May 24, 2013
The company is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products in North America. The company's operations are organized into two business segments: the nitrogen fertilizer business and the phosphate fertilizer business. The company's principal products in the nitrogen fertilizer business are ammonia, urea and urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN). The company's principal products in the phosphate fertilizer business are diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP). The company supplies approximately 24% of the nitrogen and approximately 12% of the phosphate used in agricultural fertilizer applications in the United States. North America accounts for 91% of CF's sales
BULL POINTS
CF is a leader in US nitrogen. The company has one of the highest market shares in the US corn-belt (30% nitrogen, 17% phosphate) making CF the closest pure-play on potential growth in US corn acres tied to corn use for ethanol production. CF is the second largest nitrogen producer in North America with 3.6m tons of ammonia and 2.5m tons of urea capacity. CF is the #3 producer of phosphate fertilizer in North America based on 1m tons of phosphoric acid capacity in Florida. CF Industries is a leading US producer and distributor of nitrogen (75% of sales) and phosphate (25% of sales) fertilizers. The company has a 23% share of the total US nitrogen market and a 12% share of US phosphates.
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