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CF Industries
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What CF Industries is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $7.74 billion, up 20% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.91 billion, up 6.7% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.07 billion, up 51% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.37 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.00 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 25, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q1 2026: $72.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 970 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+48 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 4.U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Jun 24, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What CF Industries is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Expanding
- Capital spending80th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex72nd pct
- Hiring filings97th pct
- Deals and private raises47th pct
- Patent publications88th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment56th pct
- Call confidence57th pct
- Guidance changes16th pct
- Risk factors added73rd pct
- Insider open-market trades—
- − Guidance changes
- + Risk factors added
- + Call sentiment
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver62nd pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →CF Industries's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$3.2B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $3.2B
- Default point $1.6B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$1.0B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2025 | $1B | 5.300% | 2035 (10y) | +120bp | 5.310% |
From the pricing term sheets CF Industries filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CF INDUSTRIES, INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Sep 3, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CF INDUSTRIES, INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
- Jun 24, 2026Risk event
- May 5, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 4, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CF INDUSTRIES, INC.)first_quarter 2026 · $0.7 million
- Feb 25, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CF INDUSTRIES, INC.)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.2 million
- Jan 13, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 7, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 19, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 20, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (CF INDUSTRIES, INC.)third_quarter 2025 · $0.3 million
- Sep 9, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Sep 8, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 24, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (CF INDUSTRIES, INC.)second_quarter 2025 · $0.2 million
- May 8, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (CF INDUSTRIES, INC.)first_quarter 2025 · $0.4 million
- Feb 20, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 2 removed
- Jan 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (CF INDUSTRIES, INC.)fourth_quarter 2024 · $0.1 million
- Jan 6, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 22, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosaic Company (The) MOS | $12.3B | −$0.9B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Scotts Miracle-Gro Company SMG | $3.5B | $0.3B | Jun 27, 2026 |
| Corteva CTVA | $17.8B | $0.6B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| RPM International RPM | $8.0B | $0.7B | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Sonoco SON | $7.5B | $0.2B | Mar 29, 2026 |
| Vulcan Materials Company VMC | $8.1B | $1.1B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Graphic Packaging GPK | $8.6B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Eastman Chemical Company EMN | $8.9B | $0.5B | Jun 30, 2026 |