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Best Agricultural Input Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top agricultural input stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best agricultural input stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best agricultural input stocks to buy right now are:

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) is the #1 top agricultural input stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: B.

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 2 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 31.

ICL passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. ICL Group has seen its stock lose -30.5% over the past year, underperforming other agricultural input stocks by -27 percentage points.

ICL Group has an average 1 year price target of $6.00, an upside of 31% from ICL Group's current stock price of $4.58.

ICL Group stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering ICL Group, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) is the #2 top agricultural input stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) is: Value: A, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 25 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 31.

CF passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cf Industries Holdings has seen its stock return 32.09% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 35 percentage points.

Cf Industries Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $125.80, an upside of 12.64% from Cf Industries Holdings's current stock price of $111.68.

Cf Industries Holdings stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Cf Industries Holdings, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 70% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 10% have issued a Strong Sell.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) is the #3 top agricultural input stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Scotts Miracle Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 5 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 31.

SMG passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Scotts Miracle Gro Co has seen its stock return 23.37% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 26 percentage points.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co has an average 1 year price target of $72.00, an upside of 7.16% from Scotts Miracle Gro Co's current stock price of $67.19.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Scotts Miracle Gro Co, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 8 agricultural input stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 agricultural input stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has an annual dividend yield of 12.92%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.89%. Cvr Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. Cvr Partners's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cvr Partners's dividend payout ratio of 144% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) has an annual dividend yield of 5.87%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.89%. Corteva's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Corteva's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Corteva's dividend payout ratio of 47.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) has an annual dividend yield of 4.98%, which is the same as the agricultural input industry average of 4.89%. Fmc's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Fmc's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Fmc's dividend payout ratio of -1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Agricultural input stocks were up 0.23% in the last day, and down -1.07% over the last week. Mosaic Co was the among the top gainers in the agricultural inputs industry, gaining 17.37% yesterday.

Mosaic shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 sales results.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued agricultural input stocks right now are:

Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) is the most undervalued agricultural input stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cf Industries Holdings has a valuation score of 29, which is 6 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 23. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cf Industries Holdings's stock has gained 32.09% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 35 percentage points.

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) is the second most undervalued agricultural input stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cvr Partners has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cvr Partners's stock has gained 14.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 17 percentage points.

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) is the third most undervalued agricultural input stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

ICL Group has a valuation score of 29, which is 6 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 23. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

ICL Group's stock has dropped -30.5% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by -27 percentage points.

55.56% of agricultural input stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect agricultural input stocks to rise by 23.6% over the next year.

0% of agricultural input stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of agricultural input stocks are rated B (Buy), 70% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 10% are rated F (Strong Sell).