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CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) – Don’t Be So Quick to Call it Dead

CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) is 10.88% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $69.13 and a high of $88.16 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CF stock was last observed hovering at around $87.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.94%.

Currently trading at $88.15, the stock is 8.17% and 11.03% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.86 million and changing 1.08% at the moment leaves the stock 12.59% off its SMA200. CF registered 5.30% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 5.94%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $79.7468 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $78.3513.

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The stock witnessed a 11.43% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 26.00%, and is 5.14% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.10% over the week and 2.02% over the month.

CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) has around 2700 employees, a market worth around $15.90B and $5.89B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.69 and Fwd P/E is 14.84. Profit margin for the company is 17.87%. Distance from 52-week low is 27.51% and -0.01% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.23%).

The EPS is expected to shrink by -28.16% this year

1044.0 institutions hold shares in CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF), with institutional investors hold 97.60% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 188.19M, and float is at 179.08M with Short Float at 2.21%. Institutions hold 97.01% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 21.56 million shares valued at $1.6 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.4928 of the CF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.91 million shares valued at $1.18 billion to account for 8.4816 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 13.31 million shares representing 7.0942 and valued at over $986.44 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.7814 of the shares totaling 8.97 million with a market value of $664.85 million.

CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Hoker Richard A, the company’s VP and Corporate Controller. SEC filings show that Hoker Richard A sold 11,029 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 14 ’24 at a price of $84.11 per share for a total of $0.93 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 37641.0 shares.

CF Industries Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 12 ’24 that Frost Bert A (EVP,Sales,MktDev,SupplyChn) sold a total of 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 12 ’24 and was made at $85.00 per share for $0.51 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 64030.0 shares of the CF stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 15 ’23, Frost Bert A (EVP,Sales,MktDev,SupplyChn) disposed off 5,000 shares at an average price of $80.10 for $0.4 million. The insider now directly holds 37,539 shares of CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF).

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