CF Industries - CF Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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15 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for CF Industries' stock. Their CF share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $105.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price.
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CF Industries' stock was trading at $70.78 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, CF stock has increased by 47.8% and is now trading at $104.63.
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CF Industries saw a decrease in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,040,000 shares, a decrease of 10.3% from the October 15th total of 5,620,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) posted its earnings results on Sunday, August, 8th. The basic materials company reported $1.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.50. The basic materials company earned $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.63 billion. CF Industries had a net margin of 28.70% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 50.92%. CF Industries's revenue was up 31.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.89 EPS.
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CF Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, November 30th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 14th.
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CF Industries (NYSE:CF) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.48%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CF will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.59% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.77%), BlackRock Inc. (9.87%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.01%), State Street Corp (4.70%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.58%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.13%). 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 $104.63.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) has a market capitalization of $20.53 billion and generates $6.54 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $917 million in net income (profit) each year or $15.24 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,000 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.