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

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

CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View CF Industries' Dividend History.

CF Industries announced that its board has initiated 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 buy up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) posted its quarterly earnings data 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 earned $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. CF Industries had a return on equity of 8.10% and a net margin of 10.74%. The company's revenue was down 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.21 earnings per share. View CF Industries' Earnings History.

CF Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CF Industries.

16 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for CF Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate CF Industries' stock price to reach $49.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.3% 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 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CF Industries.

News stories about CF stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for CF Industries.

CF Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,750,000 shares, an increase of 19.6% from the January 15th total of 2,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View CF Industries' Current Options Chain.

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CF Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.05%), FMR LLC (4.94%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.60%), Capital World Investors (2.68%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.83%) and Glendon Capital Management LP (1.31%). 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, FMR LLC, Man Group plc, Manning & Napier Group LLC, State Street Corp, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. 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 for CF Industries.

CF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, National Pension Service, Samlyn Capital LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.83.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $8.44 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]