Head to Head Survey: N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) and Nutrien (NYSE:NTR)

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) and N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

63.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of N2OFF shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of N2OFF shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Nutrien has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N2OFF has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nutrien and N2OFF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutrien	2.79%	6.99%	3.32%
N2OFF	N/A	-100.78%	-87.04%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nutrien and N2OFF”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutrien	$29.06 billion	0.79	$1.26 billion	$1.49	31.00
N2OFF	$260,000.00	3.21	-$6.52 million	N/A	N/A

Nutrien has higher revenue and earnings than N2OFF.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Nutrien and N2OFF, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutrien	3	6	10	0	2.37
N2OFF	0	0	0	0	0.00

Nutrien currently has a consensus target price of $60.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.62%. Given Nutrien’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than N2OFF.

Summary

Nutrien beats N2OFF on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nutrien

Nutrien Ltd. provides crop inputs and services. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Potash, Nitrogen, and Phosphate. The Retail segment distributes crop nutrients, crop protection products, seeds, and merchandise products. The Potash segment provides granular and standard potash products. The Nitrogen segment offers ammonia, urea, environmentally smart nitrogen, nitrogen solutions, nitrates, and sulfates. The Phosphate segment provides solid fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, and industrial and feed products. In addition, it provides services directly to growers through a network of farm centers in North America, South America, and Australia. The company is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

About N2OFF

N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.