ICL GROUP LTD. vs NUTRIEN LTD., two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
ICL Group and Nutrien both work the crop-nutrient shelf, but from different angles. ICL mines potash and specialty minerals in Israel; Nutrien pairs fertilizer with a large ag-retail network. Nutrien earns more, an 8.54% net margin and 9.06% return on equity against ICL's 3.91% and 4.49%, and trades cheaper on earnings, 13.09 times against 27.89. ICL converts more cash, a 16.3% free-cash yield versus 7.17%, and both run no net debt. On book they sit close, 1.04 for ICL and 1.17 for Nutrien. Two low-multiple fertilizer names, one a diversified seller, one a cash-rich but thin-margin miner.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ICL | NTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.86 | $65.42 |
| Market cap | $6.3B | $31.8B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.5% | — |
| P/E | 27.0 | 14.0 |
| P/B | 1.00 | 1.25 |
| P/S | 0.88 | 1.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| Revenue growth | +3.6% | +1.6% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 31.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 13.9% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 8.5% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 9.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | 11.1% |
| FCF yield | 16.8% | 6.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 1.34 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.44 | 1.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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