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$93.78 -0.07 (-0.07%)
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CF vs. IPI, MOS, NTR, SMG, AVD, UAN, ICL, AEM, VALE, and WPM

Should you be buying CF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CF Industries include Intrepid Potash (IPI), Mosaic (MOS), Nutrien (NTR), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), American Vanguard (AVD), CVR Partners (UAN), ICL Group (ICL), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Vale (VALE), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM).

CF Industries vs. Its Competitors

Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Intrepid Potash has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CF Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CF Industries and 1 mentions for Intrepid Potash. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.00 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intrepid Potash
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CF Industries
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CF Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CF Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intrepid Potash$254.69M1.92-$212.85M-$15.89-2.31
CF Industries$5.94B2.68$1.22B$7.5912.36

CF Industries has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -75.09%. CF Industries' return on equity of 17.39% beat Intrepid Potash's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intrepid Potash-75.09% 0.31% 0.26%
CF Industries 21.80%17.39%9.82%

Intrepid Potash currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 48.13%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $91.79, suggesting a potential downside of 2.13%. Given CF Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CF Industries is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intrepid Potash
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
CF Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

CF Industries beats Intrepid Potash on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CF vs. The Competition

MetricCF IndustriesFERTILIZERS IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.91B$8.72B$3.27B$20.55B
Dividend Yield2.13%3.93%5.16%3.75%
P/E Ratio12.3624.2394.4328.05
Price / Sales2.681.5525,844,173,692,363,800.0045.92
Price / Cash7.628.1723.8622.31
Price / Book2.151.735.904.59
Net Income$1.22B$274.92M$147.76M$985.44M
7 Day Performance3.01%5.00%2.13%2.78%
1 Month Performance2.26%2.70%5.47%5.40%
1 Year Performance34.05%20.78%25.67%14.61%

CF Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CF
CF Industries
3.9838 of 5 stars
$93.78
-0.1%
$91.79
-2.1%
+34.0%$15.91B$5.94B12.362,800Positive News
IPI
Intrepid Potash
0.6769 of 5 stars
$35.74
+1.4%
$19.00
-46.8%
+57.1%$476.06M$254.69M-2.25440
MOS
Mosaic
4.0573 of 5 stars
$36.49
+3.3%
$34.58
-5.2%
+35.2%$11.58B$11.12B31.4613,765Positive News
NTR
Nutrien
3.9616 of 5 stars
$58.19
+0.1%
$62.12
+6.7%
+18.7%$28.34B$25.97B54.3824,700Positive News
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.2278 of 5 stars
$65.96
+0.3%
$67.67
+2.6%
+7.8%$3.81B$3.55B131.926,200Positive News
AVD
American Vanguard
3.184 of 5 stars
$3.90
-0.8%
$12.00
+207.7%
-50.6%$110.10M$547.31M-0.80800
UAN
CVR Partners
1.3972 of 5 stars
$88.83
+0.7%
N/A+19.9%$1.52B$525.32M12.46300
ICL
ICL Group
1.7709 of 5 stars
$6.90
+2.2%
$6.75
-2.2%
+71.2%$0.00$6.84B22.2613,067Analyst Forecast
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
4.2974 of 5 stars
$119.02
+2.5%
$130.50
+9.6%
+76.6%$59.91B$8.92B25.3211,800Trending News
Analyst Revision
VALE
Vale
4.7091 of 5 stars
$9.70
-0.4%
$12.04
+24.1%
-11.7%$44.03B$37.72B7.0364,500Analyst Forecast
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
4.2334 of 5 stars
$89.91
+3.0%
$92.75
+3.2%
+66.1%$40.81B$1.46B66.1140Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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