NYSE:CFCF 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 (WHO). Since then, CF shares have decreased by 2.6% and is now trading at $27.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CF Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 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, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for CF Industries.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.08. The basic materials company earned $971 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $924.90 million. CF Industries had a return on equity of 8.34% and a net margin of 10.33%. CF Industries's quarterly revenue was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.27 earnings per share. View CF Industries' earnings history.

CF Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View CF Industries' dividend history.

CF Industries announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

19 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for CF Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect CF Industries' stock price to reach $44.18 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 60.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CF Industries.

Headlines about CF stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news 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 news impact score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutCF Industries.

CF Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,870,000 shares, an increase of 7.3% from the April 30th total of 5,470,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.17%), State Street Corp (5.02%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (4.86%), Invesco Ltd. (3.61%), Capital World Investors (2.72%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.17%). 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 KBC Group NV, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, State Street Corp, Janus Henderson Group PLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 Invesco Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, 1832 Asset Management L.P., and Silver Rock Financial LP. 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 $27.59.

CF Industries has a market capitalization of $5.90 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]