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

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 shares have decreased by 8.8% and is now trading at $25.85. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 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, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for CF Industries.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The basic materials company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.03 billion. CF Industries had a return on equity of 8.10% and a net margin of 10.74%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.21 EPS. View CF Industries' earnings history.

CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View CF Industries' dividend history.

CF Industries announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in 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 programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate CF Industries' share price to reach $46.41 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 79.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CF Industries.

News headlines about CF stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutCF Industries.

CF Industries saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 6,635,300 shares, an increase of 60.3% from the February 27th total of 4,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's stock are short sold. 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."

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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.85.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $5.59 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]