---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001324404-22-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CF"
cik: "0001324404"
company_name: "CF Industries Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T12:40:59.404977+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CF Industries posts record 9M net earnings of $2.49B; announces $3B buyback, ExxonMobil CO2 capture deal

## Summary
- Q3 net earnings $438M ($2.18/diluted); 9M net earnings $2.49B ($12.04/diluted).
- Net sales Q3 $2.32B (+70% YoY); 9M $8.58B (+115% YoY).
- Board authorized new $3B share repurchase program through 2025, replacing $1.5B program.
- Commercial agreement with ExxonMobil to capture and store up to 2M tons CO2/year from Donaldsonville Complex; startup early 2025.
- Initiated FEED study with Mitsui for greenfield blue ammonia facility in Ascension Parish, LA; FID expected H2 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001324404-22-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CF
- cik: 0001324404
- company_name: CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440422000026/0001324404-22-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440422000026/cf-20221102.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CF Industries Holdings, Inc. reported the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: net income $438 million, EPS $2.18 per diluted share.
  - Period: the third quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Net income: $438 million
  - EPS: $2.18 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: • Third quarter net earnings of $438 million (1) , or $2.18 per diluted share, EBITDA (2) of $826 million, and adjusted EBITDA (2) of $983 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440422000026/0001324404-22-000026-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CF Industries Holdings, Inc. reported the first nine months ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $8.58 billion, net income $2.49 billion, EPS $12.04 per diluted share.
  - Period: the first nine months ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $8.58 billion
  - Net income: $2.49 billion
  - EPS: $12.04 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the first nine months of 2022, net earnings attributable to common stockholders were $2.49 billion, or $12.04 per diluted share, and EBITDA was $4.30 billion, which include the impact of pre-tax impairment and restructuring charges of $257 million related to the Company’s UK operations; adjusted EBITDA was $4.58 billion. These results compare to the first nine months of 2021 net earnings attributable to common stockholders of $212 million, or $0.98 per diluted share and EBITDA of $984 million, which included the impact of pre-tax impairment charges of $495 million related to the Company’s UK operations; and adjusted EBITDA of $1.49 billion. Net sales in the first nine months of 2022 were $8.58 billion compared to $4.00 billion in the first nine months of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440422000026/0001324404-22-000026-index.htm

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