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

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

CF Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, August 31st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 14th. View CF Industries' Dividend History.

CF Industries declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program 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 buy up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.18. The basic materials company earned $1.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.21 billion. CF Industries had a return on equity of 1.82% and a net margin of 13.94%. CF Industries's revenue for the quarter was up 15.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.10 earnings per share. View CF Industries' Earnings History.

CF Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for CF Industries.

16 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $36.30 to $53.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' stock price to reach $42.8071 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for CF Industries.

16 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CF Industries.

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News headlines about CF stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.22 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for CF Industries.

CF Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.53%), FMR LLC (6.79%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.35%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.70%), Van ECK Associates Corp (1.38%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.29%). Company insiders that own CF Industries stock include Adam L Hall, Bert A Frost, 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 FMR LLC, Putnam Investments LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Millennium Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have sold CF Industries company stock in the last year include Adam L Hall, Bert A Frost, Rosemary L O'brien 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, PointState Capital LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Platinum Investment Management Ltd., Centre Asset Management LLC, Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. and Worldquant Millennium Quantitative Strategies 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.81.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $11.50 billion and generates $4.13 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $358 million in net income (profit) each year or ($0.25) on an earnings per share basis. CF Industries employs 3,000 workers across the globe.

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]