CF Industries - CF Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 9 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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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for CF Industries' shares. Their CF share price forecasts range from $59.50 to $132.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $97.84 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.2%.
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CF Industries' stock was trading at $70.78 at the start of the year. Since then, CF stock has increased by 45.8% and is now trading at $103.23.
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CF Industries saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,590,000 shares, a drop of 23.4% from the June 15th total of 8,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 2nd 2022.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 1st. The basic materials company reported $6.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $6.23 by $0.04. The basic materials company earned $3.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.50 billion. CF Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.10% and a net margin of 25.28%. The business's revenue was up 113.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.14 earnings per share.
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CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 14th. Investors of record on Monday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, August 31st. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 12th.
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CF Industries (NYSE:CF) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.56%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 13.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CF will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.36% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (9.76%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.64%), State Street Corp (4.49%), Northern Trust Corp (1.81%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.07%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (0.91%). Insiders that own company stock include Ashraf K Malik, Bert A Frost, Celso L White, Christopher D Bohn, David P Hopkins, Dennis P Kelleher, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker, Stephen A Furbacher, Susan L Menzel and W Anthony Will.
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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $103.23.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) has a market capitalization of $20.57 billion and generates $6.54 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $917 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.20 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,000 workers across the globe.

CF Industries was founded in 1946.

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.