CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) is -8.10% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $69.13 and a high of $98.25 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CF stock was last observed hovering at around $77.51 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.9%.
Currently trading at $78.41, the stock is -8.29% and -10.58% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.38 million and changing 1.16% at the moment leaves the stock -4.44% off its SMA200. CF registered -1.62% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -0.60%.
The stock witnessed a -11.00% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.79%, and is -5.78% down 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 3.72% over the week and 3.30% over the month.
CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) has around 2800 employees, a market worth around $13.29B and $5.94B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.59 and Fwd P/E is 14.60. Profit margin for the company is 20.52%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.42% and -20.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.95%).
with sales reaching $1.5B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -12.05% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.03% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.30% in year-over-year returns.
CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 169.88M, and float is at 168.18M with Short Float at 3.21%.
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 7.2844% and valued at over $986.44 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.9096 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 Menzel Susan L, the company’s EVP and Chief Admin. Officer. SEC filings show that Menzel Susan L sold 1,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 15 ’25 at a price of $96.00 per share for a total of $0.14 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 92486.0 shares.
CF Industries Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 16 ’25 that Menzel Susan L (EVP and Chief Admin. Officer) sold a total of 1,350 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 16 ’25 and was made at $98.00 per share for $0.13 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 91136.0 shares of the CF stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 15 ’25, Menzel Susan L (Officer) Proposed Sale 4,200 shares at an average price of $96.00 for $0.4 million. The insider now directly holds shares of CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF).
