CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

CF Basic Materials Agricultural Inputs

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.1 billion, up 19.3% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 17.6%, EPS grew 100.0%, free cash flow grew 88.8% and total debt rose 8.17%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

120.85 1.08 +0.90%
Market cap
$18.1B
P/E
8.9×
Fwd P/E
6.2×
Dividend yield
1.74%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.80
Beneish M
−2.67
Dividend safety
82/100

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) Operating margin

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 41.1%, up 8.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (32.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.74% (fiscal 2016) to 48.3% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Agricultural Inputs industry median of 0.30% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.82%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 32.5% 3.06
FY2024 29.4% (4.22)
FY2023 33.6% (14.62)
FY2022 48.3% 21.80
FY2021 26.5% 11.34
FY2020 15.1% (6.74)
FY2019 21.9% 4.55
FY2018 17.3% 11.63
FY2017 5.67% 1.93
FY2016 3.74% (23.95)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 50.5% 7.00
Mar 2026 43.5% 10.49
Dec 2025 33.0% (2.00)
Sep 2025 35.0% 0.67
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Against its own ten years

Low 3.74% High 48.3%
Ten-year median 26.5%
Current reading's percentile 90

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 41.1%
UAN CVR Partners, LP compare 28.1%
NTR Nutrien Ltd. compare 13.7%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company compare 11.0%
CTVA Corteva, Inc. compare 9.87%
ICL ICL Group Ltd. compare 9.27%
IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc compare 4.26%
MOS The Mosaic Company compare −1.39%
FMC FMC Corporation compare −61.9%
Agricultural Inputs industry median 0.30%
Basic Materials sector median 0.82%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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