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In the latest session, CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) closed at $70.50 up 2.96% from its previous closing price of $68.47. In other words, the price has increased by $2.96 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.0 million shares were traded. CF stock price reached its highest trading level at $73.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $67.5.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of CF Industries Holdings Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.27 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.69. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.70 and its Current Ratio is at 3.08. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.65 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.63.
On March 13, 2025, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $86.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Underperform to Neutral on February 24, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $84.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 15 ’25 when Menzel Susan L sold 1,500 shares for $96.00 per share. The transaction valued at 144,000 led to the insider holds 92,486 shares of the business.
Menzel Susan L sold 1,350 shares of CF for $132,300 on Jan 16 ’25. The EVP and Chief Admin. Officer now owns 91,136 shares after completing the transaction at $98.00 per share. On Jan 15 ’25, another insider, Menzel Susan L, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 4,200 shares for $96.00 each.
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 11735923712 and an Enterprise Value of 16627054592. As of this moment, CF’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.42, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.14. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.98 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.40. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.801 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.274.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CF is 0.95, which has changed by -0.12790698 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.049593568 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CF has reached a high of $98.25, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $67.34. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -11.81%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.12%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, CF has traded an average of 2.82M shares per day and 2866250 over the past ten days. A total of 169.88M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 165.03M. Insiders hold about 0.86% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.45% stake in the company. Shares short for CF as of 1741910400 were 7960313 with a Short Ratio of 2.83, compared to 1739491200 on 6137652. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7960313 and a Short% of Float of 5.6399997.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for CF is 2.00, from 2.0 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.029209873The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.32. The current Payout Ratio is 29.67% for CF, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1739491200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-06-18 when the company split stock in a 5:1 ratio.
