CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF)
As-reported financials and SEC filings for CF Industries Holdings, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.
About CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. produces ammonia and ammonia-derived products primarily used as nitrogen fertilizers and for industrial applications. The company operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and serves customers including cooperatives, retailers, fertilizer distributors, traders, wholesalers, and industrial users. CF Industries focuses on decarbonizing its ammonia production through projects involving carbon capture and sequestration and is developing low-carbon ammonia production facilities.
Snapshot
Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.
What changed at CF Industries Holdings
- Revenue grew 19.3% to $7.1B in FY2025, after a 10.5% decline the year before.
- Operating margin is 32.5% in FY2025, +6.0 pp against 26.4% in FY2021.
- Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $2.2B, up 17.6% from Q2 FY2025.
- Free cash flow was $1.8B in FY2025, 25.4% of revenue.
- Net income rose 21.7% to $1.8B in FY2025.
Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.
Peer comparison
Where CF Industries Holdings’s fundamentals sit among the 241 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).
CF Industries Holdings’s net margin of 25.4% ranks in the 97th percentile of the 221 Materials companies reporting it. CF Industries Holdings’s FCF margin of 25.4% ranks in the 97th percentile of the 205 Materials companies reporting it. CF Industries Holdings’s operating margin of 32.5% ranks in the 96th percentile of the 189 Materials companies reporting it.
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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.
Institutional ownership
Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).
| Investor | As of | Position value | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. E. Shawquant | Q2 2026 | $115.1M | 1.1M | Added |
| AQR Capital Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $78.3M | 723.4K | Reduced |
| Gotham Asset Management | Q2 2026 | $74.6M | 689.5K | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologiesquant | Q2 2026 | $43.7M | 403.4K | Added |
| Citadel Advisorsquant | Q2 2026 | $35.7M | 329.9K | Reduced |
| Bridgewater Associates | Q2 2026 | $27.0M | 249.7K | Added |
| Two Sigma Investmentsquant | Q2 2026 | $25.7M | 237.1K | Added |
| Millennium Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $3.6M | 32.9K | Reduced |
No longer held by: Soros Fund Management (as of Q2 2026)
From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.
Short interest
Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 8.3M | -9.7% | 3.38 |
| 2026-08-14 | 9.2M | +15.2% | 3.78 |
| 2026-07-31 | 8.0M | -13.4% | 3.69 |
| 2026-07-15 | 9.3M | -9.8% | 3.66 |
| 2026-06-30 | 10.3M | -1.8% | 3.39 |
| 2026-06-15 | 10.5M | +11.1% | 3.86 |
| 2026-05-29 | 9.4M | +3.6% | 3.22 |
| 2026-05-15 | 9.1M | +16.9% | 2.77 |
Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.
Income statement (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.08B | $5.94B | $6.63B | $11.19B | $6.54B |
| Gross profit | $2.72B | $2.06B | $2.54B | $5.86B | $2.39B |
| Operating income | $2.30B | $1.75B | $2.23B | $5.40B | $1.73B |
| Net income | $1.80B | $1.48B | $1.84B | $3.94B | $1.26B |
| Diluted EPS | $8.97 | $6.74 | $7.87 | $16.38 | $4.24 |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Balance sheet (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $1.98B | $1.61B | $2.03B | $2.32B | $1.63B |
| Current assets | $2.98B | $2.52B | $3.05B | $3.67B | $2.59B |
| Total assets | $14.09B | $13.47B | $14.38B | $13.31B | $12.38B |
| Current liabilities | $887.0M | $818.0M | $800.0M | $995.0M | $1.43B |
| Long-term debt | $3.21B | $2.97B | $2.97B | $2.96B | $3.46B |
| Total liabilities | $6.31B | $5.87B | $6.00B | $5.46B | $6.34B |
| Total equity | $7.78B | $7.59B | $8.37B | $7.85B | $6.04B |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Cash flow (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.75B | $2.27B | $2.76B | $3.85B | $2.87B |
| Capital expenditure | $950.0M | $518.0M | $499.0M | $453.0M | $514.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.80B | $1.75B | $2.26B | $3.40B | $2.36B |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Quarterly trend (as reported)
| Quarter | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY2026 | $2.22B | 17.6% | $869.0M | $4.73 |
| Q1 FY2026 | $1.99B | 19.4% | $676.0M | $3.98 |
| Q4 FY2025 | $1.87B | 22.8% | $495.0M | $3.17 |
| Q3 FY2025 | $1.66B | 21.1% | $460.0M | $2.19 |
| Q2 FY2025 | $1.89B | 20.2% | $492.0M | $2.37 |
| Q1 FY2025 | $1.66B | 13.1% | $351.0M | $1.85 |
| Q4 FY2024 | $1.52B | -3.0% | $392.0M | $2.26 |
| Q3 FY2024 | $1.37B | 7.6% | $341.0M | $1.55 |
Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.
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