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 invested capital

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 20.6%, up 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.78% (fiscal 2016) to 39.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Agricultural Inputs industry median of 0.00% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 16.0% 3.77
FY2024 12.2% (2.78)
FY2023 15.0% (24.74)
FY2022 39.7% 25.98
FY2021 13.7% 9.35
FY2020 4.38% (2.29)
FY2019 6.67% 1.76
FY2018 4.91% 3.52
FY2017 1.39% 0.61
FY2016 0.78% (6.97)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.78% High 39.7%
Ten-year median 7.75%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 20.6%
UAN CVR Partners, LP compare 15.3%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company compare 12.7%
NTR Nutrien Ltd. compare 6.64%
ICL ICL Group Ltd. compare 4.92%
CTVA Corteva, Inc. compare 3.94%
IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc compare 2.41%
MOS The Mosaic Company compare −0.62%
FMC FMC Corporation compare −23.0%
Agricultural Inputs industry median 0.00%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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