PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators Acquires New Shares in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. $CF

PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators acquired a new stake in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 96,463 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,460,000.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Total Wealth Planning & Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of CF Industries in the 4th quarter valued at $352,000. Prudential PLC boosted its stake in CF Industries by 88.6% in the 4th quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 112,304 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $8,686,000 after purchasing an additional 52,770 shares during the period. Vise Technologies Inc. boosted its stake in CF Industries by 26.2% in the 4th quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 5,355 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $414,000 after purchasing an additional 1,113 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. boosted its stake in CF Industries by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 25,809 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,996,000 after purchasing an additional 271 shares during the period. Finally, TD Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in CF Industries by 6.5% in the 4th quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 153,324 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $11,858,000 after purchasing an additional 9,320 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 93.06% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at CF Industries

In other news, VP Erik M. Mayer sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.69, for a total transaction of $187,035.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 6,341 shares in the company, valued at $790,659.29. This represents a 19.13% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Richard A. Hoker sold 3,499 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.38, for a total transaction of $438,704.62. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 31,036 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,891,293.68. This represents a 10.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 40,824 shares of company stock valued at $5,333,817. Corporate insiders own 0.51% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays upped their target price on shares of CF Industries from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Zacks Research raised shares of CF Industries from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upped their target price on shares of CF Industries from $118.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of CF Industries from $95.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of CF Industries from $94.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $119.00.

CF Industries Trading Down 3.2%

CF Industries stock opened at $113.72 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $122.96 and a 200-day moving average of $102.63. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $75.42 and a one year high of $141.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 3.54 and a quick ratio of 3.15. The company has a market cap of $17.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.22 and a beta of 0.38.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $3.98 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.63 by $1.35. CF Industries had a net margin of 23.73% and a return on equity of 20.93%. The company had revenue of $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.85 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts expect that CF Industries Holdings, Inc. will post 14.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

CF Industries Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 15th. CF Industries’s dividend payout ratio is currently 17.97%.

CF Industries Profile

CF Industries Holdings, Inc is a leading global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products for agricultural and industrial customers. The company specializes in the production of ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), nitric acid and ammonium nitrate, which serve as key inputs for fertilizer blends, industrial chemicals and other downstream applications.

Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, CF Industries operates production facilities and distribution terminals across North America and the United Kingdom.