CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

NYSE:CF Stock Report

Market Cap: US$15.2b

CF Industries Holdings Valuation

Is CF undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CF when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CF ($89.91) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($102.86)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CF is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CF?

Key metric: As CF is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CF. This is calculated by dividing CF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13.4x
EarningsUS$1.16b
Market CapUS$15.23b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CF's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.2x
MOS Mosaic
21.8x26.9%US$8.1b
FMC FMC
4.7x-18.3%US$6.9b
ICL ICL Group
14.2x17.9%US$5.7b
CTVA Corteva
60.3x26.2%US$40.0b
CF CF Industries Holdings
13.4x-6.5%US$15.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.4x) compared to the peer average (25.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
BSLK Bolt Projects Holdings
0.06xn/aUS$9.40m
BON Bon Natural Life
2.4xn/aUS$5.36m
GSPI Green Star Products
1.7xn/aUS$1.49m
CF 13.4xIndustry Avg. 23.2xNo. of Companies7PE01224364860+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.4x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (22.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CF's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13.4x
Fair PE Ratio14.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$89.91
US$87.04
-3.2%
10.0%US$105.00US$69.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$84.06
US$86.94
+3.4%
10.2%US$105.00US$69.00n/a20
Oct ’25US$87.21
US$84.59
-3.0%
8.9%US$100.00US$69.00n/a20
Sep ’25US$83.09
US$83.89
+1.0%
9.5%US$100.00US$67.00n/a20
Aug ’25US$75.80
US$80.49
+6.2%
8.2%US$95.00US$67.00n/a20
Jul ’25US$73.38
US$82.44
+12.3%
9.0%US$96.00US$67.00n/a20
Jun ’25US$79.73
US$82.32
+3.2%
8.6%US$96.00US$69.00n/a21
May ’25US$77.97
US$85.26
+9.4%
7.9%US$100.00US$69.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$83.33
US$86.06
+3.3%
9.2%US$100.00US$68.00n/a21
Mar ’25US$82.50
US$86.06
+4.3%
9.2%US$100.00US$68.00n/a21
Feb ’25US$76.84
US$86.50
+12.6%
10.0%US$100.00US$68.00n/a20
Jan ’25US$79.50
US$88.50
+11.3%
11.4%US$105.00US$68.00n/a20
Dec ’24US$76.31
US$88.75
+16.3%
11.0%US$105.00US$68.00n/a20
Nov ’24US$79.26
US$89.30
+12.7%
10.8%US$105.00US$68.00US$84.0620
Oct ’24US$85.74
US$87.95
+2.6%
10.7%US$105.00US$67.00US$87.2120
Sep ’24US$79.21
US$86.95
+9.8%
11.1%US$105.00US$67.00US$83.0921
Aug ’24US$81.28
US$84.19
+3.6%
13.9%US$105.00US$65.00US$75.8021
Jul ’24US$69.42
US$86.15
+24.1%
15.3%US$110.00US$65.00US$73.3821
Jun ’24US$60.24
US$86.96
+44.4%
15.2%US$110.00US$65.00US$79.7321
May ’24US$71.95
US$93.43
+29.9%
13.8%US$115.00US$70.00US$77.9721
Apr ’24US$72.49
US$101.29
+39.7%
12.9%US$126.00US$75.00US$83.3321
Mar ’24US$85.15
US$101.57
+19.3%
12.8%US$126.00US$75.00US$82.5021
Feb ’24US$85.28
US$109.14
+28.0%
14.2%US$132.00US$75.00US$76.8421
Jan ’24US$85.20
US$115.30
+35.3%
12.9%US$135.00US$80.00US$79.5020
Dec ’23US$103.64
US$115.30
+11.3%
12.9%US$135.00US$80.00US$76.3120
Nov ’23US$107.80
US$114.20
+5.9%
13.5%US$135.00US$78.00US$79.2620

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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