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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · CF Industries (CF)

CF Industries Q1 2026 net earnings rise to $615 million from $312 million

Positive Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

CF Industries reported first-quarter 2026 net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $615 million, or $3.98 per diluted share, up from $312 million, or $1.85 per diluted share, a year earlier. The results included a gain of about $170 million from a litigation settlement, which the company cited alongside tight global nitrogen supply as drivers of higher adjusted EBITDA.

Key points

  • Q1 2026 net sales were $1.99 billion ($1,986 million), up from $1,663 million in Q1 2025.
  • Q1 2026 adjusted EBITDA was $983 million, compared with $644 million in Q1 2025.
  • Q1 2026 results include a gain of about $170 million from a litigation settlement.
  • Q1 2026 gross margin was 37.6% of net sales, compared with 34.4% in Q1 2025.

The filing

CompanyCF Industries (CF)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 6, 2026, 4:51 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-056338

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 06, 2026.

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