Stock · CF · Basic Materials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 2005 · Revenue 12 mo. $7.7B
Price as of 11/06/2026
CF Industries Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production of ammonia in North America, Europe, and internationally.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production of ammonia in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other segments. The company offers ammonia products; nitrogen products, such as granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution, and ammonium nitrate; diesel exhaust fluid, urea liquor, and nitric acid products. It serves cooperatives, retailers, independent fertilizer distributors, traders, wholesalers, and industrial users. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.
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Summary
68.5 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
Required FCF growth per year
no growth
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 6.2×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 4.4× to 6.5×, median 5.5×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
2 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 30.07% | 10.66% | Rank 96 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 25.64% | 14.75% | Rank 80 |
| EBIT margin | 33.39% | 15.82% | Rank 78 |
| FCF margin | 25.44% | 8.70% | Rank 82 |
| Gross margin | 38.45% | 34.18% | Rank 64 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 19.34% | 4.25% | Rank 74 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −18.19% | 0.28% | Rank 26 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 43.52% | 13.36% | Rank 90 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 13.41% | 9.35% | Rank 64 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 7.51% | 4.98% | Rank 85 |
| FCF yield | 9.73% | 3.94% | Rank 88 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 2.89 | 2.36 | Rank 45 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 8.66 | 14.61 | Rank 88 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 36.97% | 8.75% | Rank 91 |
| Share price, 6 months | 4.28% | −1.37% | Rank 66 |
| Share price, 3 months | 9.54% | −1.16% | Rank 84 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −14.27% | −21.97% | Rank 70 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −2.64% | 0.63% | Rank 77 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −10.24% | −0.01% | Rank 99 |
| Dividend streak in years | 20 | 3 | Rank 96 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 0.27% | 0.05% | Rank 56 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 34.34% | 54.83% | Rank 10 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.60 | 1.01 | Rank 58 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.82 | 0.37 | Rank 19 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 42.91% | 37.23% | Rank 39 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3.7 | 14.6% | −$1.6B | 233M | $4.6B |
| 2017 | 4.1 | 8.0% | $1.2B | 234M | $3.9B |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 15.7% | $1.1B | 234M | $4.0B |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 20.6% | $1.1B | 222M | $4.0B |
| 2020 | 4.1 | 15.2% | $922.0M | 215M | $3.5B |
| 2021 | 6.5 | 32.7% | $2.3B | 216M | $2.1B |
| 2022 | 11.2 | 50.1% | $3.4B | 204M | $902.0M |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 35.5% | $2.3B | 194M | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 5.9 | 29.4% | $1.8B | 181M | $1.6B |
| 2025 | 7.1 | 33.4% | $1.8B | 162M | $2.0B |
6 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
CF Industries Holdings Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
CF Industries Holdings Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
6 of 7 rules met
10 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for CF Industries Holdings Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 13.3 | 19.6 |
| P/B ratio | 4.0 | 2.1 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 30.1% | 10.7% |
| Equity ratio | 34.3% | 54.8% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.82 | 0.37 |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 2.1% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| CF | CF Industries Holdings Incthis page | |
| MOS | The Mosaic Company | Low0.0 |
| 000792.SZ | Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co.Ltd | locked |
| 2020.SR | SABIC AgriNutrients Co | locked |
| NTR.TO | Nutrien Ltd | locked |
| SDF.DE | K+S Aktiengesellschaft | locked |
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