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CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

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120.33 -2.97 -2.41% Close 11/2
Since 2024-12-02 +40.8%
Open
120.78
High
121.79
Low
118.32
Prev close
123.30
Volume
2.4M
Amplitude
2.81%
P/E
9.1
P/B
3.3
Revenue YoY (TTM)
+20.0%
52W 75.42 141.96

Is CF Industries Holdings, Inc. a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Valuation: Fair, Quality: Strong, Growth: Good, Momentum: Strong, Risk / liquidity: Good.

Valuation Fair Free-cash-flow yield is Top, but Price / book is Pricey.
TTM P/E 9.14 22th percentile Fair
Price / book 3.25 73th percentile Pricey
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 10.24 82th percentile Top
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Quality Strong All 3 indicators are Top.
ROE, TTM (%) 36.52 89th percentile Top
Operating margin, TTM (%) 38.12 88th percentile Top
FCF margin, TTM (%) 24.68 82th percentile Top
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Growth Good Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY is Top; Revenue growth, TTM YoY is Good.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) 20.04 74th percentile Good
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) 76.11 81th percentile Top
Momentum Strong All 2 indicators are Top.
60-day return (%) 6.16 82th percentile Top
240-day return (%) 47.08 86th percentile Top
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Risk / liquidity Good 20-day dollar volume is Top; 60-day annualized volatility is Good.
20-day dollar volume 258,362,798 94th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 36.29 41th percentile Good
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Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 You are here412-2.6% -3.3% 46.4% -22.7%
20-40 356+26.8% +27.5% 83.1% +11.4%
40-60 157+21.7% +4% 54.1% +17%
60-80 100+75.1% +81.8% 94% +84.5%
80-100 132+65.9% +63.3% 100% +69.6%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 9.14, placing it in the 19.5 own-history percentile, inside the 0-20 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
Now
-1.4%
Win rate 45.9% Excess -10.5%
329d
+0.4%
Win rate 48.3% Excess -1.5%
238d
+33.3%
Win rate 91.9% Excess +32.7%
211d
60-day momentum down
+14.8%
Win rate 76.5% Excess +5.8%
417d
+42.5%
Win rate 96.3% Excess +38.6%
82d
Insufficient data
(0d)

Currently in “Cheap (own-history bottom third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 329 historical days, 120-day forward avg declined 1.4%, win rate 45.9%, lagged the market by 10.5%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

52-week adjusted-price high

Pending

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

23 times historically; 60-day forward avg +2.73%, win rate 50%, beating the market by +0.22 pts on average.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Pending

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

26 times historically; 60-day forward avg -1.53%, win rate 30.8%, beating the market by -5.21 pts on average.

Filed revenue acceleration

Pending

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

10 times historically; 60-day forward avg +8.79%, win rate 60%, beating the market by +9.2 pts on average.

EPS surprise beat

Pending

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

21 times historically; 60-day forward avg +9.1%, win rate 73.7%, beating the market by +4.54 pts on average.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.