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$88.89 -2.61 (-2.85%)
(As of 02:58 PM ET)

CF vs. MOS, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, and CGA

Should you be buying CF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CF Industries include Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), and China Green Agriculture (CGA).

CF Industries vs.

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

Mosaic has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CF Industries received 101 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.94% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.30% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MosaicOutperform Votes
704
55.30%
Underperform Votes
569
44.70%
CF IndustriesOutperform Votes
805
60.94%
Underperform Votes
516
39.06%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mosaic$13.70B0.60$1.16B$1.1323.06
CF Industries$6.63B2.35$1.53B$6.3214.18

Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Mosaic pays out 74.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Industries pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, CF Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CF Industries and 11 mentions for Mosaic. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat CF Industries' score of 0.88 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mosaic
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CF Industries
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Mosaic presently has a consensus target price of $33.22, suggesting a potential upside of 27.48%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $88.42, suggesting a potential downside of 1.36%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mosaic
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
CF Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

77.5% of Mosaic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CF Industries has a net margin of 19.45% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.24%. CF Industries' return on equity of 14.57% beat Mosaic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mosaic3.24% 6.00% 3.17%
CF Industries 19.45%14.57%8.40%

Summary

CF Industries beats Mosaic on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CF vs. The Competition

MetricCF IndustriesAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.60B$4.65B$2.84B$20.36B
Dividend Yield2.12%3.35%5.23%3.44%
P/E Ratio14.1831.21113.3839.11
Price / Sales2.357.071,016,266.8918.35
Price / Cash7.427.7023.5422.37
Price / Book2.050.913.425.57
Net Income$1.53B$340.44M$148.51M$983.37M
7 Day Performance1.11%-0.41%1.25%-0.29%
1 Month Performance3.56%-2.82%-1.83%4.47%
1 Year Performance22.43%-29.96%24.57%24.35%

CF Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CF
CF Industries
3.9128 of 5 stars
$88.89
-2.9%
$88.42
-0.5%
+23.9%$15.47B$6.63B14.062,700Insider Trade
MOS
Mosaic
4.7809 of 5 stars
$27.48
+3.9%
$33.22
+20.9%
-26.0%$8.73B$13.70B23.4214,049Positive News
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.188 of 5 stars
$76.45
-0.8%
$78.60
+2.8%
+27.5%$4.39B$3.55B-110.706,500Insider Trade
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.5501 of 5 stars
$27.01
-0.4%
$21.00
-22.3%
+35.1%$355.53M$255.55M-8.02440
AVD
American Vanguard
3.1029 of 5 stars
$6.06
+0.8%
$16.67
+175.0%
-38.8%$174.47M$579.37M-5.83845News Coverage
NTR
Nutrien
4.8166 of 5 stars
$47.37
+1.5%
$60.33
+27.4%
-11.5%$23.40B$29.06B31.3225,900Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
1.864 of 5 stars
$4.63
+1.1%
$4.00
-13.6%
-1.0%$6.08B$7.54B14.7713,350
UAN
CVR Partners
2.601 of 5 stars
$82.19
+0.7%
N/A+15.0%$1.41B$681.48M16.45310Analyst Downgrade
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
3.0921 of 5 stars
$7.00
-1.7%
$12.13
+73.2%
-45.8%$439.95M$464.80M356.18500
CBUS
Cibus
2.38 of 5 stars
$4.72
-2.9%
$22.83
+383.8%
-71.9%$124.89M$1.82M-0.22183Short Interest ↑
CGA
China Green Agriculture
0.3419 of 5 stars
$1.98
+0.5%
N/AN/A$29.28M$95.85M-0.98424Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:CF) was last updated on 12/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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