CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) on Tuesday, plunged -3.45% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $97.01. Within the past 52 weeks, CF’s price has moved between $69.13 and $98.25.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 19.69%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -24.08%. With a float of $172.63 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $174.33 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 2700 employees. 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 Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Agricultural Inputs industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of CF Industries Holdings Inc is 0.80%, while institutional ownership is 95.62%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jan 15 ’25, was worth 144,000. In this transaction EVP and Chief Admin. Officer of this company sold 1,500 shares at a rate of $96.00, taking the stock ownership to the 92,486 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 16 ’25, when Company’s EVP and Chief Admin. Officer sold 1,350 for $98.00, making the entire transaction worth $132,300. This insider now owns 91,136 shares in total.
CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -24.08% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -12.00% 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 2.72. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 27.21.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.31, a number that is poised to hit 1.58 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.98 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF)
Looking closely at CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF), its last 5-days average volume was 2.13 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 2.02 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 80.75%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.38.
During the past 100 days, CF Industries Holdings Inc’s (CF) raw stochastic average was set at 79.26%, which indicates a significant increase from 68.54% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 39.09% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 27.54% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $88.36, while its 200-day Moving Average is $81.16. However, in the short run, CF Industries Holdings Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $95.73. Second resistance stands at $97.80. The third major resistance level sits at $99.57. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $91.89, it is likely to go to the next support level at $90.12. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $88.05.
CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 16.30 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.
