CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF)’s latest quarter sales figures and margins explained

CF Industries Holdings Inc [CF] stock prices are up 0.98% to $78.15 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The CF shares have gain 1.72% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.54%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE: CF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 13, 2025, when Goldman initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $86. Previously, BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Neutral on February 24, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $84. On January 24, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight and revised its price target to $75 on the stock. RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its rating to a Sector Perform but stick to its price target of $100 on January 21, 2025. Barclays downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and raised its price target to $100 on January 21, 2025. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on January 13, 2025, and upped its price target to $105. In a note dated December 12, 2024, Oppenheimer initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $114 on this stock.

The stock price of CF Industries Holdings Inc [CF] has been fluctuating between $69.13 and $98.25 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $85.4 within the next 12 months. CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE: CF] shares were valued at $78.15 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.28% based on the average CF price forecast.

Analyzing the CF fundamentals

The CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE:CF] reported sales of 5.94B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -2.99%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.34% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.29%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.3%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.21%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.21 and Total Capital is 0.13. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.43.

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 76.67 points at the first support level, and at 75.20 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 79.15, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 80.16.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that CF Industries Holdings Inc [NYSE:CF]’s Current Ratio is 3.08. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.70, while the Cash Ratio is 1.97. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.19, the price to book ratio is 2.66 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.55.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Menzel Susan L, EVP and Chief Admin. Officer, that happened on Jan 15 ’25 when 1500.0 shares were sold. EVP and Chief Admin. Officer, Menzel Susan L completed a deal on Jan 16 ’25 to sell 1350.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Menzel Susan L bought 4200.0 shares on Jan 15 ’25.

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