With a market cap of $15.3 billion, Northbrook, Illinois-based CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) operates in the chemicals sector and specializes in nitrogen-based products. It manufactures and distributes nitrogen fertilizers and other industrial nitrogen products, serving markets across North America, Europe, and internationally. The company is expected to release its fiscal Q3 earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect the fertilizer maker to report a profit of $1.05 per share, up 23.5% from $0.85 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in one of the last four quarters while missing on three other occasions. CF exceeded the consensus EPS estimate by 27.8% in the most recent quarter.
