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How CF Industries Holdings, Inc. stacks up
CF · against 95 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Valuation
94/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #5 of 96 · scores higher than 93% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score17 peers with a valuation score of 90–100, including CF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 94?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its earnings yield, EBITDA yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 83% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 10.8% vs peer median 2.6%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 85% of peers. EBITDA yield: 22.0% vs peer median 8.5%
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 90% of peers. Earnings yield: 14.1% vs peer median 3.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CF | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 96 reported | 11.5% | 5.8% | 87% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 97 reported | 17.6% | 11.5% | 79% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 35 reported | 10.8% | 4.5% | 85% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 92 reported | 32.5% | 49.2% | 25% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CF| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 195.7B HKD (≈$25.0B) | 97 | 74 | |
| 2 | 263.2B HKD (≈$33.7B) | 96 | 71 | |
| 3 | 87.3B HKD (≈$11.2B) | 95 | 72 | |
| 3 | 11.4B USD | 95 | 67 | |
| 5 | 92.8B HKD (≈$11.9B) | 94 | 64 | |
| 5 | 17.7B USD | 94 | 88 | |
| 5 | 16.0B CAD (≈$11.7B) | 94 | 80 | |
| 5 | 98.7B NOK (≈$9.4B) | 94 | 78 | |
| 9 | 87.0B CNY (≈$12.2B) | 93 | 86 | |
| 9 | 83.2B HKD (≈$10.7B) | 93 | 55 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score