NYSE:CFCF Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

CF Industries' stock was trading at $28.34 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CF stock has increased by 5.2% and is now trading at $29.81. 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 earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The basic materials company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.05 billion for 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 business's revenue for the quarter was down 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.21 earnings per share. View CF Industries' earnings history.

CF Industries declared 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 dividend yield of 4.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View CF Industries' dividend history.

CF Industries announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program 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 programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

17 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for CF Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate CF Industries' stock price to reach $46.06 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 54.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CF Industries.

Media coverage about CF stock has trended very negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CF Industries earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press 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 during the month of 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 trading volume of 2,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Currently, 3.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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."

CF Industries' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Fulton Bank N.A. (0.01%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 activity for CF Industries.

CF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulton Bank N.A.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $29.81.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $6.44 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]