NTR vs. CF, MOS, TECK, GOLD, WPM, FNV, PPG, CCJ, AEM, and LYB
Should you be buying Nutrien stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nutrien include CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Teck Resources (TECK), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), PPG Industries (PPG), Cameco (CCJ), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and LyondellBasell Industries (LYB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for CF Industries and 21 mentions for Nutrien. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat CF Industries' score of 0.56 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nutrien has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CF Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nutrien. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nutrien shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Nutrien pays out 126.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CF Industries pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
CF Industries received 375 more outperform votes than Nutrien when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.08% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote.
Nutrien currently has a consensus target price of $67.37, suggesting a potential upside of 18.27%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.49%. Given Nutrien's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than CF Industries.
CF Industries has a net margin of 19.03% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 3.01%. CF Industries' return on equity of 14.08% beat Nutrien's return on equity.
Summary
CF Industries beats Nutrien on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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