XNYS · Agricultural Inputs
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$127.70-4.57%
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
74/100
Strong
Score components
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CF Industries Holdings scores 74 out of 100 overall, which we rate strong. Valuation is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
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- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Valuation
What to watch
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%70Positive
- Revenue growth 20.0%
- EPS growth 76.1%
Valuation
25%89Strong
- P/E 9.4
- EV/Sales 2.6
CF Industries is a leading producer and distributor of nitrogen, which is primarily used in fertilizers. The company operates nitrogen manufacturing plants primarily in North America. CF also produces nitrogen in the United Kingdom and holds a joint venture interest in a nitrogen production facility in Trinidad and Tobago. CF makes nitrogen primarily using low-cost US natural gas as its feedstock, making the company one of the lowest-cost nitrogen producers globally. It is also investing in carbon-free blue and green ammonia, which can be used as an alternative fuel to hydrogen or as a means to transport hydrogen.
#470 by market cap in our coverage · ~2,900 employees · Listed 2005-08-11 · www.cfindustries.com
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#6 / 79sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 74 vs sector average 48.8 (+25.2)
Revenue growth (sector)Top 22%
Gross margin (sector)Top 22%
Return on equity (sector)Top 9%
P/E (sector)Cheaper than 95%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
86/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 86th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 68/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
4 buy · 2 sell · 2 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CF's technical setup strong — 86th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
5 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+15.5%
- vs 50-day+1.9%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)48 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength25· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.858)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 5 buy vs 4 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 3 buy · 2 sell · 2 neutral.
Result — 4 buy vs 2 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)9.4
- P/S (TTM)2.5
- P/B3.4
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales2.6
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin42.5%
- Net margin27.1%
- ROE37.9%
- Debt/Equity0.56
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)20.0%
- EPS growth (YoY)76.1%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs sector peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $19.7B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.1B | $5.9B | $6.6B |
| Gross profit | $2.7B | $2.1B | $2.5B |
| Operating income | $2.3B | $1.7B | $2.2B |
| Net income | $1.5B | $1.2B | $1.5B |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.97 | $6.74 | $7.87 |
| Free cash flow | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.0B |
| Cash | $2.0B | $1.6B | $2.0B |
| Total debt | $3.6B | $3.2B | $3.2B |
| Equity | $4.8B | $5.0B | $5.7B |
| Net debt | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.2B |
| Debt / equity | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.57 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.42 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFCurrentCF Industries Holdings | 74 | 68 | 9.4 | — | 3.4 | 2.6 | $127.70 | -4.57% | +20.0% | ||
| RGLDRoyal Gold | 79 | 65 | 28.8 | — | 2.8 | 13.9 | $249.65 | -0.72% | +93.5% | ||
| NEMNewmont | 78 | 71 | 15.3 | — | 3.7 | 5.0 | $123.41 | -0.79% | +25.2% | ||
| AEMAgnico Eagle Mines | 77 | 64 | 17.1 | — | 3.5 | 6.7 | $199.49 | -0.93% | +50.3% | ||
| BBarrick Gold | 75 | 59 | 11.1 | — | 2.7 | 3.5 | $43.33 | -0.82% | +49.4% | ||
| CDECoeur Mining | 75 | 55 | 24.0 | — | 2.0 | 6.3 | $19.76 | -1.10% | +117.3% |
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