Nutrien (NTR) Q1 Earnings: Key Metrics Match Wall Street's Expectations

In the three-month period ending March 2025, Nutrien (NTR) announced revenues totaling $5.1 billion, marking a decline of 5.4% from the corresponding timeframe in the previous year. The earnings per share (EPS) stood at $0.11, as opposed to $0.46 during the equivalent quarter of the prior year.

The stated revenue showed a discrepancy of -4.18% from the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.32 billion. Regarding earnings per share (EPS), with an estimated value of $0.33, the actual figure deviated negatively by -66.67%.

As investors keenly observe the yearly shifts in main figures—such as revenue and profits—and assess these against Wall Street’s forecasts to guide their subsequent moves, certain crucial indicators consistently offer a clearer picture of a corporation's core operational health.

Given their significant impact on both revenue and profit figures, contrasting these indicators against those from the previous year and analyst estimates allows investors to more accurately forecast how a stock might perform in terms of pricing.

This is how Nutrien fared in the recently reported quarter concerning the key performance indicators closely tracked and forecasted by Wall Street analysts.

• Potassium Sales Volume - Overall : 3,402 KTon compared to the average estimate of 3,255.3 KTon from five analysts.
• Nitrogen - Sales Volumes - Overall : 2,469 KTon compared to the five-analyst average estimate of 2,473.23 KTon.
• Average Sale Price Per Ton for Phosphate - Used in Industry and Animal Feed : 817 $/Ton compared to the five-analyst average estimate of 777.8 $/ Ton.
• Average Sale Price Per Metric Ton for Phosphates - Aggregate : 710 $/Ton compared to an average estimate of 614.19 $/Ton from five analysts.
• Retail Sales (Nutrient Ag Solutions) - Total :$3.09 billion compared to an average estimate of $3.49 billion from six analysts. In comparison to the same period last year, this figure shows a decrease of -6.6%.
• Sales- Potash : $861 million compared to the average forecast of six analysts at $783.90 million. This figure shows a yearly decrease of 7.1%.
• Sales- Phosphate :$405 million compared to an average estimate of $435.19 million from six analysts. In comparison to the same period last year, this figure shows a decrease of 18.8%.
• Sales- Nitrogen :$1.07 billion compared to the six-analyst average forecast of $972.08 million. This figure shows a yearly increase of 4.5%.
• Net Sales- Eliminations : -$288 million compared to an expected -$391.41 million estimate from analysts on average. In comparison to the same period last year, this figure shows a decrease of 9.4%.
• Net Sales- Potash :$744 million compared to the consensus forecast of five analysts at $665.54 million. This figure shows a yearly decrease of 8.5%.
• Net Sales- Nitrogen :$954 million compared to an average estimate of $848.02 million from five analysts. This figure marks a +4.7% increase from the same period last year.
• Retail Sales (Nutrient Ag Solutions) - Crop Nutrients :$1.19 billion compared to an average estimate of $1.61 billion from four analysts. In comparison to the same period last year, this figure shows a decrease of -8.8%.

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Over the last month, shares of Nutrien have gained +20.5%, outperforming the Zacks S&P 500 Composite Index, which has risen by +10.6%. With a current Zacks rank of #3 (Hold), the stock may see performance similar to the overall market in the coming period.

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