CF Industries

Name: CF Industries (CF) shares outstanding since 2006, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CF Industries has retired 57.5% of its shares since 2010, from 356,489,680 to 151,338,130.

The 2010 peak comes after shares issued to buy Terra Industries in 2010. In 2009 the count was 242,888,920, so the retirement is measured from after that issuance.

57.5%retired since 2010

29.4%last 5 years

3.0%last 12 months

151Mshares today

Shares outstanding, 2006 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2006, 275,860,5052026-08-03, 151,338,130

A share bought in 2006

1.8× more of CF Industries today, without buying another share. It was one of 275,860,505 shares then. It is one of 151,338,130 now.

Every filing we read20 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2006	2006-06-30	275,860,505	10-K	cover page
2007	2007-06-30	281,282,010	10-K	cover page
2008	2008-12-31	241,957,920	10-K
2009	2010-01-29	242,888,920	10-K
2010	2011-01-31	356,489,680	10-K	review share change, capital issuance
2011	2012-01-31	327,380,510	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	315,021,285	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	277,329,400	10-K
2014	2015-01-31	239,539,560	10-K
2015	2016-01-29	233,082,556	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	233,114,691	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	233,292,049	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	222,890,557	10-K
2019	2020-01-31	216,171,177	10-K
2020	2021-01-29	214,159,740	10-K
2021	2022-01-31	207,304,882	10-K
2022	2023-01-31	195,768,339	10-K
2023	2024-01-31	188,337,896	10-K
2024	2025-01-31	169,536,803	10-K
2025	2026-01-30	153,668,821	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of CF Industries on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

CF Industries buybacks, answered

Is CF Industries buying back its stock?

Yes. CF Industries has 3.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 151,338,130 as of August 3, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 29.4%.

How many shares has CF Industries bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, CF Industries has 205.2 million fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 57.5% of the company.

How many shares does CF Industries have outstanding?

151,338,130 shares, as of August 3, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 356,489,680.

What do CF Industries' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held CF Industries stock in 2010 owns 2.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does CF Industries compare with other cannibal stocks?

CF Industries ranks No. 23 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Western Union (58.4%), Marathon Petroleum (58.3%), Best Buy (57.3%), Star Group (56.7%).

Every answer is computed from CF Industries' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.