Emissary Wealth LLC Invests $635,000 in Nutrien Ltd. $NTR

Emissary Wealth LLC bought a new position in Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 10,291 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $635,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of NTR. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in shares of Nutrien by 19.1% in the 3rd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 14,221,381 shares of the company’s stock worth $834,962,000 after buying an additional 2,276,651 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc grew its position in shares of Nutrien by 16.5% in the 3rd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 7,368,861 shares of the company’s stock worth $432,838,000 after buying an additional 1,043,766 shares during the period. Black Creek Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Nutrien by 57.3% in the 3rd quarter. Black Creek Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,367,244 shares of the company’s stock worth $139,050,000 after buying an additional 862,487 shares during the period. Allianz Asset Management GmbH grew its position in shares of Nutrien by 152.6% in the 3rd quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 1,372,863 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,662,000 after buying an additional 829,275 shares during the period. Finally, Man Group plc boosted its stake in Nutrien by 5,178.4% in the 3rd quarter. Man Group plc now owns 775,919 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,577,000 after purchasing an additional 761,219 shares in the last quarter. 63.10% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Nutrien Stock Performance

Shares of Nutrien stock opened at $70.64 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $33.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.16 and a beta of 0.69. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $74.53 and its 200 day moving average is $65.81. Nutrien Ltd. has a 1 year low of $51.98 and a 1 year high of $85.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 0.70.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $5.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.26 billion. Nutrien had a net margin of 8.43% and a return on equity of 8.41%. Nutrien’s revenue was up 5.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.31 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Nutrien Ltd. will post 3.72 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Nutrien Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st were paid a dividend of $0.55 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.1%. This is an increase from Nutrien’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. Nutrien’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 47.21%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on NTR. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Nutrien from $77.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 8th. UBS Group cut shares of Nutrien from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $63.00 to $67.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Nutrien from $68.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Scotiabank upped their price target on shares of Nutrien from $63.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Mizuho upped their price target on shares of Nutrien from $65.00 to $68.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $79.65.

Trending Headlines about Nutrien

Here are the key news stories impacting Nutrien this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks raised a couple of near‑term quarter forecasts (Q3 2026 to $0.75 from $0.72; Q2 2027 to $1.87 from $1.84), which slightly offsets cuts elsewhere and could support near‑term earnings visibility. MarketBeat Zacks upgrades
• Neutral Sentiment: Mizuho reiterated a Hold on NTR (reported as “Gets a Hold”), a neutral signal that suggests no immediate change in sell‑side conviction. Nutrien (NTR) Gets a Hold from Mizuho Securities
• Negative Sentiment: Unusually large put buying: traders purchased ~14,187 put contracts on Friday (about 88% above the average put volume), signaling increased hedging or directional bearish bets that can amplify downside pressure on the stock. Options flow report
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research issued a string of downward revisions across multiple periods — trimming EPS for Q2 2026, Q4 2026, Q1 2027, Q4 2027 and lowering FY2026–FY2028 estimates (while keeping a Hold rating). The cuts reduce near‑ and medium‑term earnings expectations and likely prompted some investor selling. Zacks still cites a consensus full‑year figure (reported there) but has lowered several company forecasts. MarketBeat — Zacks estimate revisions

Nutrien Profile

Nutrien Ltd. is a global fertilizer and agricultural-services company headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The company is publicly traded and operates across the farm input value chain, combining upstream fertilizer production with a broad retail and services platform aimed at supporting crop production worldwide. Nutrien’s business model integrates the manufacture and distribution of crop nutrients with on-the-ground agronomic support for growers and agricultural businesses.

Nutrien produces and supplies the three primary fertilizer nutrients—potash, nitrogen and phosphate—through its wholesale operations, and markets a wide range of crop inputs including seeds and crop protection products.