NYSE:CFCF Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

CF Industries' stock was trading at $28.34 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CF shares have increased by 3.7% and is now trading at $29.38. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 8 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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.08. The basic materials company had revenue of $971 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $924.90 million. CF Industries had a return on equity of 8.34% and a net margin of 10.33%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.27 earnings per share. View CF Industries' earnings history.

CF Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View CF Industries' dividend history.

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

19 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' share price to reach $44.06 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 50.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CF Industries.

Headlines about CF stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a news sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about CF Industries.

CF Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 daily volume of 3,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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."

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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.38.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $6.28 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]