INGR vs NTR vs PYYX Stock Comparison

Ingredion, Nutrien and Pyxus International Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
INGR Ingredion Inc
$95.59 -1.0% 1M -17.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.03B
P/E
10.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.22B
Div. yield
3.44%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
6 wins
NTR Nutrien Ltd.
$68.47 -3.8% 1M +21.3% 1Y
Market cap
$33.00B
P/E
14.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.21B
Div. yield
3.21%
Fertilizers Basic Materials
4 wins
PYYX Pyxus International, Inc.
$2.35 -21.4% 1M +4.4% 1Y
Market cap
$57.83M
P/E
2.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.34B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ingredion leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ingredion 6, Nutrien 4, Pyxus International 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionINGRNTRPYYXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.03B $33.00B $57.83M NTR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.2x 14.9x 2.6x PYYX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.0x 13.5x — INGR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.4% +8.6% -0.6% NTR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.2% 7.9% 1.0% INGR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.1% 11.8% 2.0% NTR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 1.3x 5.9x INGR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.44% 3.21% — INGR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -17.4% +21.3% +4.4% NTR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.1%/yr -0.4%/yr +5.5%/yr PYYX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 18.3% 33.1% 99.6% INGR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 78/100 68/100 59/100 INGR

Percentile Scorecard

INGRNTRPYYX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisINGRNTRPYYX
Valuation 67 #12 of 34 89 #11 of 94 70 #11 of 34
Growth 45 #17 of 30 60 #37 of 92 100 #1 of 30
Profitability 100 #1 of 28 77 #21 of 86 56 #13 of 28
Financial Health 83 #7 of 36 74 #25 of 93 11 #32 of 36
Shareholder Returns 96 #2 of 24 39 #44 of 71 –
Overall 78 68 59
  • INGR ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • NTR ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • PYYX ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodINGRNTRPYYXSPY
1 month -1.0%-3.8%-21.4% +0.7%
3 months -4.8%-3.2%-27.7% +3.7%
6 months -14.5%-9.9%-20.3% +7.1%
Year to date -13.3%+10.9%-33.2% +12.8%
1 year -17.4%+21.3%+4.4% +11.9%
3 years +2.3%+22.2%+95.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +0.7%+6.9%+25.1% +22.8%
5 years +0.4%-2.1%+30.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year +0.1%-0.4%+5.5% +10.9%
10 years -26.6%—— +262.0%
10 years, per year -3.0%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureINGRNTRPYYXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 18.3%33.1%99.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 19.0%34.6%119.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.08-0.23-0.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.950.640.04 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.2%-61.5%-96.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.6%-18.4%-41.3% -1.2%
52-week high $120.41$83.94$4.00 $779.14
52-week low $94.18$53.64$2.11 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleINGRNTRPYYX
P/E now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 15.9x 14.9xmedian 21.0x 2.6xmedian 15.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.4x 1.2xmedian 1.4x 0.0xmedian 0.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 8.8x 5.5xmedian 12.9x 6.2xmedian 8.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 15.9x 5.3xmedian 15.5x -0.6xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.0x 1.3xmedian 1.7x 0.3xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median 3.66median 1.34 -1.15median 1.68 0.06median 1.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsINGRNTRPYYX
Revenue $7.22B $28.21B $2.34B
Gross profit $1.71B $8.75B $343.47M
Operating income $860.00M $5.49B $157.37M
Net income $596.00M $5.57B $23.64M
Free cash flow $355.00M $6.28B -$94.83M
EPS (diluted) $9.26 $4.59 $0.89
Cash & equivalents $948.00M $921.00M $175.91M
Total debt $1.78B $11.39B $5.71B
Shares (diluted) 63.90M 486.52M 26.06M
Enterprise value $2.20B $29.86B -$474.63M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricINGRNTRPYYX
P/E 10.2x 14.9x 2.6x
P/FCF 17.0x 5.3x -0.6x
P/Operating cash flow 7.5x 7.9x -0.8x
P/S 0.8x 1.2x 0.0x
P/B 1.3x 1.3x 0.3x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 1.4x 0.4x
EV/EBITDA 6.3x 5.5x 6.2x
EV/EBIT 8.0x 7.9x 7.4x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 1.5x 0.5x
EV/FCF 19.3x 6.9x -12.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.5x 10.4x -16.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.66 -1.15 0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricINGRNTRPYYX
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.4% 8.6% -0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.2% -5.6% 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -8.5% 15.5% 5.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.2% -8.0% 5.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -12.0% 140.9% 17.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -0.8% -20.1% 8.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -12.4% 77.9% 657.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 14.3% 44.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -10.1% 86.8% 529.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.8% -13.0% 43.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -31.6% 14.0% 71.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.8% -15.8% 26.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -56.1% 10.8% 66.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.6% -13.9% 21.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricINGRNTRPYYX
Gross margin 23.7% 31.0% 14.7%
EBITDA margin 15.0% 28.0% 8.1%
Operating margin 11.9% 19.5% 6.7%
Pretax margin 11.3% 13.7% 1.0%
Net margin 8.2% 7.9% 1.0%
FCF margin 4.9% 22.3% -4.0%
Operating cash flow margin 11.2% 14.8% -3.1%
Return on equity 13.4% 9.4% 13.4%
Return on assets 7.5% 4.5% 1.3%
Return on invested capital 10.1% 11.8% 2.0%
Return on capital employed 12.8% – 26.5%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.5x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 0.8x -3.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricINGRNTRPYYX
Debt / assets 22.1% 21.3% 63.7%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.4x 7.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 1.3x 5.9x
Debt / FCF 5.0x 1.8x -13.5x
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 51.6% 91.3%
Equity / assets 56.1% 48.4% 8.7%
Interest coverage 10.8x 7.8x –
Current ratio 2.8x – 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.9x – 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.8x – 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.60 – 1.51

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricINGRNTRPYYX
Dividend yield 3.4% 3.2% –
Net buyback yield 3.0% -1.6% –
Shareholder yield 6.5% 1.6% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusINGRNTRPYYX
Forward P/E 9.0xFY2026 13.5xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $10.67FY2026 $5.06FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY -4.1%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +0.8% +4.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.35BFY2026 $29.29BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +1.7%FY2026 +13.3%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after -3.6% -11.2% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersINGRNTRPYYX
Held by institutions 98.4% 63.7% –
Institutions holding 614 728 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.1% -0.5% –
Institutions buying 296 367 –
Institutions selling 225 237 –
Buyers to sellers 1.32 1.55 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

INGRNTRPYYX
INGR 1.00 0.17 -0.05
NTR 0.17 1.00 -0.07
PYYX -0.05 -0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, INGR, NTR and PYYX?

Nutrien (NTR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ingredion (INGR) $6.03B, Nutrien (NTR) $33.00B, Pyxus International (PYYX) $57.83M.

Which stock is cheaper, INGR, NTR and PYYX?

Pyxus International (PYYX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ingredion (INGR) 10.2x, Nutrien (NTR) 14.9x, Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ingredion (INGR) is cheapest (Ingredion (INGR) 9.0x, Nutrien (NTR) 13.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nutrien (NTR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ingredion (INGR) -1.4%, Nutrien (NTR) +8.6%, Pyxus International (PYYX) -0.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ingredion (INGR) has the highest net margin (Ingredion (INGR) 8.2%, Nutrien (NTR) 7.9%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 1.0%). On return on invested capital, Nutrien (NTR) leads (Ingredion (INGR) 10.1%, Nutrien (NTR) 11.8%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nutrien (NTR) returned the most: Ingredion (INGR) -17.4%, Nutrien (NTR) +21.3%, Pyxus International (PYYX) +4.4%. Over five years, Pyxus International (PYYX) compounded fastest (Ingredion (INGR) +0.1%/yr, Nutrien (NTR) -0.4%/yr, Pyxus International (PYYX) +5.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Ingredion (INGR) has the highest dividend yield: Ingredion (INGR) 3.44%, Nutrien (NTR) 3.21%. Pyxus International (PYYX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ingredion (INGR) has been the steadiest (Ingredion (INGR) 18.3%, Nutrien (NTR) 33.1%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 99.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, INGR, NTR and PYYX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ingredion (INGR) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.