CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Chemicals & Petrochemicals
  • ISIN: US1252691001
USD
124.90
1.61 (1.31%)
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is CF Industries Holdings, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 42.19%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.67 times
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 8.63% and Operating profit at 22.81%
4
Negative results in Jun 25
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 33.04 %
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 11.54 times
5
With ROE of 33.65%, it has a attractive valuation with a 3.14 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -12.42%, its profits have risen by 10.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
6
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -12.42% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to CF Industries Holdings, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Chemicals & Petrochemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Chemicals & Petrochemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is CF Industries Holdings, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
63.48%
-0.00
33.40%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.70
20.15%
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Quality grade scale :

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Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
11.43%
EBIT Growth (5y)
34.38%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
14.08
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.67
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.35
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.78
Tax Ratio
16.27%
Dividend Payout Ratio
22.30%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
44.72%
ROE (avg)
42.19%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.91
EV to EBIT
7.71
EV to EBITDA
5.75
EV to Capital Employed
3.28
EV to Sales
2.86
PEG Ratio
0.22
Dividend Yield
203.82%
ROCE (Latest)
42.53%
ROE (Latest)
39.02%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
Bearish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Bullish
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 29.62%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -20.29% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 15.88 times

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 688 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 474.71 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 2.59

-7What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(HY)

At USD 82 MM has Grown at 74.47%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 34.19 %

Here's what is working for CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 688 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 474.71 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 2.59
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 15.88 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -20.29% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

Interest
At USD 82 MM has Grown at 74.47%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 34.19 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio