Are Analysts Expecting A Better 2020 For CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF)?

CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $84.12, with 5.92 million shares of worth about $498.16 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 14.60% during that period and on February 06, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -6.20%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 174.33M shares, out of which, 172.64M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -8.76% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -6.28%. Year-to-date (YTD), CF shares are showing a performance of -1.41% which increased to 10.54% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $69.13 but also hit the highest price of $98.25 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for CF Industries Holdings Inc shares is 1.88 million. The stock is currently trading -8.75% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -6.06% for SMA50 and it goes to 2.84% higher than SMA200.

CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) currently have 174.33M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 95.94% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $14.64B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.96. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 13.33, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.31 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 2.52 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for CF, volatility over the week remained 4.05% while standing at 3.08% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -23.71% while it is estimated to decrease by -9.18% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of -12.95% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 44.70% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by JP Morgan on January 24, 2025 offering an Underweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $82 and $75 to it. Coverage by RBC Capital Mkts stated CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) stock as a Sector perform in their note to investors on January 21, 2025, suggesting a price target of $100 for the stock. On January 21, 2025, Barclays Downgrade their recommendations, while on January 13, 2025, Piper Sandler Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $105. Stock get an Outperform rating from Oppenheimer on December 12, 2024.

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