How does Nutrien Ltd (NTR) change from a tortoise to a hare?

With 2.07 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.05 million shares. During the session, the Agricultural Inputs company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $47.965 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $47.48. The 52-week range on NTR shows that it touched its highest point at $60.87 and its lowest point at $44.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $57.70. With its current market cap of 23.63 billion, NTR has annualized dividend of $2.15 while the current yield stands at 4.50%. NTR paid its most recent dividend on 1727395200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1727395200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.85.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of NTR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.48%, but this was up by 0.17% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.87% while six-month performance fell -8.64%. The stock lost -15.88% in the past year, while it has lost -15.20% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NTR yields 1.60 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.71. For the next quarter, that number is 0.47. This implies an EPS growth rate of -19.77% for this year and 4.03% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -11.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 79.08%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 494.76 million NTR shares are outstanding with a float of 494.56 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-09-30, short shares totaled 17.99 million, which was 364.0 higher than short shares on 1724976000. In addition to Mr. Kenneth A. Seitz as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Ms. Noralee M. Bradley LLB. serves as its Executive VP of External Affairs and Chief Sustainability & Legal Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.70834 of NTR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-06-30, NTR reported revenue of $10156000000.0 and operating income of $1668000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $2242000000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.78.