CF Industries Stock Forecast, Price & News

CF Industries' stock was trading at $28.34 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CF shares have increased by 60.8% and is now trading at $45.56.
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17 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 10th 2021.
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 9th. The basic materials company reported ($0.13) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.20. The basic materials company earned $847 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $872.61 million. CF Industries had a net margin of 7.00% and a return on equity of 5.14%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.29 EPS.
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CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be given 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 2.63%. 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 2.65%. 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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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' stock price to reach $40.62 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.9%.
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CF Industries saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,370,000 shares, a decline 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.17%), Parkside Investments LLC (0.06%), Guild Investment Management Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Pacifica Partners Inc. (0.01%) and Fulton Bank N.A. (0.01%). 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 Guild Investment Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Parkside Investments LLC, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.
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CF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Fulton Bank N.A., Pacifica Partners Inc., and Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV.
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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 $45.56.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $9.75 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]