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CF Industries CF Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

Air Products and Chemicals logo
Air Products and ChemicalsAPD
13.9%+3.5pp
Linde logo
LindeLIN
18.5%+1.3pp
Union Pacific logo
Union PacificUNP
40.7%-1.8pp
Albemarle logo
AlbemarleALB
-2.3%-1.0pp
Generac Holdings logo
Generac HoldingsGNRC
12%-0.4pp
Dow logo
DowDOW
-16.7%-18.8pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.0B+19.4%
Gross profit$746.0M+30.4%
Operating income$863.0M+89.7%
Net income$676.0M+92.6%
EPS (diluted)$3.98+115%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.0B+45.2%
Total debt$3.6B+9.8%
Total equity$5.3B+11.8%
Total assets$14.6B+9.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$496.0M-15.4%
CapEx$223.0M+68.9%
Free cash flow$273.0M-39.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$16.26B+53.3%
Enterprise value$17.84B+44.5%
P/E7.7×+1.0×
P/S2.2×+0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin39.1%+2.9pp
Operating margin36.6%+5.6pp
Net margin28.7%+2.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.7×0.0×
Current ratio3.5×+0.9×

Where this comes from

Calculated from CF Industries’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: CF Industries’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is CF Industries's return on equity?
CF Industries (CF) reported return on equity of 41.9% in Q1 2026.
How has CF Industries's return on equity changed year-over-year?
CF Industries's return on equity increased by 34.8% year-over-year, from 31.1% to 41.9%.
What is the long-term trend for CF Industries's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CF Industries's return on equity has grown at a 7.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 97.2% to 131.7%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.