The Mosaic Company (MOS) vs Nutrien Ltd. (NTR)

The Mosaic Company and Nutrien Ltd. are both Agricultural Inputs companies. Nutrien Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $34.4B against $7.1B — 4.8× the size. The Mosaic Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Nutrien Ltd. trades at 14.6×. Nutrien Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.63% against 0.02%. Nutrien Ltd. has the higher net margin (8.44% vs −9.43%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.64% vs −2.21%). Both pay a dividend; The Mosaic Company yields more (3.93% vs 3.04%). Across the 21 metrics below, Nutrien Ltd. leads on 15 and The Mosaic Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric MOS NTR Agricultural Inputs median
P/E n/m 14.64 14.64
P/S 0.60 1.23 0.78
P/B 0.62 1.34 0.80
Price to free cash flow n/m 18.70 10.41
EV/EBITDA 10.17 7.21 5.38
EV/Sales 1.07 1.60 1.07
Earnings yield (15.79%) 6.83% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (9.75%) 5.35% 5.69%

Profitability

Metric MOS NTR Agricultural Inputs median
Gross margin 7.37% 31.02% 29.38%
Operating margin (5.10%) 13.70% 0.60%
Net margin (9.43%) 8.44% (9.43%)
Free cash flow margin (5.84%) 7.40% 3.70%
Return on equity (9.19%) 9.32% 0.00%
Return on assets (4.60%) 4.46% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (2.21%) 6.64% 1.70%

Growth

Metric MOS NTR Agricultural Inputs median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.02% 8.63% 8.63%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 209.09% 242.65% 23.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.78% 5.16% 4.64%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.09%) 37.63% 0.00%

Health

Metric MOS NTR Agricultural Inputs median
Debt to equity 0.52 0.44 0.51
Current ratio 1.50 1.39 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 2.23 1.64 0.25

Dividend

Metric MOS NTR Agricultural Inputs median
Dividend yield 3.93% 3.04% 3.99%
Payout ratio — 0.44 0.67

Size

Metric MOS NTR Agricultural Inputs median
Market cap 7.10b 34.38b 998.68m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack