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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 +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 13 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 Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 3 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

UAN passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cvr Partners has seen its stock return 61.42% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 50 percentage points.

Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) is the #2 top agricultural input stock out of 13 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 Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 20 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

CF passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cf Industries Holdings has seen its stock return 58.48% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 47 percentage points.

Cf Industries Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $119.64, a downside of -3.67% from Cf Industries Holdings's current stock price of $124.20.

Cf Industries Holdings stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Cf Industries Holdings, 21.43% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 7.14% have issued a Buy, 57.14% have issued a hold, while 14.29% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) 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 +7.53% per year. Learn more.

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

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 10 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

NTR passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Nutrien has seen its stock return 33.22% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 22 percentage points.

Nutrien has an average 1 year price target of $78.29, an upside of 3.02% from Nutrien's current stock price of $76.00.

Nutrien stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 17 analysts covering Nutrien, 29.41% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 23.53% have issued a Buy, 41.18% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 5.88% 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:

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) has an annual dividend yield of 8.58%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.6%. 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 -6.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has an annual dividend yield of 8.18%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.6%. Cvr Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten 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 91.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) has an annual dividend yield of 4.21%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.6%. 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 170.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Agricultural input stocks were down -0.18% in the last day, and up 0.46% over the last week.

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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 5 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cf Industries Holdings's stock has gained 58.48% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 47 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 29, which is 5 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cvr Partners's stock has gained 61.42% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 50 percentage points.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) 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.

Nutrien has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nutrien's stock has gained 33.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 22 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 1.62% over the next year.

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