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

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 21 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

UAN passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cvr Partners has seen its stock return 35.38% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 42 percentage points.

Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) 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 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 17 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

CTVA passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Corteva has seen its stock return 13% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 19 percentage points.

Corteva has an average 1 year price target of $78.33, an upside of 12.48% from Corteva's current stock price of $69.64.

Corteva stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Corteva, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 22.22% have issued a Buy, 11.11% 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 14 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 ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 13 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 32.

ICL passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. ICL Group has seen its stock lose -6.65% over the past year.

ICL Group has an average 1 year price target of $6.00, an upside of 12.57% from ICL Group's current stock price of $5.33.

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 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 4.78%. 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 11.86%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.78%. 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 -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 10.55%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.78%. 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 down -2.23% in the last day, and up 4.56% 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 1 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cf Industries Holdings's stock has dropped -10.8% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by -4 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 57, which is 29 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cvr Partners's stock has gained 35.38% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 42 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 15 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nutrien's stock has gained 28.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 35 percentage points.

33.33% of agricultural input stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect agricultural input stocks to rise by 5.75% 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).