15 Biggest Agriculture Stocks in 2025

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3. Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO)

Market Cap: $29.03 billion

Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) is an American farm supplies company focused on meeting the needs of recreational farmers and ranchers. Its product categories include livestock, pets, equine; truck, tool, and hardware; products for agricultural use; heating, lawn, and garden items, and more.

The company boasts a wide presence across nearly 2,300 locations in the United States. While other retailers sell similar products, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) enjoys a competitive edge as its retail stores are located in rural communities and towns on the outskirts of metropolitans, where these products are in high demand. TSCO’s share price has surged by 175% over the last five years, making it one of the best agriculture stocks to buy.

Much of Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO)’s growth last year was driven by new store openings. The company plans on opening another 90 new stores in 2025, which has boosted investor confidence. TimesSquare Capital U.S. Mid Cap Growth Strategy stated the following regarding TSCO in its Q3 2024 investor letter:

Our preferences in the Consumer-oriented sectors lean toward value-oriented or specialty retailers, franchise models, or premium brands. Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) is engaged in the retail of farm and ranch products. Mixed second quarter results included a miss to same store sales and in-line earnings. We used that share price weakness as an opportunity to add to the position for this differentiated business. Its share price recovered later in the third quarter with an overall 8% gain on news that management plans to open 80 new stores this year and 90 in fiscal 2025.

During its Q4 2024 earnings call on January 30, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) declared strong financial results for the full year 2024. Net sales grew 2.2% from last year to $14.88 billion, driven by a 0.2% increase in comparable store sales. Net income was posted at $1.1 billion, translating to record diluted earnings per share of $2.04.

The company also generated a record $1.4 billion in operating cash flow in 2024, which was used to fund attractive business growth opportunities, including the opening of 80 new Tractor Supply stores and 11 Petsense stores. Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO)  also returned over $1 billion to its shareholders through dividends and share repurchases in 2024.

TSCO expects net sales to further grow between 5% and 7% in 2025, which has resulted in a bullish sentiment around the company. Wall Street analysts have a consensus Buy rating for the stock with an average share price upside potential of over 10%, making it one of the best agriculture stocks to buy.

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