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CF Industries CFCF Industries said its net sales for Q3 2024 were $1.37 billion, up $97 million (8%) from $1.27 billion for Q3 2023. The Waggaman acquisition accounted for $77 million of the increase, and the average selling price rose 7%, to $286 per ton from $268.
Key points
AI summaryCF Industries said its net sales for Q3 2024 were $1.37 billion, up $97 million (8%) from $1.27 billion for Q3 2023. The Waggaman acquisition accounted for $77 million of the increase, and the average selling price rose 7%, to $286 per ton from $268.
The company said its cost of sales for Q3 2024 rose to $926 million, an increase of $30 million (3%). Its cost of natural gas, including the impact of realized derivatives, fell 17%, to $2.10 per MMBtu from $2.54, and the Waggaman acquisition added $50 million to cost of sales.
CF Industries said its diluted net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders for Q3 2024 were $1.55, compared with $0.85 a year earlier, an increase of $0.70 (82%). The company cited higher gross margin, lower interest expense and the non-recurrence of the equity method investment impairment in Q3 2023 as factors behind the increase.
In the first 9 months of 2024, the company repurchased about 14.4 million shares for $1.13 billion under its 2022 Share Repurchase Program. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.85 billion, down $426 million over the same period, and net cash used in financing activities was $1.74 billion.
Key figures
Quarter ended September 30, 2024
- Revenue
- $1.4B
- Operating income
- $364M
- Net income
- $341M
- EPS
- $1.55
- Gross profit
- $444M
From the XBRL financial data filed with the SEC · not processed by AI.
Summary
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Q3 Net Sales and Average Selling Price
CF Industries said its net sales for Q3 2024 were $1.37 billion, up $97 million (8%) from $1.27 billion for Q3 2023. The Waggaman acquisition accounted for $77 million of the increase, and the average selling price rose 7%, to $286 per ton from $268.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
Q3 Natural Gas Costs and Cost of Sales
The company said its cost of sales for Q3 2024 rose to $926 million, an increase of $30 million (3%). Its cost of natural gas, including the impact of realized derivatives, fell 17%, to $2.10 per MMBtu from $2.54, and the Waggaman acquisition added $50 million to cost of sales.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
Q3 Diluted Earnings Per Share
CF Industries said its diluted net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders for Q3 2024 were $1.55, compared with $0.85 a year earlier, an increase of $0.70 (82%). The company cited higher gross margin, lower interest expense and the non-recurrence of the equity method investment impairment in Q3 2023 as factors behind the increase.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
9-Month Share Repurchases and Cash Flows
In the first 9 months of 2024, the company repurchased about 14.4 million shares for $1.13 billion under its 2022 Share Repurchase Program. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.85 billion, down $426 million over the same period, and net cash used in financing activities was $1.74 billion.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
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