International Assets Investment Management LLC Sells 432,662 Shares of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF)

International Assets Investment Management LLC reduced its stake in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF - Free Report) by 98.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,918 shares of the basic materials company's stock after selling 432,662 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC's holdings in CF Industries were worth $422,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in CF. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CF Industries during the 2nd quarter worth $703,000. Choreo LLC grew its stake in CF Industries by 24.5% during the second quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 7,270 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $533,000 after buying an additional 1,430 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in CF Industries by 15.5% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 276,289 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $20,479,000 after buying an additional 37,011 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of CF Industries by 32.9% in the 2nd quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,063 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $449,000 after buying an additional 1,502 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of CF Industries by 8.4% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 280,628 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $20,800,000 after buying an additional 21,766 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.06% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at CF Industries

In other CF Industries news, EVP Susan L. Menzel sold 3,500 shares of CF Industries stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.86, for a total value of $325,010.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 62,768 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,828,636.48. The trade was a 5.28 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, VP Ashraf K. Malik sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.78, for a total value of $635,460.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now owns 22,211 shares in the company, valued at $2,016,314.58. The trade was a 23.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 13,500 shares of company stock valued at $1,224,470. 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

CF Industries Trading Up 2.0 %

CF traded up $1.72 during trading on Friday, reaching $88.73. 1,811,069 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,745,312. The company has a current ratio of 2.81, a quick ratio of 2.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $69.13 and a one year high of $94.46. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $87.25 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $82.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.44 billion, a PE ratio of 14.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 0.98.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The basic materials company reported $1.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.50. The company had revenue of $1.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.28 billion. CF Industries had a net margin of 19.45% and a return on equity of 14.57%. CF Industries's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.85 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that CF Industries Holdings, Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CF. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of CF Industries from $88.00 to $92.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on CF Industries from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Bank of America downgraded CF Industries from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and set a $83.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on CF Industries in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $114.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Mizuho increased their target price on shares of CF Industries from $76.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, CF Industries presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $90.38.

About CF Industries

CF Industries Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other segments.