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

CF Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CF."

CF Industries announced 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.13%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View CF Industries' Dividend History.

CF Industries declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The basic materials company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.03 billion. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.21 earnings per share. View CF Industries' Earnings History.

CF Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CF Industries.

16 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for CF Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' share price to reach $49.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.9% 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 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CF Industries.

News stories about CF stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press 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 immediate future. View News Stories for CF Industries.

CF Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,750,000 shares, an increase of 19.6% from the January 15th total of 2,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View CF Industries' Current Options Chain.

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CF Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.05%), FMR LLC (4.94%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.60%), Glendon Capital Management LP (1.31%), Platinum Investment Management Ltd. (1.05%) and Van ECK Associates Corp (0.99%). 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, FMR LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, State Street Corp, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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 for CF Industries.

CF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Samlyn Capital LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., MUFG Securities EMEA plc, KBC Group NV and Schroder Investment Management Group. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.30.