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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:

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) 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 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 29, which is -1 points lower than the agricultural input industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ICL as a "B".

ICL passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. ICL Group has seen its stock lose -15.22% over the past year, underperforming other agricultural input stocks by -37 percentage points.

ICL Group has an average 1 year price target of $6.00, an upside of 22.45% from ICL Group's current stock price of $4.90.

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.

American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) 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 American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) has a Due Diligence Score of 9, which is -21 points lower than the agricultural input industry average of 30.

AVD passed 3 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. American Vanguard has seen its stock return 1.98% over the past year, underperforming other agricultural input stocks by -20 percentage points.

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: B, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 7 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 30.

NTR passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Nutrien has seen its stock return 51.76% over the past year, overperforming other agricultural input stocks by 30 percentage points.

Nutrien has an average 1 year price target of $71.64, a downside of -2.65% from Nutrien's current stock price of $73.59.

Nutrien stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Nutrien, 14.29% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 71.43% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 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 13.3%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.7%. 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.

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has an annual dividend yield of 9.08%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 4.7%. 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 127.8% 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 3.83%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the agricultural input industry average of 4.7%. 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 dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Agricultural input stocks were down -0.75% in the last day, and up 4.03% 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 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 39.09% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 17 percentage points.

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) 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.

ICL Group 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.

ICL Group's stock has dropped -15.22% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by -37 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 71, which is 47 points higher than the agricultural input industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nutrien's stock has gained 51.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agricultural input industry by 30 percentage points.

55.56% of agricultural input stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect agricultural input stocks to fall by -0.32% over the next year.

0% of agricultural input stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.09% of agricultural input stocks are rated B (Buy), 81.82% are rated C (Hold), 9.09% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).