Can CF Industries Holdings Inc’s (CF) hike of 0.01% in a week be considered a lucky break?

CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) on Monday, plunged -2.67% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $89.79. Within the past 52 weeks, CF’s price has moved between $69.13 and $91.06.

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A company in the Basic Materials sector has jumped its sales by 16.48% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -24.00%. With a float of $172.75 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $188.19 million.

In an organization with 2700 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 33.86%, operating margin of 28.51%, and the pretax margin is 29.5%.

CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Observing investor behavior towards Agricultural Inputs industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of CF Industries Holdings Inc is 0.73%, while institutional ownership is 95.40%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 21 ’24, was worth 635,487. In this transaction Sr. VP, Manufacturing & D’istn of this company sold 7,000 shares at a rate of $90.78, taking the stock ownership to the 22,211 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 20 ’24, when Company’s EVP,Sales,MktDev&Supply Chain sold 3,000 for $88.00, making the entire transaction worth $264,000. This insider now owns 103,155 shares in total.

CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -24.00% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -11.80% during the next five years compared to 44.70% growth over the previous five years of trading.

CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) Trading Performance Indicators

CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 2.52 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.52. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 25.15.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.31, a number that is poised to hit 1.62 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.97 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.12 million. That was better than the volume of 2.08 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 75.63%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.14.

During the past 100 days, CF Industries Holdings Inc’s (CF) raw stochastic average was set at 83.26%, which indicates a significant increase from 57.28% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 28.59% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 26.75% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $85.40, while its 200-day Moving Average is $79.85. However, in the short run, CF Industries Holdings Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $89.73. Second resistance stands at $92.07. The third major resistance level sits at $93.37. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $86.09, it is likely to go to the next support level at $84.79. The third support level lies at $82.45 if the price breaches the second support level.

CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 15.06 billion based on 174,020K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 6,631 M and income totals 1,525 M. The company made 1,370 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 276,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.