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. Investors of record on Thursday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, November 30th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.90%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 14th. View CF Industries' Dividend History.

CF Industries announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program 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 reacquire up to 4.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.15 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.04 billion for 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%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($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 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $36.30 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate CF Industries' share price to reach $51.0867 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.5% 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 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CF Industries.

News articles about CF stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a news impact score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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CF Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.39%), BlackRock Inc. (8.59%), FMR LLC (6.13%), Capital World Investors (5.41%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.72%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.61%). 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 Capital World Investors, FMR LLC, Putnam Investments LLC, Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Columbus Hill Capital Management L.P., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Deutsche Bank AG and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Vanguard Group Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Morgan Stanley, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Great Lakes Advisors LLC. 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 $41.35.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $9.47 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]