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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:

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) 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 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 51.92% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 23 percentage points.

Nutrien has an average 1 year price target of $76.77, an upside of 1.73% from Nutrien's current stock price of $75.46.

Nutrien stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 17 analysts covering Nutrien, 23.53% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 23.53% have issued a Buy, 47.06% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 5.88% 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 +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) is: Value: B, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, 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 66.14% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 37 percentage points.

Cf Industries Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $111.92, a downside of -13.8% from Cf Industries Holdings's current stock price of $129.84.

Cf Industries Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Cf Industries Holdings, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 8.33% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 16.67% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) 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 Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 2 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

IPI passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Intrepid Potash has seen its stock return 45.53% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 17 percentage points.

Intrepid Potash has an average 1 year price target of $25.00, a downside of -41.55% from Intrepid Potash's current stock price of $42.77.

Intrepid Potash stock has a consensus Strong Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Intrepid Potash, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 100% 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 8.32%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.47%. 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 127.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) has an annual dividend yield of 7.67%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.47%. 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 -10.2% 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 4.34%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 3.47%. 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 -3.29% in the last day, and down -0.99% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why agricultural input stocks are down.

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 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 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 66.14% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 37 percentage points.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) 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.

Nutrien 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.

Nutrien's stock has gained 51.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 23 percentage points.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) 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.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co has a valuation score of 14, which is -9 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 23. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co's stock has gained 10.79% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by -18 percentage points.

44.44% of agricultural input stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect agricultural input stocks to fall by -3.76% over the next year.

0% of agricultural input stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10% of agricultural input stocks are rated B (Buy), 80% are rated C (Hold), 10% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).