---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001324404-23-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CF"
cik: "0001324404"
company_name: "CF Industries Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T10:47:59.772079+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CF Industries reports record FY2022 net earnings $3.35B, EPS $16.38, adjusted EBITDA $5.88B

## Summary
- Net earnings $3.35B ($16.38/diluted) vs $917M ($4.24) in 2021; net sales $11.19B up from $6.54B.
- Q4 net earnings $860M ($4.35/diluted) vs $705M ($3.27) in Q4 2021; sales $2.61B vs $2.54B.
- Full-year gross ammonia production 9.8M tons; 2023 production guidance ~9.5M tons.
- Returned $1.65B to shareholders via buybacks ($1.35B) and dividends; new $3B buyback program authorized.
- Signed MOU with JERA for up to 500K metric tons/year clean ammonia starting 2027; FEED study with Mitsui progressing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001324404-23-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CF
- cik: 0001324404
- company_name: CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+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/1324404/000132440423000003/0001324404-23-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440423000003/cf-20230215.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001324404-23-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CF Industries Holdings, Inc. reported the full year ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $3.35 billion, EPS $16.38 per diluted share.
  - Period: the full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $3.35 billion
  - EPS: $16.38 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Full year net earnings of $3.35 billion (1) , or $16.38 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440423000003/0001324404-23-000003-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CF Industries Holdings, Inc. reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $860 million, EPS $4.35 per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $860 million
  - EPS: $4.35 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Fourth quarter net earnings of $860 million (1) , or $4.35 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440423000003/0001324404-23-000003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.