NYSE:CFCF Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

CF Industries' stock was trading at $28.34 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CF shares have increased by 8.1% and is now trading at $30.64. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for CF Industries.

CF Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for CF Industries.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.08. The basic materials company had revenue of $971 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $924.90 million. CF Industries had a net margin of 10.33% and a return on equity of 8.34%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.27 earnings per share. View CF Industries' earnings history.

CF Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 10th. Investors of record on Monday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, August 31st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th. View CF Industries' dividend history.

CF Industries announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

20 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate CF Industries' share price to reach $44.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CF Industries.

News stories about CF stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a daily sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about CF Industries.

CF Industries saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,090,000 shares, an increase of 12.1% from the May 31st total of 4,540,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View CF Industries' Current Options Chain.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), Exane Derivatives (0.03%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Sippican Capital Advisors (0.02%) and Welch & Forbes LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own CF Industries stock include Adam L Hall, Bert A Frost, David P Hopkins, Dennis P Kelleher, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker, Rosemary L O'brien and Stephen A Furbacher. View institutional ownership trends for CF Industries.

CF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Welch & Forbes LLC, and Fortem Financial Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold CF Industries company stock in the last year include Bert A Frost, David P Hopkins, Dennis P Kelleher, Douglas C Barnard, and Stephen A Furbacher. View insider buying and selling activity for CF Industries.

CF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exane Derivatives, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, Sippican Capital Advisors, KG&L Capital Management LLC, and Fulton Bank N. A.. View insider buying and selling activity for CF Industries.

Shares of CF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.64.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $6.55 billion and generates $4.59 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $493 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.93 on an earnings per share basis. CF Industries employs 3,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for CF Industries is www.cfindustries.com.

CF Industries' mailing address is 4 PARKWAY NORTH SUITE 400, DEERFIELD IL, 60015. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 847-405-2400 or via email at [email protected]