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) Return on equity

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 25.1%, up 6.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.09% (fiscal 2016) to 48.2% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Agricultural Inputs industry median of −2.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 18.9% 3.68
FY2024 15.3% (3.54)
FY2023 18.8% (29.38)
FY2022 48.2% 32.42
FY2021 15.8% 10.12
FY2020 5.64% (3.03)
FY2019 8.67% 4.00
FY2018 4.67% (0.76)
FY2017 5.43% 10.52
FY2016 −5.09% (20.72)

Against its own ten years

Low −5.09% High 48.2%
Ten-year median 15.3%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
UAN CVR Partners, LP compare 48.3%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 25.1%
NTR Nutrien Ltd. compare 9.32%
IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc compare 5.27%
ICL ICL Group Ltd. compare 4.80%
CTVA Corteva, Inc. compare 3.91%
MOS The Mosaic Company compare −5.27%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company compare −38.9%
FMC FMC Corporation compare −90.6%
Agricultural Inputs industry median −2.64%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.35%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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