NYSE:CF - CF Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 9th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View CF Industries' Dividend History.

CF Industries declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 4.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.06. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.06 billion. CF Industries had a net margin of 10.42% and a return on equity of 7.98%. The company's quarterly revenue was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.13 EPS. View CF Industries' Earnings History.

CF Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CF Industries.

15 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' stock price to reach $50.93 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CF Industries.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CF Industries.

News articles about CF stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for CF Industries.

CF Industries saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,300,000 shares, a decrease of 14.8% from the December 31st total of 2,700,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,970,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View CF Industries' Current Options Chain.

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CF Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.18%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.12%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%) and Welch & Forbes LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own CF Industries stock include Adam L Hall, Bert A Frost, 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Scout Investments Inc., Welch & Forbes LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have sold CF Industries company stock in the last year include Bert A Frost, Dennis P Kelleher, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker and Stephen A Furbacher. View Insider Buying and Selling for CF Industries.

CF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Strs Ohio, Sciencast Management LP, KG&L Capital Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC and Allred Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $40.93.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $8.90 billion and generates $4.43 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $290 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.24 on an earnings per share basis. CF Industries employs 3,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CF Industries.

The official website for CF Industries is http://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]