Mizuho Securities Remains a Hold on Cf Industries Holdings (CF)
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In addition to Mizuho Securities, Cf Industries Holdings also received a Hold from RBC Capital's Andrew Wong CFA in a report issued yesterday. However, on June 30, J.P. Morgan maintained a Sell rating on Cf Industries Holdings (NYSE: CF).
The company has a one-year high of $104.45 and a one-year low of $67.34. Currently, Cf Industries Holdings has an average volume of 2.81M.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 71 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of CF in relation to earlier this year. Last month, Ashraf K Malik, the Sr. VP, Manufacturing & D'istn of CF sold 5,498.00 shares for a total of $549,525.10.
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