Nutrien
About: Created in 2018 as a result of the merger between PotashCorp and Agrium, Nutrien is the world's largest fertilizer producer by capacity. Nutrien produces the three main crop nutrients—nitrogen, potash, and phosphate—although its main focus is potash, where it is the global leader in installed capacity with a roughly 20% market share. The company is also the largest agricultural retailer in North America and Australia, selling fertilizers, crop chemicals, seeds, and services directly to farm customers through its brick-and-mortar stores and online platforms.
Employees: 25,900
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
40% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q3] → 14 (+4) [Q4]
22% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $430M | Put options by funds: $351M
20% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $16.2B [Q3] → $19.3B (+$3.17B) [Q4]
1% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 76 | Existing positions closed: 75
3% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 199 | Existing positions reduced: 205
2.27% less ownership
Funds ownership: 67.8% [Q3] → 65.53% (-2.27%) [Q4]
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 587 [Q3] → 567 (-20) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
11 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Richard Garchitorena 56% 1-year accuracy 5 / 9 met price target | 6%upside $56 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 21 Feb 2025 |
Mizuho Christopher Parkinson 100% 1-year accuracy 3 / 3 met price target | 5%upside $55 | Neutral Maintained | 20 Feb 2025 |
UBS Eric Beaumont 47% 1-year accuracy 7 / 15 met price target | 3%upside $54 | Neutral Maintained | 20 Feb 2025 |
Scotiabank Ben Isaacson 23% 1-year accuracy 3 / 13 met price target | 14%upside $60 | Sector Outperform Maintained | 10 Feb 2025 |
UBS Joshua Spector 45% 1-year accuracy 17 / 38 met price target | 1%upside $53 | Neutral Maintained | 28 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about NTR published over the past 30 days









