Yara International ASA (OTCMKTS:YARIY) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Yara International ASA (OTCMKTS:YARIY) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company.

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on YARIY shares. Pareto Securities upgraded shares of Yara International ASA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Yara International ASA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Zacks Research cut shares of Yara International ASA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, June 22nd. Finally, Citigroup cut shares of Yara International ASA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th.

Yara International ASA Price Performance

Shares of Yara International ASA stock opened at $22.71 on Friday. Yara International ASA has a twelve month low of $17.48 and a twelve month high of $31.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.26 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a current ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $25.79 and its 200 day moving average price is $25.18.

Yara International ASA (OTCMKTS:YARIY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April 24th. The basic materials company reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $4.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.95 billion. Yara International ASA had a net margin of 8.58% and a return on equity of 23.06%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Yara International ASA will post 3.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Yara International ASA Company Profile

Yara International ASA is a Norway-based chemical company that specializes in the production and distribution of mineral fertilizers and nitrogen-based crop nutrition solutions. Headquartered in Oslo, Yara is recognized for its comprehensive portfolio of products that support agricultural productivity, environmental protection and industrial applications. The company’s operations span the entire value chain from ammonia production to the blending and distribution of finished fertilizer products.

The core of Yara’s business centers on nitrogen-based fertilizers including ammonium nitrate, urea, calcium ammonium nitrate and specialty blends designed to optimize crop yield and nutrient use efficiency.