Insider Buying: Nutrien (TSE:NTR) Insider Buys 262 Shares of Stock

Nutrien Ltd. (TSE:NTR) insider Mark Thompson bought 262 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$95.47 per share, for a total transaction of C$25,013.14. Following the transaction, the insider owned 36,277 shares in the company, valued at C$3,463,365.19. This represents a 0.73% increase in their ownership of the stock.

Nutrien Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of Nutrien stock traded up C$1.02 on Thursday, hitting C$96.09. The company had a trading volume of 421,867 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,683,143. Nutrien Ltd. has a 1 year low of C$74.77 and a 1 year high of C$116.95. The stock has a 50 day moving average of C$100.84 and a 200-day moving average of C$94.17. The stock has a market capitalization of C$46.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.57, a P/E/G ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.44, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 1.24.

Nutrien (TSE:NTR) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported C$0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Nutrien had a return on equity of 9.49% and a net margin of 8.61%.The firm had revenue of C$8.41 billion for the quarter. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Nutrien Ltd. will post 5.3416399 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting Nutrien

Here are the key news stories impacting Nutrien this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research lifted Nutrien’s earnings outlook across several quarters and years, signaling better expected profitability and potentially supporting the stock.
• Positive Sentiment: The most recent note included higher FY2026, FY2027, and FY2028 EPS estimates, which can reinforce investor confidence in Nutrien’s longer-term earnings power.
• Neutral Sentiment: Nutrien also priced a $1 billion senior notes offering due in 2031 and 2036, a financing move that adds balance-sheet activity but is not clearly a near-term positive or negative for the shares. Article Title

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on NTR. Barclays raised shares of Nutrien from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. TD Securities raised their target price on shares of Nutrien from C$72.00 to C$80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Nutrien from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded shares of Nutrien from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Finally, Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Nutrien from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Nutrien currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$80.00.

Nutrien Company Profile

Nutrien is a leading global provider of crop inputs and services. We operate a world-class network of production, distribution and ag retail facilities that positions us to efficiently serve the needs of growers. We focus on creating long-term value by prioritizing investments that strengthen the advantages of our business across the ag value chain and by maintaining access to the resources and the relationships with stakeholders needed to achieve our goals.