The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-19), CF Industries Holdings's share price is $79.59. CF Industries Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $30.38. Hence, CF Industries Holdings's PB Ratio of today is 2.62.
The historical rank and industry rank for CF Industries Holdings's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CF'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29 Med: 2.78 Max: 7.09
Current: 2.62
During the past 13 years, CF Industries Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 7.09. The lowest was 1.29. And the median was 2.78.
CF's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 73.36% of 244
companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 1.515
vs CF: 2.62
During the past 12 months, CF Industries Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 30.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 19.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of CF Industries Holdings was 179.60% per year. The lowest was -8.50% per year. And the median was 7.80% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
CF Industries Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for CF Industries Holdings's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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CF Industries Holdings Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
PB Ratio
3.56
2.83
4.58
3.30
2.62
CF Industries Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
PB Ratio
3.30
2.59
2.31
2.86
2.62
Competitive Comparison
For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, CF Industries Holdings's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
CF Industries Holdings PB Ratio Distribution
For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, CF Industries Holdings's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where CF Industries Holdings's PB Ratio falls into.
CF Industries Holdings PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
CF Industries Holdings's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
CF Industries Holdings (NYSE:CF) PB Ratio Explanation
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
CF Industries Holdings PB Ratio Related Terms
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CF Industries Holdings (CF Industries Holdings) Business Description
CF Industries is a leading producer and distributor of nitrogen, which is primarily used in fertilizers. The company operates nitrogen manufacturing plants primarily in North America. CF also produces nitrogen in the United Kingdom and holds a joint venture interest in a nitrogen production facility in Trinidad and Tobago. CF makes nitrogen primarily using low-cost U.S. natural gas as its feedstock, making CF one of the lowest-cost nitrogen producers globally. The company is also investing in carbon-free blue and green ammonia, which can be used an alternative fuel to hydrogen or as a means to transport hydrogen.
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