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Company snapshot — CF Industries Holdings Inc

CF in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
CF Industries produces ammonia and nitrogen-based fertiliser products, including granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution, ammonium nitrate and diesel exhaust fluid. It runs production sites across North America, Europe and other regions, selling to cooperatives, retailers, distributors, traders and industrial users. The company is based in Northbrook, Illinois.
Where it sits in the stack
CF Industries holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices. It sits in Closelook's Basic Materials sleeve, within the Agricultural Inputs group, tracked as a fertiliser producer rather than a stack constituent.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group carries no entry for CF Industries here. The comparison the market draws is with Nutrien, another large nitrogen fertiliser producer.
Why Closelook tracks it
CF Industries holds a seat in the S&P 500. It carries no Closelook score yet and has drawn no quotes across the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether nitrogen product prices move with natural gas costs, since gas is the main input into ammonia production.

CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CF, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: initiation by KeyBanc, 2026-09-10

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CF from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation KeyBanc — at Underweight · target 115 Initiated to Underweight · Target set to $115 (-14.9% to spot) 2026-09-10

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Agricultural Inputs · United States · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Agricultural Inputs · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CF on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.64%, quarterly · last 0.60 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What CF pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.10 USD per share · a 1.64% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +5.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.60 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.40 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.00 USD · 2025: 2.00 USD · 2026: 1.60 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF)?

CF Industries Holdings Inc trades as CF on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CF in a Closelook index?

Not currently — CF Industries Holdings Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does CF trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +2% vs the 50-day and +15.9% vs the 200-day average, 9.9% below the 52-week high and +70.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does CF Industries Holdings Inc do?

CF Industries produces ammonia and nitrogen-based fertiliser products, including granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution, ammonium nitrate and diesel exhaust fluid. It runs production sites across North America, Europe and other regions, selling to cooperatives, retailers, distributors, traders and industrial users. The company is based in Northbrook, Illinois. Closelook's peer group carries no entry for CF Industries here. The comparison the market draws is with Nutrien, another large nitrogen fertiliser producer.

Where does CF Industries Holdings Inc sit in the AI build-out?

CF Industries holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices. It sits in Closelook's Basic Materials sleeve, within the Agricultural Inputs group, tracked as a fertiliser producer rather than a stack constituent. CF Industries holds a seat in the S&P 500. It carries no Closelook score yet and has drawn no quotes across the diary's editions.

Does CF Industries Holdings Inc pay a dividend?

CF Industries Holdings Inc has paid 2.10 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.64% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.60 USD on 2026-08-14. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on CF Industries Holdings Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on CF Industries Holdings Inc on the Closelook wire is a initiation by KeyBanc on 2026-09-10 (at Underweight · target 115). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CF, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Agricultural Inputs, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.