CF Industries Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 6 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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CF Industries saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,260,000 shares, a drop of 25.1% from the March 15th total of 4,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,270,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are sold short.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 16th. The basic materials company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.29. The basic materials company earned $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $984.17 million. CF Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.14% and a net margin of 7.00%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.33 earnings per share.
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CF Industries' stock was trading at $28.34 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CF stock has increased by 74.5% and is now trading at $49.45.
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CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, May 28th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 14th.
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CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.42%. CF Industries does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. 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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14 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' stock price to reach $43.92 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.2%.
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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.

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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.45%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.34%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.27%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.21%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (0.21%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%). 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 Fulcrum Asset Management LLP, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC, KBC Group NV, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Dupont Capital Management Corp, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc..
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CF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Scout Investments Inc., Strs Ohio, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC, and Natixis Advisors L.P..
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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.
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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.45.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $10.60 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 2,970 workers across the globe.

CF Industries was founded in 1946.

The official website for CF Industries is www.cfindustries.com.

CF Industries is headquartered at 4 PARKWAY NORTH SUITE 400, DEERFIELD IL, 60015.

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]