CF vs. IPI, MOS, NTR, SMG, AVD, UAN, ICL, VALE, WPM, and B
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), Vale (VALE), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Barrick Mining (B).
CF Industries vs. Its Competitors
Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
CF Industries has a net margin of 20.19% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -71.13%. CF Industries' return on equity of 17.10% beat Intrepid Potash's return on equity.
Intrepid Potash currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 27.38%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.87%. Given CF Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CF Industries is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
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.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 21 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CF Industries and 3 mentions for Intrepid Potash. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.52 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Intrepid Potash has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CF Industries beats Intrepid Potash on 13 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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This page (NYSE:CF) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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