CF Industries (CF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for CF Industries' shares. Their CF share price forecasts range from $71.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $91.06 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price.
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CF Industries' stock was trading at $85.20 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CF shares have decreased by 1.2% and is now trading at $84.21.
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CF Industries saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,940,000 shares, a decline of 22.6% from the August 15th total of 3,800,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,310,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $2.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.15 by $0.55. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.85 billion. CF Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.18% and a net margin of 27.36%.
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CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, August 31st. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CF Industries (NYSE:CF) stock in their portfolio include Subversive Food Security ETF (KCAL), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF (VFLO), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RSPM), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (FTRI), The Acquirers Fund (ZIG) and iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF (IVEG).

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.90%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 13.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CF will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.24% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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50 employees have rated CF Industries Chief Executive Officer W. Anthony Will on Glassdoor.com. W. Anthony Will has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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CF Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CF."

CF Industries' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (61.14%), BlackRock Inc. (11.01%), State Street Corp (4.91%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.45%), Capital World Investors (2.32%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.99%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne P Noonan, Ashraf K Malik, Bert A Frost, Celso L White, Christopher D Bohn, David P Hopkins, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker, Stephen A Furbacher, Susan L Menzel and W Anthony Will.
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Shares of CF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.21.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) has a market capitalization of $16.25 billion and generates $11.19 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $3.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.08 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,700 workers across the globe.

CF Industries' mailing address is 4 PARKWAY NORTH SUITE 400, DEERFIELD IL, 60015. The official website for the company is www.cfindustries.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (847) 405-2400, via email at mjarosick@cfindustries.com, or via fax at 847-405-2711.