NYSE:CFCF 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. Since then, CF stock has decreased by 2.6% and is now trading at $27.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 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, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for CF Industries.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.08. The basic materials company earned $971 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $924.90 million. CF Industries had a net margin of 10.33% and a return on equity of 8.34%. The company's revenue was down 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.27 earnings per share. View CF Industries' earnings history.

CF Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View CF Industries' dividend history.

CF Industries declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 4.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

19 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate CF Industries' share price to reach $44.18 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 60.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CF Industries.

News coverage about CF stock has trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutCF Industries.

CF Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,870,000 shares, an increase of 7.3% from the April 30th total of 5,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 2.8% of the shares of the company 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."

CF Industries' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.17%), State Street Corp (5.02%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (4.86%), Invesco Ltd. (3.61%), Capital World Investors (2.72%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.17%). Company insiders that own CF Industries stock include Adam L Hall, Bert A Frost, Dennis P Kelleher, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker, 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 KBC Group NV, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, State Street Corp, Janus Henderson Group PLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., and Geode Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold CF Industries company stock in the last year include Bert A Frost, Dennis P Kelleher, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker, and Stephen A Furbacher. View insider buying and selling activity for CF Industries.

CF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, 1832 Asset Management L.P., and Silver Rock Financial LP. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.59.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $5.90 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]