CF Industries Holdings, Inc. ( CF ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 15, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $ 0.3 per share is scheduled to be paid on February 28, 2017. Shareholders who purchased CF prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 8th quarter that CF has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day’s last sale of CF was $ 36.71, representing a -2.68% decrease from the 52 week high of $ 37.72 and a 76.75% increase over the 52 week low of $ 20.77.
CF is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Monsanto Company ( MON ) and Syngenta AG ( SYT ). CF’s current earnings per share, an indicator of a company’s profitability, is $ .29. Zacks Investment Research reports CF’s forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as -79.94%, compared to an industry average of 9.8%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CF Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to CF through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CF as a top-10 holding:
- Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF ( RTM ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is RTM with an increase of 15.22% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of CF at 3.76%.
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