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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:

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 +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 16 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

UAN passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cvr Partners has seen its stock return 41.08% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 36 percentage points.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co (NYSE:SMG) 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 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 41, which is 9 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

SMG passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Scotts Miracle Gro Co has seen its stock lose -8.39% over the past year, underperforming other agricultural input stocks by -13 percentage points.

Scotts Miracle Gro Co has an average 1 year price target of $77.00, an upside of 45.75% from Scotts Miracle Gro Co's current stock price of $52.83.

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, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) 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 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 36, which is 4 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

ICL passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. ICL Group has seen its stock lose -12.4% over the past year, underperforming other agricultural input stocks by -17 percentage points.

ICL Group has an average 1 year price target of $6.00, an upside of 13.21% from ICL Group's current stock price of $5.30.

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.

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 11.32%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.38%. 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 81.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) has an annual dividend yield of 8.28%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.38%. 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 -3.7% 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 5%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.38%. 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 214.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Agricultural input stocks were down -0.49% in the last day, and down -4.34% 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 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 4 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cf Industries Holdings's stock has gained 38.44% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 34 percentage points.

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) is the second 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.

Cvr Partners has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cvr Partners's stock has gained 41.08% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 36 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 43, which is 18 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

ICL Group's stock has dropped -12.4% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by -17 percentage points.

50% of agricultural input stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect agricultural input stocks to rise by 10.73% over the next year.

0% of agricultural input stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.11% of agricultural input stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 11.11% are rated F (Strong Sell).