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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 14 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: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 20 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 33.

UAN passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cvr Partners has seen its stock return 24.05% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 34 percentage points.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) is the #2 top agricultural input stock out of 14 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: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -8 points lower than the agricultural input industry average of 33. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NTR as a "B".

NTR passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Nutrien has seen its stock return 27.4% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 38 percentage points.

Nutrien has an average 1 year price target of $64.82, an upside of 6.26% from Nutrien's current stock price of $61.00.

Nutrien stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Nutrien, 9.09% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 9.09% have issued a Buy, 81.82% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) is the #3 top agricultural input stock out of 14 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 Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 16 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 33.

CTVA passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Corteva has seen its stock return 10.47% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 21 percentage points.

Corteva has an average 1 year price target of $80.00, an upside of 21.14% from Corteva's current stock price of $66.04.

Corteva stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Corteva, 54.55% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 36.36% 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:

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the agricultural input industry average of 5.92%. ICL Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eleven times in the last 10 years. ICL Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

ICL Group's dividend payout ratio of 46.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) has an annual dividend yield of 16.98%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 5.92%. 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 -54.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has an annual dividend yield of 12.57%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 5.92%. Cvr Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine 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 75.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Agricultural input stocks were up 2.39% in the last day, and up 0.71% over the last week. Mosaic Co was the among the top gainers in the agricultural inputs industry, gaining 6.06% yesterday.

Shares of fertilizer stocks are trading higher after Ukraine reportedly attacked Russian fertilizer plants.

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 0 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 29. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cf Industries Holdings's stock has dropped -12.42% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by -2 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 57, which is 28 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cvr Partners's stock has gained 24.05% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 34 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 43, which is 14 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nutrien's stock has gained 27.4% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 38 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 20.24% over the next year.

9.09% of agricultural input stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 18.18% of agricultural input stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.64% are rated C (Hold), 9.09% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).