Zacks Research Issues Negative Estimate for Nutrien Earnings

Nutrien Ltd. (TSE:NTR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Nutrien in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, March 4th. Zacks Research analyst M. Agrawal now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.36 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.49. The consensus estimate for Nutrien’s current full-year earnings is $5.34 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Nutrien’s Q2 2025 earnings at $3.26 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.59 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.66 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.73 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Raymond James raised Nutrien from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Piper Sandler raised Nutrien from a “strong sell” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Barclays cut Nutrien from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$59.00.

Nutrien Price Performance

Shares of Nutrien stock opened at C$73.40 on Friday. Nutrien has a twelve month low of C$60.74 and a twelve month high of C$83.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.10, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 1.27. The firm has a market cap of C$25.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 0.95. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is C$72.79 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$68.01.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Senior Officer Mark Thompson bought 1,350 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The stock was bought at an average price of C$71.89 per share, for a total transaction of C$97,051.50. Also, Director Michael Jeremiah Hennigan purchased 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$73.98 per share, for a total transaction of C$369,910.00. Insiders have acquired a total of 16,840 shares of company stock worth $1,138,741 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Nutrien Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be issued a $0.545 dividend. This is an increase from Nutrien’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.54. This represents a $2.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.97%. Nutrien’s payout ratio is presently 137.48%.

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.