CF Industries Stock Forecast, Price & 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 stock has increased by 54.1% and is now trading at $43.67.
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19 Wall Street equities research 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 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CF Industries stock. 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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538 employees have rated CF Industries CEO Thomas Greco on Glassdoor.com. Thomas Greco has an approval rating of 63% among CF Industries' employees. This puts Thomas Greco in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

CF Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 10th 2021.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 9th. The basic materials company reported ($0.13) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.20. The basic materials company earned $847 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $872.61 million. CF Industries had a return on equity of 5.14% and a net margin of 7.00%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.29 EPS.
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CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, November 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, November 30th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 13th.
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CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.67%. The dividend payout ratio of CF Industries is 62.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, CF Industries will have a dividend payout ratio of 78.43% in the coming year. This indicates that CF Industries may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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19 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate CF Industries' stock price to reach $40.93 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.3%.
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CF Industries saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,370,000 shares, a drop of 18.6% from the December 15th total of 4,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.17%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.08%), Parkside Investments LLC (0.06%), Miracle Mile Advisors LLC (0.02%), Guild Investment Management Inc. (0.02%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). Company insiders that own CF Industries stock include Bert A Frost, Celso L White, David P Hopkins, Dennis P Kelleher, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker and Stephen A Furbacher.
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CF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sarasin & Partners LLP, Pacer Advisors Inc., KG&L Capital Management LLC, Guild Investment Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Welch & Forbes LLC, Parkside Investments LLC, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.
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CF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miracle Mile Advisors LLC, Mirador Capital Partners LP, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Fulton Bank N.A., DNB Asset Management AS, Pacifica Partners Inc., and Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV.
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Shares of CF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.67.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $9.34 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]