CF Industries - CF Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CF shares.
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14 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for CF Industries' stock. Their CF share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $132.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $106.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price.
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CF Industries' stock was trading at $85.20 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CF stock has increased by 0.9% and is now trading at $85.99.
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CF Industries saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,250,000 shares, a drop of 17.8% from the December 15th total of 5,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,680,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 15th 2023.
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CF Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 16th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, August, 8th. The basic materials company reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.50. The basic materials company earned $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. CF Industries had a net margin of 28.70% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 50.92%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 31.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.89 earnings per share.
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CF Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 15th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, February 28th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 14th.
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CF Industries (NYSE:CF) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.86%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CF will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.04% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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50 employees have rated CF Industries Chief Executive Officer W. Anthony Will on Glassdoor.com. W. Anthony Will has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Pacer Advisors Inc. (1.00%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.26%), Simplex Trading LLC (0.00%), AustralianSuper Pty Ltd (0.21%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne P Noonan, Ashraf K Malik, Bert A Frost, Celso L White, Christopher D Bohn, David P Hopkins, Douglas C Barnard, Richard A Hoker, Stephen A Furbacher, Susan L Menzel and W Anthony Will.
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One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $85.99.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) has a market capitalization of $16.87 billion and generates $11.12 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $917 million in net income (profit) each year or $15.24 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,000 workers across the globe.

CF Industries' mailing address is 4 PARKWAY NORTH SUITE 400, DEERFIELD IL, 60015. The official website for the company is www.cfindustries.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (847) 405-2400, via email at mjarosick@cfindustries.com, or via fax at 847-405-2711.