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

CF Industries Q2 net earnings rise to $727 million, EPS $4.73 from $2.37

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

CF Industries reported second-quarter 2026 net sales of $2.2 billion, up from $1.9 billion a year earlier, and net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $727 million, up from $386 million. Adjusted EBITDA rose to $1.2 billion from $761 million, and the company said its Yazoo City Complex remains offline and is expected to resume operations in the first half of 2027, which affects its 2026 ammonia output.

Key points

  • Q2 2026 net earnings attributable to common stockholders were $727 million, or $4.73 per diluted share, versus $386 million, or $2.37 per diluted share, in Q2 2025.
  • Q2 2026 net sales were $2.2 billion ($2,222 million) versus $1.9 billion in Q2 2025; gross margin was 51.5% versus 39.9%.
  • The company returned $302 million to shareholders in Q2 2026, including about 2 million shares repurchased for $225 million, and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share, a 20% increase over the prior quarterly dividend.
  • Gross ammonia production for 2026 is expected to be about 9.5 million tons, including the impact of the Yazoo City outage that followed an incident in November 2025.

The filing

CompanyCF Industries (CF)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 5, 2026, 5:22 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-091275

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 AM ET, from this filing 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 August 05, 2026.

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