What Do Analysts Recommend for Fertilizer Stocks?
PotashCorp (POT) and Agrium (AGU), which are both awaiting mergers, have a “hold” recommendation with a price target of $17 and $96.8 per share, respectively, over the next 12 months.
Dec. 14 2016, Updated 8:06 a.m. ET
Analysts’ take
Earlier in this series, we looked at valuation multiples and price levels for fertilizer stocks (SOIL). Here, we’ll discuss what analysts recommend for some of the fertilizer stocks along with their respective price targets over the next 12 months.
Recommendations and price targets
As the chart above shows, analysts have a “hold” recommendation for most fertilizer stocks. PotashCorp (POT) and Agrium (AGU), which are both awaiting mergers, have a “hold” recommendation with a price target of $17 and $96.8 per share, respectively, over the next 12 months.
CF Industries (CF) also has mostly “hold” recommendations with a price target of $28 per share. Most analysts also recommend a “hold” for Mosaic (MOS). The stock has a 12-month price target of $25 per share. The current prices for these stocks are higher than analyst price targets, which indicates that the market is more optimistic than analysts about these two stocks.
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