CF Industries Holdings Inc [CF] stock is trading at $83.21, up 0.33%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CF shares have gain 1.71% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.19%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 21, March 2024, CF Industries Publishes 2023 Sustainability Reporting Materials. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF), a leading global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, today published its 2023 sustainability reporting materials. The reports provide a close-up look at CF Industries’ 2023 performance, progress on its decarbonization and clean energy initiatives and updates on its comprehensive environment, social and governance (ESG) goals. This year’s sustainability reporting includes a 2023 ESG Report tailored to the information needs of shareholders and other capital market participants as well as a 2023 Sustainability Summary, a report that is relevant to all stakeholders, including the individuals, policymakers, organizations, and communities who touch CF Industries’ business and are critical to its success.
From an analyst’s perspective:
CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE: CF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 01, 2024, when Wolfe Research initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $99. Previously, Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to Underweight on February 29, 2024, and dropped its price target to $82. On January 31, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $83 on the stock. Barclays upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but stick to its price target of $85 on January 12, 2024. Barclays downgraded its rating to a Underweight but $85 remained the price target by the analyst firm on November 14, 2023. Scotiabank downgraded its rating to Sector Perform for this stock on November 06, 2023. In a note dated August 14, 2023, Barclays downgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $80 to $85.
CF Industries Holdings Inc [CF] stock has fluctuated between $60.08 and $87.90 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $117.14 within the next 12 months. CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE: CF] shares were valued at $83.21 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 40.78% based on the average CF price forecast.
Analyzing the CF fundamentals
CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE:CF] reported sales of 6.63B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -39.76%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.34%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.34%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.23%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.17. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.54.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 82.63 points at the first support level, and at 82.04 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 83.62, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 84.02.
CF Industries Holdings Inc [CF] reported earnings per share of $1.58 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $1.57/share, meaning a difference of $0.01 and a surprise factor of 0.60%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $1.14 per share as compared to estimates of $1.03 per share, a difference of $0.11 representing a surprise of 10.70%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, CF Industries Holdings Inc’s Current Ratio is 3.81. As well, the Quick Ratio is 3.44, while the Cash Ratio is 2.54. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.36, the price to book ratio is 2.74 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.62.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Hoker Richard A, VP and Corporate Controller, that happened on Mar 14 ’24 when 11029.0 shares were sold. EVP,Sales,MktDev,SupplyChn, Frost Bert A completed a deal on Mar 12 ’24 to sell 6000.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP,Sales,MktDev,SupplyChn Frost Bert A sold 5000.0 shares on Nov 15 ’23.
