What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Nutrien Q1 Earnings?

Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR) – Zacks Research raised their Q1 2027 EPS estimates for Nutrien in a report issued on Monday, May 25th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.62 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.61. Zacks Research has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Nutrien’s current full-year earnings is $5.45 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Nutrien’s Q4 2027 earnings at $0.96 EPS.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.03. Nutrien had a net margin of 8.58% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The business had revenue of $6.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.30 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.11 earnings per share. Nutrien’s revenue was up 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on NTR. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Nutrien from $70.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Nutrien from $67.00 to $65.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Nutrien from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Bank of America raised shares of Nutrien from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $82.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised shares of Nutrien from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $77.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Nutrien currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $82.75.

Nutrien Trading Down 1.7%

NTR opened at $68.72 on Thursday. Nutrien has a twelve month low of $53.03 and a twelve month high of $85.36. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $73.28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $68.40. The company has a quick ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.00, a P/E/G ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 0.64.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Guggenheim Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 6,628 shares of the company’s stock worth $409,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC now owns 9,032 shares of the company’s stock worth $557,000 after acquiring an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise lifted its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 15.9% in the first quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 1,198 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,000 after acquiring an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA lifted its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 4.4% in the first quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA now owns 3,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $297,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Smith Moore & CO. lifted its holdings in shares of Nutrien by 2.2% in the third quarter. Smith Moore & CO. now owns 7,642 shares of the company’s stock worth $449,000 after acquiring an additional 168 shares during the last quarter. 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. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be issued a $0.55 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.2%. Nutrien’s dividend payout ratio is 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.