CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

NYSE:CF Stock Report

Market Cap: US$15.0b

CF Industries Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • 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 ($80) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($53.02)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CF is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CF key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA6x
PEG Ratio-0.7x

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 Average15x
MOS Mosaic
8.3x-1.3%US$9.7b
FMC FMC
5.1x-19.2%US$7.3b
CTVA Corteva
41.3x18.5%US$38.4b
UAN CVR Partners
5xn/aUS$865.3m
CF CF Industries Holdings
9.8x-13.4%US$15.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the peer average (15x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (21x).


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 Ratio9.8x
Fair PE Ratio13.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CF is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.2x).


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$80.00
US$85.40
+6.8%
8.1%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$68.00n/a20
Oct ’24US$85.74
US$87.95
+2.6%
10.7%US$105.00US$67.00n/a20
Sep ’24US$79.21
US$86.95
+9.8%
11.1%US$105.00US$67.00n/a21
Aug ’24US$81.28
US$84.19
+3.6%
13.9%US$105.00US$65.00n/a21
Jul ’24US$69.42
US$86.15
+24.1%
15.3%US$110.00US$65.00n/a21
Jun ’24US$60.24
US$86.96
+44.4%
15.2%US$110.00US$65.00n/a21
May ’24US$71.95
US$93.43
+29.9%
13.8%US$115.00US$70.00n/a21
Apr ’24US$72.49
US$100.61
+38.8%
12.9%US$126.00US$75.00US$83.3320
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
Oct ’23US$96.25
US$110.00
+14.3%
13.0%US$132.00US$78.00US$85.7420
Sep ’23US$102.42
US$109.67
+7.1%
12.8%US$132.00US$78.00US$79.2121
Aug ’23US$94.44
US$105.29
+11.5%
12.9%US$132.00US$75.00US$81.2821
Jul ’23US$85.28
US$107.95
+26.6%
13.7%US$142.00US$75.00US$69.4220
Jun ’23US$95.51
US$109.60
+14.8%
13.9%US$142.00US$75.00US$60.2420
May ’23US$96.83
US$105.53
+9.0%
19.2%US$142.00US$65.00US$71.9519
Apr ’23US$99.79
US$95.82
-4.0%
21.6%US$131.00US$65.00US$72.4919

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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