CF Industries - CF Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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11 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for CF Industries' stock. Their CF share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $132.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $104.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 49.7% from the stock's current price.
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CF Industries' stock was trading at $85.20 at the start of the year. Since then, CF shares have decreased by 17.8% and is now trading at $70.00.
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CF Industries saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 5,220,000 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the February 13th total of 4,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,690,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 16th. The basic materials company reported $4.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.13 by $0.22. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.80 billion. CF Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 48.59% and a net margin of 29.91%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.71 EPS.
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CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 15th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, February 28th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CF Industries (NYSE:CF) stock in their portfolio include iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF (IVEG), First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (FTRI), iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF (VEGI), First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF (FTAG), VanEck Agribusiness ETF (MOO), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), Fidelity Stocks For Inflation ETF (FCPI) and SPDR S&P North American Natural Resources ETF (NANR).

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.14%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 9.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CF will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.04% 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 investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.19%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.32%), Morgan Stanley (2.05%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.45%), Soroban Capital Partners LP (1.25%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.14%). 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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Shares of CF stock 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.
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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $70.00.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) has a market capitalization of $13.70 billion and generates $11.19 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $3.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.32 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,700 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.