Scotiabank Has Bearish Forecast for Nutrien FY2025 Earnings

Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR) – Stock analysts at Scotiabank lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Nutrien in a report issued on Wednesday, February 11th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now expects that the company will post earnings of $4.39 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $4.45. Scotiabank currently has a “Sector Perform” rating and a $70.00 target price 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.

Several other analysts have also issued reports on the stock. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Nutrien from $58.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Morgan Stanley raised Nutrien from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $70.00 to $77.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on Nutrien in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $64.00 price target on the stock. Mizuho lifted their price target on Nutrien from $65.00 to $68.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Nutrien in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Nutrien currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $66.31.

Nutrien Price Performance

NTR stock opened at $70.83 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $34.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.09 and a beta of 0.73. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $65.16 and its 200 day moving average is $60.26. Nutrien has a 52 week low of $45.78 and a 52 week high of $73.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 1.41.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nutrien

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NTR. Montag A & Associates Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 310.7% during the 4th quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. now owns 423 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 320 shares in the last quarter. Sfam LLC purchased a new position in Nutrien during the 4th quarter valued at about $37,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in Nutrien during the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,000. Huntington National Bank boosted its stake in Nutrien by 72.6% during the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 656 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 276 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Eastern Bank grew its holdings in Nutrien by 133.0% in the fourth quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 699 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 399 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 63.10% of the company’s stock.

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.