Scotiabank Comments on CF Industries’ Q4 Earnings (NYSE:CF)

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) – Stock analysts at Scotiabank issued their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of CF Industries in a research note issued on Monday, November 10th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson anticipates that the basic materials company will earn $2.95 per share for the quarter. Scotiabank has a “Sector Perform” rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for CF Industries’ current full-year earnings is $5.83 per share.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The basic materials company reported $2.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.06 by $0.13. CF Industries had a net margin of 20.19% and a return on equity of 17.10%. The company had revenue of $1.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.59 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.55 earnings per share. CF Industries’s revenue was up 21.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

CF has been the subject of several other reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded CF Industries from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $75.00 to $92.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of CF Industries in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on shares of CF Industries from $100.00 to $95.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. Mizuho decreased their price objective on CF Industries from $100.00 to $92.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, HSBC lowered their price target on CF Industries from $104.00 to $95.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $96.38.

CF Industries Stock Performance

CF stock traded up $0.40 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $85.15. The stock had a trading volume of 301,653 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,665,380. The stock has a market cap of $13.28 billion, a PE ratio of 11.10 and a beta of 0.89. CF Industries has a 52-week low of $67.34 and a 52-week high of $104.45. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 2.84 and a current ratio of 3.22.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CF Industries

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CF. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in CF Industries by 8,352.8% during the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,451,338 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $113,422,000 after purchasing an additional 1,434,168 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in CF Industries in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $129,574,000. Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of CF Industries in the second quarter worth approximately $96,560,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its stake in CF Industries by 926.2% in the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,118,446 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $102,897,000 after acquiring an additional 1,009,455 shares during the period. Finally, Allianz Asset Management GmbH grew its position in shares of CF Industries by 72.1% in the 2nd quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 1,728,927 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $159,061,000 after buying an additional 724,329 shares during the period. 93.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CF Industries Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 14th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.3%. CF Industries’s payout ratio is presently 24.10%.

CF Industries Company Profile

CF Industries Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other segments.