CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) EVP Susan L. Menzel Sells 1,500 Shares

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) EVP Susan L. Menzel sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total transaction of $142,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 93,986 shares in the company, valued at $8,928,670. This trade represents a 1.57 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

CF Industries Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of CF Industries stock traded down $0.54 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $94.96. 2,792,331 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,041,529. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 2.52 and a current ratio of 2.81. The company has a market cap of $16.52 billion, a PE ratio of 15.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 0.98. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $87.43 and a 200-day moving average of $82.28. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has a 12 month low of $69.13 and a 12 month high of $95.72.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The basic materials company reported $1.55 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.05 by $0.50. The company had revenue of $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. CF Industries had a return on equity of 14.57% and a net margin of 19.45%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.85 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that CF Industries Holdings, Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CF Industries

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CF. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC bought a new position in shares of CF Industries during the third quarter valued at $28,000. Brooklyn Investment Group bought a new position in shares of CF Industries during the third quarter valued at $39,000. Quent Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of CF Industries by 132.1% during the third quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 499 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 284 shares in the last quarter. Kimelman & Baird LLC bought a new position in shares of CF Industries during the second quarter valued at $50,000. Finally, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of CF Industries by 262.6% during the third quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 660 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 478 shares in the last quarter. 93.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CF. Piper Sandler upgraded CF Industries from an “underweight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $79.00 to $105.00 in a research note on Monday. Redburn Atlantic began coverage on shares of CF Industries in a research report on Friday, October 18th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $77.00 price objective on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of CF Industries from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Bank of America lowered CF Industries from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $83.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on CF Industries from $90.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $92.38.

About CF Industries

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.