CF Industries Stock Forecast, Price & 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. Since then, CF shares have increased by 53.1% and is now trading at $43.40.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CF Industries stock. 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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50 employees have rated CF Industries CEO W. Anthony Will on Glassdoor.com. W. Anthony Will has an approval rating of 84% among CF Industries' employees.

CF Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 10th 2021.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 9th. The basic materials company reported ($0.13) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.20. The basic materials company had revenue of $847 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $872.61 million. CF Industries had a net margin of 7.00% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.14%. CF Industries's revenue was down 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.29 earnings per share.
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CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, November 30th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 13th.
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CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.76%. The dividend payout ratio of CF Industries is 62.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, CF Industries will have a dividend payout ratio of 78.43% in the coming year. This indicates that CF Industries may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' share price to reach $40.93 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.7%.
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CF Industries saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,370,000 shares, a decrease of 18.6% from the December 15th total of 4,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.17%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.08%), Parkside Investments LLC (0.06%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.03%), Miracle Mile Advisors LLC (0.02%) and Guild Investment Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own CF Industries stock include Bert A Frost, Celso L White, David P Hopkins, Dennis P Kelleher, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker and Stephen A Furbacher.
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CF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sarasin & Partners LLP, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Pacer Advisors Inc., KG&L Capital Management LLC, Guild Investment Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Welch & Forbes LLC, and Parkside Investments LLC.
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CF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miracle Mile Advisors LLC, Mirador Capital Partners LP, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Sippican Capital Advisors, Fulton Bank N.A., and DNB Asset Management AS.
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Shares of CF 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.

One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.40.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $9.28 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.

The official website for CF Industries is 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]