10-K annual report · filed Feb 25, 2026

CF Industries (CF) FY2025 10-K Annual Report

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CF Industries (CF) filed its fiscal 2025 10-K annual report with the SEC on Feb 25, 2026. It reported revenue of $7.1B (+19.3% year over year) and net income of $1.5B.

  • Top risk flagged: "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (July 2025) modified carbon sequestration tax credits and limited clean hydrogen production tax credit duration, threatening CF's low-carbon ammonia project economics

FY2025 key financial metrics · XBRL

Revenue
$7.1B
+19.3% YoY
Net income
$1.5B
+19.5% YoY
Operating margin
32.5%
+3.1 pp YoY
Gross margin
38.5%
+3.8 pp YoY
EPS (diluted)
$8.97
+33.1% YoY
ROE
30.1%
+5.6 pp YoY
Operating cash flow
$2.8B
+21.2% YoY

Source: XBRL data from the CF Industries (CF) FY2025 10-K on SEC EDGAR. USD.

CF Industries FY2025 10-K analysis

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Business Overview

  • World's largest ammonia producer; sells ammonia and derivatives (urea, UAN, AN) primarily as fertilizer, with growing low-carbon ammonia segment
  • Blue Point JV formed April 2025 with JERA (35%) and Mitsui (25%); $3.7B ATR facility targeting 1.4M metric ton annual capacity, production starting 2029
  • Donaldsonville CCS project completed July 2025 for ~$200M; enables up to 1.9M tons/yr low-carbon ammonia and 2M metric tons CO₂ sequestration annually
  • Net sales jumped to $7.08B in 2025 vs $5.94B in 2024 on 19.1M tons sold; gross margin expanded to $2.72B from $2.06B
  • Yazoo City AN facility idled November 2025 after incident in upgrade area; production not expected to resume until Q4 2026 at earliest

Management Discussion & Analysis

  • Revenue $7.08B, up $1.15B (+19%) YoY; avg selling price $372/ton vs $313/ton driven by strong global demand and geopolitical supply disruptions
  • Gross margin 38.5% vs 34.6%; operating earnings $2.30B vs $1.75B; net earnings attributable to common stockholders $1.46B vs $1.22B (+19%); EPS $8.97 vs $6.74
  • Best segment: Granular Urea gross margin 47.0% vs 42.1%; worst: AN gross margin 18.8% vs 18.9%, with Yazoo City incident idling production through at least Q4 2026
  • Capex $950M vs $518M; buybacks $1.37B (16.6M shares); dividends $326M; operating cash flow $2.75B vs $2.27B; issued $1B 2035 Notes, redeemed $750M 2026 Notes
  • 2026 capex guidance ~$1.3B ($550M existing ops + $600M Blue Point JV + $150M infrastructure); key risks: Henry Hub avg $6.32/MMBtu Jan–Feb 2026, tariff uncertainty, Yazoo City outage reducing 2026 ammonia production to ~9.5M tons

Risk Factors

  • "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (July 2025) modified carbon sequestration tax credits and limited clean hydrogen production tax credit duration, threatening CF's low-carbon ammonia project economics
  • Louisiana imposed indefinite moratorium on new Class VI underground injection well applications (Oct 2025), directly blocking CO₂ sequestration permits critical to Blue Point low-carbon ammonia complex
  • Donaldsonville complex ~40% of total ammonia production capacity: single-site concentration in Gulf Coast hurricane zone creates outsized operational disruption risk
  • EU CBAM effective Jan 1, 2026 requires certificate purchases in 2027 for nitrogen fertilizer imports, disrupting trade flows and low-carbon ammonia investment returns
  • $3.25B total debt (~29% of total capitalization), all unsecured senior notes maturing 2034–2044, with $750M revolving credit facility undrawn but leveraged against volatile commodity earnings

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