Morgan Stanley Sticks to Its Hold Rating for CF Industries (CF)


Morgan Stanley analyst Vincent Andrews maintained a Hold rating on CF Industries (CF) today and set a price target of $45.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $44.55.

According to TipRanks.com, Andrews is a 2-star analyst with an average return of 0.4% and a 63.3% success rate. Andrews covers the Consumer Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as Sociedad Quimica Y Minera SA, Sherwin-Williams Company, and DuPont de Nemours.

CF Industries has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $48.86.

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CF Industries’ market cap is currently $9.57B and has a P/E ratio of 20.19. The company has a Price to Book ratio of 3.22.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 63 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of CF in relation to earlier this year. Last month, Bert Frost, the Sr.VP,Sales, Mkt Dev & Sup Chn of CF sold 13,000 shares for a total of $591,370.

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of nitrogen fertilizer. It owns and operates nitrogen plants and serves agricultural and industrial customers through its distribution system. It operates through following segments: Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other.

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