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 Thursday, October 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, November 30th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 14th. View CF Industries' Dividend History.

CF Industries declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.15 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $993.94 million. CF Industries had a net margin of 16.06% and a return on equity of 3.69%. CF Industries's quarterly revenue was up 19.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned ($0.39) EPS. View CF Industries' Earnings History.

CF Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 13th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for CF Industries.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $36.30 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate CF Industries' stock price to reach $50.7313 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price. 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 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for CF Industries.

News headlines about CF stock have been trending very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a coverage optimism score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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CF Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Centre Asset Management LLC (0.07%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.02%). 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 Scout Investments Inc., Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Centre Asset Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Fulton Bank N.A., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Cerebellum GP 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oakbrook Investments LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Appleton Partners Inc. MA, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, New England Research & Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and OLD Second National Bank of Aurora. 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 $44.18.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $10.20 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.

The official website for CF Industries is http://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]