CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) closed at $114.67 on 25 September 2026, down 3.2%. That leaves it down 10.2% over a week, down 8.8% over a month and up 25.1% over a year. That is 59% of the way up its 52 week range of $75.42 to $141.96. The median analyst price target of $123 sits 7.3% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
CF trades below its 50 day average of $125.34 but above its 200 day average of $111.56: the long trend is up, the recent one is not. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is -0.94, a stock that barely follows the market. It is 19.2% below its 52 week high and 52.1% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 7 firms recorded 8 actions on CF: 4 kept a view, 2 upgrades and 2 new initiations. Price targets: 4 raised and 2 lowered. The most recent targets from 11 firms run from $110 to $162, with a median of $123, 7.3% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Rothschild & Co | Upgrades to Neutral from Sell | $98.00 to $110.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Bernstein | Initiates Coverage On Outperform | $162.00 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Keybanc | Initiates Coverage On Underweight | $115.00 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Scotiabank | Maintains Sector Outperform | $125.00 to $130.00 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $115.00 to $123.00 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | RBC Capital | Maintains Sector Perform | $125.00 to $115.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 4 November 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $3.01. The last report, on 5 August 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $4.73 against $5.79 expected, a miss of 18.3%, on revenue of $2.2 billion. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months CF Industries Holdings, Inc. shows revenue growth of 20.04%, a gross margin of 42.49%, an operating margin of 41.10% and a return on equity of 46.68%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 20.0% | 75th |
| Net income growth, TTM | 58.6% | 74th |
| Gross margin | 42.5% | 54th |
| Operating margin | 41.1% | 94th |
| Free cash flow margin | 24.7% | 87th |
| Return on equity | 46.7% | 95th |
| Return on assets | 17.3% | 95th |
| Debt to equity | 0.56 | 64th |
| Current ratio | 4.86 | 87th |
| Effective tax rate | 19.5% | 65th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Headquarters
- DEERFIELD, Illinois
- Chief executive
- W. Anthony Will
- Employees
- 2,700
- Website
- cfindustries.com
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. manufactures and sells hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities worldwide. Its principal products include anhydrous ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate, and ammonia products. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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