Scotiabank Weighs in on Nutrien’s FY2026 Earnings (NYSE:NTR)

Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR) – Analysts at Scotiabank boosted their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Nutrien in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, July 7th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $5.12 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $4.82. Scotiabank has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $80.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Nutrien’s current full-year earnings is $5.45 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for Nutrien’s FY2027 earnings at $4.73 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Scotia raised shares of Nutrien from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and set a $80.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, June 30th. Wells Fargo & Company raised shares of Nutrien from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $77.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Bank of America upgraded Nutrien from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $82.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, April 30th. TD Securities reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Nutrien in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Nutrien from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $80.94.

Nutrien Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE NTR opened at $66.73 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $31.98 billion, a PE ratio of 13.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 0.62. Nutrien has a 12 month low of $53.03 and a 12 month high of $85.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 0.59. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $67.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $69.70.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.03. Nutrien had a net margin of 8.58% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The company had revenue of $6.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.30 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.11 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nutrien

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of NTR. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 1,014.0% during the 2nd quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 479 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 436 shares during the last quarter. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab boosted its holdings in Nutrien by 4.5% in the second quarter. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab now owns 61,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,863,000 after acquiring an additional 2,650 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its position in Nutrien by 22.0% during the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 19,303 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,214,000 after acquiring an additional 3,481 shares during the period. Somerset Trust Co grew its position in Nutrien by 2.2% during the second quarter. Somerset Trust Co now owns 10,065 shares of the company’s stock valued at $634,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares during the period. Finally, VectorGlobal IAG Inc. purchased a new stake in Nutrien during the first quarter valued at about $931,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 63.10% of the company’s stock.

Nutrien Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be issued a $0.55 dividend. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.3%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. Nutrien’s payout ratio is presently 44.81%.

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.