# Agricultural Inputs — Industry Hub

> Quantitative analysis from TrendMatrix. Data for informational use only — not investment advice.

Agricultural input companies supply fertilizers, seeds, and crop protection chemicals that farmers rely on to grow food and fiber crops globally. Their revenues are highly cyclical, driven by commodity prices, weather patterns, and agricultural policy, while facing structural headwinds from input cost inflation and regulatory restrictions on certain pesticides. TrendMatrix ranks 7 US-listed Agricultural Inputs stocks by 10-dimension quantitative score, refreshed every 5 minutes during market hours with a full reanalysis nightly.

- **Parent sector:** Basic Materials
- **Stocks tracked:** 8 (primer N: 7)
- **Sentiment:** 1 bullish · 2 neutral · 5 bearish · avg score 5.11
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-25T16:28:11+00:00

## Ranked Stocks

| # | Symbol | Name | Verdict | Score | Price | Upside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [NTR](https://trendmatrix.com/stocks/NTR) | Nutrien Ltd. | STRONG_BUY_WAIT | 5.7 | $76.35 | +8.9% |
| 2 | [CF](https://trendmatrix.com/stocks/CF) | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | HOLD_IF_HOLDING | 6.5 | $125.78 | +8.6% |
| 3 | [CTVA](https://trendmatrix.com/stocks/CTVA) | Corteva, Inc. | HOLD_IF_HOLDING | 4.8 | $81.27 | +3.2% |
| 4 | [ICL](https://trendmatrix.com/stocks/ICL) | ICL Group Ltd. | SELL_IF_HOLDING | 5.4 | $5.47 | +1.9% |
| 5 | [UAN](https://trendmatrix.com/stocks/UAN) | CVR Partners, LP | SELL_IF_HOLDING | 4.9 | $134.49 | +1.5% |
| 6 | [MOS](https://trendmatrix.com/stocks/MOS) | Mosaic Company (The) | SELL_IF_HOLDING | 4.8 | $23.50 | +17.6% |
| 7 | [SMG](https://trendmatrix.com/stocks/SMG) | Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The | SELL_IF_HOLDING | 4.8 | $61.67 | +4.5% |
| 8 | [FMC](https://trendmatrix.com/stocks/FMC) | FMC Corporation | SELL_IF_HOLDING | 4.0 | $15.45 | +2.6% |

## Recent 8-K Events (last 30 days)

- **CTVA** [Item 5.02] (2026-04-14): Corteva, Inc. (the "Company") previously announced on October 1, 2025 its intent to separate its seed business ("SpinCo") from its remaining crop protection business ("New Corteva") into two independent, publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off (the "spin-off).
- **MOS** [Item 2.06] (2026-04-08): Mosaic announced idling and demobilization of its Araxá Mining and Chemical Complex in Brazil on April 8, 2026. Expected pre-tax charge of $350–$400M in Q1 2026 ($275–$300M asset impairment, remainder severance and idling costs). No successor plan cited.

## Cross-Company Themes

- **The Home Depot and Lowe's** — 1 companies (SMG)
- **international (outside U.S.)** — 1 companies (MOS)
- **China and India** — 1 companies (FMC)
- **natural gas pipeline (single-source)** — 1 companies (CF)

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