NYSE:CF - CF Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

CF Industries' stock was trading at $28.34 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CF shares have decreased by 9.3% and is now trading at $25.70. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for CF Industries.

CF Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for CF Industries.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The basic materials company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. CF Industries had a net margin of 10.74% and a return on equity of 8.10%. CF Industries's revenue for the quarter was down 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.21 EPS. View CF Industries' earnings history.

CF Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.67%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View CF Industries' dividend history.

CF Industries announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

17 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for CF Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' stock price to reach $46.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 79.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CF Industries.

Press coverage about CF stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutCF Industries.

CF Industries saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 6,635,300 shares, an increase of 60.3% from the February 27th total of 4,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 3.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View CF Industries' Current Options Chain.

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CF Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CF."

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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.70.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $5.56 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. View additional information about CF Industries.

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]