86,758 Shares in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. $CF Acquired by Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.

Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. purchased a new position in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 86,758 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $6,780,000. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. owned about 0.05% of CF Industries as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Gotham Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of CF Industries by 42.3% in the 1st quarter. Gotham Asset Management LLC now owns 267,465 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $20,902,000 after acquiring an additional 79,448 shares during the period. Concentric Capital Strategies LP acquired a new stake in shares of CF Industries in the 1st quarter worth about $5,815,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its holdings in shares of CF Industries by 10.2% in the 1st quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 656,098 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $51,274,000 after acquiring an additional 60,824 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of CF Industries by 113.1% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 928,701 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $72,123,000 after acquiring an additional 492,846 shares during the period. Finally, Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. increased its holdings in shares of CF Industries by 23.2% in the 1st quarter. Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. now owns 298,822 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $23,353,000 after acquiring an additional 56,200 shares during the period. 93.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

CF Industries Price Performance

Shares of CF traded down $0.36 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $85.78. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,403,134 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,173,311. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $89.24 and a 200 day moving average price of $85.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.20 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 3.22 and a quick ratio of 2.84. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $67.34 and a fifty-two week high of $104.45.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The basic materials company reported $2.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.73 billion. CF Industries had a net margin of 20.19% and a return on equity of 17.10%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 20.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.30 earnings per share. On average, research analysts predict that CF Industries Holdings, Inc. will post 5.83 EPS for the current fiscal year.

CF Industries Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 15th were given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 15th. CF Industries's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.11%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on CF. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of CF Industries from $108.00 to $101.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 11th. Barclays raised shares of CF Industries from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $95.00 to $100.00 in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Zacks Research cut shares of CF Industries from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Wolfe Research cut shares of CF Industries from an "outperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of CF Industries from an "underweight" rating to a "neutral" rating and raised their target price for the company from $75.00 to $92.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $95.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at CF Industries

In other news, EVP Susan L. Menzel sold 10,000 shares of CF Industries stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.23, for a total value of $1,002,300.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 87,923 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,812,522.29. This trade represents a 10.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

CF Industries Profile

CF Industries Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other segments.