Capital Fund Management S.A. Buys 91,726 Shares of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. $CF

Capital Fund Management S.A. raised its stake in shares of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) by 790.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 103,326 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after acquiring an additional 91,726 shares during the quarter. Capital Fund Management S.A. owned approximately 0.06% of CF Industries worth $9,506,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in CF Industries by 12.6% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,425 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $111,000 after buying an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of CF Industries by 28.3% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 67,789 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,298,000 after acquiring an additional 14,965 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its holdings in shares of CF Industries by 42.4% in the 1st quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 10,408 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $813,000 after acquiring an additional 3,097 shares in the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise bought a new stake in CF Industries during the 1st quarter worth approximately $361,000. Finally, Vestcor Inc increased its holdings in CF Industries by 185.1% during the 1st quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 9,147 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 5,939 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.06% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on CF. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their price objective on CF Industries from $78.00 to $86.00 in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of CF Industries in a research report on Monday, November 24th. HSBC decreased their price objective on shares of CF Industries from $95.00 to $91.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 24th. Mizuho dropped their target price on shares of CF Industries from $100.00 to $92.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Barclays raised shares of CF Industries from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the company from $95.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, CF Industries currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $94.33.

CF Industries Stock Up 1.3%

Shares of NYSE CF opened at $79.39 on Friday. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $67.34 and a 1 year high of $104.45. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $84.92 and its 200-day moving average is $88.51. The company has a current ratio of 3.22, a quick ratio of 2.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.38 billion, a PE ratio of 10.36 and a beta of 0.89.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The basic materials company reported $2.19 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.06 by $0.13. CF Industries had a net margin of 20.19% and a return on equity of 17.10%. The business had revenue of $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.59 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.55 earnings per share. CF Industries’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts expect that CF Industries Holdings, Inc. will post 5.83 EPS for the current year.

CF Industries Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th were given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 14th. CF Industries’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.10%.

CF Industries 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.