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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

Revenue
$7.08B
Revenue growth (YoY)
19.3%
Net income
$1.80B
Diluted EPS
$8.97
Gross margin
38.5%
Operating margin
32.5%
Net margin
25.4%
FCF margin
25.4%
ROE
23.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
10.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$20.18B
Long-term debt / equity
0.41×
non-current term debt only

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).

Gross margin38.5%
74th percentile of 191
Operating margin32.5%
96th percentile of 189
Net margin25.4%
97th percentile of 221
FCF margin25.4%
97th percentile of 205
Revenue growth (YoY)+19.3%
86th percentile of 236
ROE23.1%
92nd percentile of 216
P/E10.2×
9th percentile of 134
Long-term debt / equity0.41×
34th percentile of 165
Short interest3.38d
36th percentile of 237

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).

Conviction investors
2
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
5
4 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$403.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$115.1M1.1MAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$78.3M723.4KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$74.6M689.5KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$43.7M403.4KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$35.7M329.9KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$27.0M249.7KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$25.7M237.1KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$3.6M32.9KReduced

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.

Shares short
8.3M
settled 2026-08-31
Change vs prior
-9.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.38
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
2.5M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-318.3M-9.7%3.38
2026-08-149.2M+15.2%3.78
2026-07-318.0M-13.4%3.69
2026-07-159.3M-9.8%3.66
2026-06-3010.3M-1.8%3.39
2026-06-1510.5M+11.1%3.86
2026-05-299.4M+3.6%3.22
2026-05-159.1M+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)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
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)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
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)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
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)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$2.22B17.6%$869.0M$4.73
Q1 FY2026$1.99B19.4%$676.0M$3.98
Q4 FY2025$1.87B22.8%$495.0M$3.17
Q3 FY2025$1.66B21.1%$460.0M$2.19
Q2 FY2025$1.89B20.2%$492.0M$2.37
Q1 FY2025$1.66B13.1%$351.0M$1.85
Q4 FY2024$1.52B-3.0%$392.0M$2.26
Q3 FY2024$1.37B7.6%$341.0M$1.55

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryAgricultural Chemicals
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK1324404

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-09-03
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-05-06
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.