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Best Agricultural Input Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top agricultural input stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% 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:

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) is the #1 top agricultural input stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -2 points lower than the agricultural input industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates UAN as a "A".

UAN passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Cvr Partners has seen its stock lose -0.99% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 6 percentage points.

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) is the #2 top agricultural input stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Fmc (NYSE:FMC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 19 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 27.

FMC passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Fmc has seen its stock lose -28.96% over the past year, underperforming other agricultural input stocks by -22 percentage points.

Fmc has an average 1 year price target of $49.08, an upside of 17.09% from Fmc's current stock price of $41.92.

Fmc stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Fmc, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 8.33% have issued a Buy, 58.33% have issued a hold, while 8.33% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) is the #3 top agricultural input stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

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

Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 22 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 27.

CTVA passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Corteva has seen its stock return 14.52% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 21 percentage points.

Corteva has an average 1 year price target of $71.18, an upside of 14.83% from Corteva's current stock price of $61.99.

Corteva stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Corteva, 72.73% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 18.18% have issued a Buy, 9.09% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 7 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 8.47%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.35%. Cvr Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eleven times in the last 10 years. Cvr Partners's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cvr Partners's dividend payout ratio of 94.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) has an annual dividend yield of 5.53%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.35%. Fmc's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Fmc's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Fmc's dividend payout ratio of 85% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) has an annual dividend yield of 5.24%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.35%. Scotts Miracle Gro Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Scotts Miracle Gro Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co's dividend payout ratio of -643.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Agricultural input stocks were down -0.97% in the last day, and up 3.7% over the last week. Scotts Miracle Gro Co was the among the top losers in the agricultural inputs industry, dropping -5.9% yesterday.

Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are trading lower following a Q2 sales miss.

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:

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) is the 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 29, which is 7 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cvr Partners's stock has dropped -0.99% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 6 percentage points.

Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) 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.

Cf Industries Holdings has a valuation score of 29, which is 7 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cf Industries Holdings's stock has dropped -0.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 6 percentage points.

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

Fmc has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fmc's stock has dropped -28.96% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by -22 percentage points.

40% of agricultural input stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect agricultural input stocks to rise by 9.76% over the next year.

9.09% of agricultural input stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.09% of agricultural input stocks are rated B (Buy), 72.73% are rated C (Hold), 9.09% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).