CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) closed the day trading at $80.84 down -0.06% from the previous closing price of $80.89. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.05 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2347996 shares were traded.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CF, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.47 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 14.66. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.44 and its Current Ratio is at 3.81. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.57 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.55.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, BofA Securities on April 10, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $88 from $96 previously.
On March 01, 2024, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $99.
Piper Sandler Downgraded its Neutral to Underweight on February 29, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $87 to $82.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 14 ’24 when Hoker Richard A sold 11,029 shares for $84.11 per share. The transaction valued at 927,612 led to the insider holds 37,641 shares of the business.
Frost Bert A sold 6,000 shares of CF for $510,016 on Mar 12 ’24. The EVP,Sales,MktDev,SupplyChn now owns 64,030 shares after completing the transaction at $85.00 per share. On Nov 15 ’23, another insider, Frost Bert A, who serves as the EVP,Sales,MktDev,SupplyChn of the company, sold 5,000 shares for $80.10 each. As a result, the insider received 400,478 and left with 37,539 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CF now has a Market Capitalization of 15.18B and an Enterprise Value of 16.38B. As of this moment, CF’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.32, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.01. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.29 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.66. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.47 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.02.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, CF has reached a high of $87.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $60.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 81.04, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 79.38.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CF traded about 2.58M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CF traded about 2.62M shares per day. A total of 188.19M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 186.49M. Insiders hold about 0.66% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.48% stake in the company. Shares short for CF as of Mar 28, 2024 were 5.53M with a Short Ratio of 2.15, compared to 4.51M on Feb 29, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2.95% and a Short% of Float of 3.85%.
Dividends & Splits
CF’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.70, up from 1.60 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 1.98%, it implies a Forward Annual Dividend Yield of 2.47%. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.43. The current Payout Ratio is 20.33% for CF, which recently paid a dividend on Feb 29, 2024 with an ex-dividend date of Feb 14, 2024. Stock splits for the company last occurred on Jun 18, 2015 when the company split stock in a 5:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 11 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of $1.54 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $1.94 and a low estimate of $1.34, while EPS last year was $2.9. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.17, with high estimates of $2.92 and low estimates of $1.8.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.26 and $5.19 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $6.17. EPS for the following year is $6.18, with 14 analysts recommending between $7.73 and $3.05.
Revenue Estimates
10 analysts predict $1.47B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.61B to a low estimate of $1.38B. As of the current estimate, CF Industries Holdings Inc’s year-ago sales were $2.01B, an estimated decrease of -26.70% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.66B, a decrease of -6.60% over than the figure of -$26.70% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $1.78B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.56B.
A total of 18 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CF’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $6.56B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.65B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $6.04B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $6.63B, down -8.90% from the average estimate. Based on 18 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $6.15B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $6.68B and the low estimate is $5.42B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 1.90% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
