---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001324404-24-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CF"
cik: "0001324404"
company_name: "CF Industries Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T02:23:18.998060+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CF Industries Q1 net earnings $194M, EPS $1.03, revenue $1.47B, adj. EBITDA $459M

## Summary
- Net earnings $194M ($1.03/diluted) vs $560M ($2.85) in Q1 2023; net sales $1.47B down from $2.01B.
- Adjusted EBITDA $459M vs $866M; gross margin fell to 27.8% from 42.9%.
- Production outages from severe cold and maintenance incurred ~$75M higher maintenance expenses; ammonia production 2.1M tons vs 2.4M.
- Executed JDA with JERA to explore ~1.4M ton low-carbon ammonia plant at Louisiana Blue Point; FID expected within a year.
- Repurchased 4.3M shares for $347M in Q1; $2.2B remaining under $3B buyback program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001324404-24-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CF
- cik: 0001324404
- company_name: CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440424000012/0001324404-24-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324404/000132440424000012/cf-20240501.htm

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