CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) Shares on the Rise: Short-term Analysis

CF Industries Holdings Inc [CF] stock is trading at $87.21, up 1.64%. 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 2.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.96%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE: CF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 16, 2024, when Barclays upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $90 from $80. Previously, BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Neutral on April 10, 2024, and dropped its price target to $88. On March 01, 2024, Wolfe Research initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $99 on the stock. Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Underweight and decreased its price target to $82 on February 29, 2024. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $83 on January 31, 2024. Barclays upgraded its rating to Equal Weight for this stock on January 12, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $85. In a note dated November 14, 2023, Barclays downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $85.

CF Industries Holdings Inc [CF] stock has fluctuated between $69.13 and $87.82 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $105.35 within the next 12 months. CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE: CF] shares were valued at $87.21 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 20.8% based on the average CF price forecast.

Analyzing the CF fundamentals

CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE:CF] reported sales of 5.89B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -11.44%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.33% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.27%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.27%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.18%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.19 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.58.

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 85.39 points at the first support level, and at 83.56 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 88.60, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 89.98.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, CF Industries Holdings Inc’s Current Ratio is 4.70. As well, the Quick Ratio is 4.19, while the Cash Ratio is 3.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.67, the price to book ratio is 2.88 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.53.

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.

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