--- title: "BUZZ-Jefferies upgrades US-listed shares of Nutrien to 'buy'; shares rise" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/278858572.md" datetime: "2026-03-12T09:54:08.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278858572.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/278858572.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/278858572.md) --- # BUZZ-Jefferies upgrades US-listed shares of Nutrien to 'buy'; shares rise Jefferies upgrades U.S.-listed shares of Canadian agrichemicals company Nutrien (NTR.TO) , (NTR.N) to “buy” from “hold” It also raises price target to $96 from $74, representing an upside of 21% to the stock’s last close on Wednesday U.S.-listed shares of the company up 4.4% at $82.77 in premarket trading, as fertilizer stocks soar on the escalated Middle East conflict, which tightened the global fertilizer markets Brokerage says North American producers, like NTR, are geographically insulated from fighting Jefferies expects near-term demand to be inelastic, with knock-on effects for row crop decisions next year 14 out of 24 brokerages rate the stock “buy” or higher, 8 “hold” and 2 “sell”; their median PT is $72.60- LSEG data As of last close, shares up 28.5% YTD ### Related Stocks - [MOO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MOO.US.md) - [NTR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NTR.US.md) - [DBA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DBA.US.md) - [FTAG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FTAG.US.md) - [VEGI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/VEGI.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Assessing Nutrien (TSX:NTR) Valuation After Recent Share Price Momentum](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282669439.md) - [Nutrien Announces Release Dates for First Quarter 2026 Results and Conference Call | NTR Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282249059.md) - [How Investors Are Reacting To Nutrien (TSX:NTR) US$5 Billion Flexible Financing Shelf Registration](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281956873.md) - [RBC Says Nutrien Shares Should Trade Higher Amid High Fertilizer Prices](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281899880.md) - [US deputy farm secretary to meet with Mosaic amid high fertilizer prices](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282593376.md)