CF Industries - CF Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research 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 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for CF Industries' shares. Their CF share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $105.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%.
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CF Industries' stock was trading at $70.78 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, CF shares have increased by 53.5% and is now trading at $108.62.
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CF Industries saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,040,000 shares, a decline of 10.3% from the October 15th total of 5,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) announced its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, August, 8th. The basic materials company reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.50. The basic materials company earned $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.63 billion. CF Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 50.92% and a net margin of 28.70%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 31.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.89 EPS.
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CF Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, November 30th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 14th.
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CF Industries (NYSE:CF) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.50%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CF will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.59% 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 Vanguard Group Inc. (12.77%), BlackRock Inc. (9.87%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.01%), State Street Corp (4.70%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.58%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.13%). 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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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $108.62.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) has a market capitalization of $21.31 billion and generates $6.54 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $917 million in net income (profit) each year or $15.24 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,000 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.