth $409,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares in the last quarter. Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Nutrien by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC now owns 9,032 shares of the company’s stock valued at $557,000 after buying an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Smith Moore & CO. increased its holdings in Nutrien by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Smith Moore & CO. now owns 7,642 shares of the company’s stock worth $449,000 after buying an additional 168 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Nutrien by 21.8% in the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 983 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,000 after buying an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cascade Investment Advisors Inc. raised its position in Nutrien by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Cascade Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 30,855 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,811,000 after buying an additional 185 shares during the last quarter. 63.10% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Nutrien Company Profile

Nutrien Ltd. is a global fertilizer and agricultural-services company headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The company is publicly traded and operates across the farm input value chain, combining upstream fertilizer production with a broad retail and services platform aimed at supporting crop production worldwide. Nutrien’s business model integrates the manufacture and distribution of crop nutrients with on-the-ground agronomic support for growers and agricultural businesses.

Nutrien produces and supplies the three primary fertilizer nutrients—potash, nitrogen and phosphate—through its wholesale operations, and markets a wide range of crop inputs including seeds and crop protection products.