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. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, November 30th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 14th. View CF Industries' Dividend History.

CF Industries announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $993.94 million. CF Industries had a return on equity of 3.69% and a net margin of 16.06%. The business's revenue was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.39) earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for CF Industries' shares. Their predictions range from $36.30 to $68.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' stock price to reach $51.0867 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.9% 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 headlines about CF stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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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., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp and Deutsche Bank AG. 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 $41.57.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $9.71 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]