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CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

CF
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Agricultural Chemicals
SEC CIK
0001324404

No open-market purchases or sales by CF Industries Holdings, Inc. insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 973 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $17.2B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
8.92M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+94.4K
+1.1% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
5.12
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
1.74M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 3,282,580 sharesNov 15, 2024: 4,590,562 sharesNov 29, 2024: 4,694,939 sharesDec 13, 2024: 5,087,744 sharesDec 31, 2024: 4,335,667 sharesJan 15, 2025: 4,609,860 sharesJan 31, 2025: 5,400,360 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 6,137,652 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 6,694,203 sharesMar 14, 2025: 7,960,313 sharesMar 31, 2025: 8,732,759 sharesApr 15, 2025: 8,232,022 sharesApr 30, 2025: 8,541,544 sharesMay 15, 2025: 9,634,726 sharesMay 30, 2025: 8,400,598 sharesJun 13, 2025: 8,179,359 sharesJun 30, 2025: 7,964,378 sharesJul 15, 2025: 7,975,713 sharesJul 31, 2025: 8,508,913 sharesAug 15, 2025: 9,214,607 sharesAug 29, 2025: 10,877,177 sharesSep 15, 2025: 10,391,497 sharesSep 30, 2025: 9,371,440 sharesOct 15, 2025: 9,898,499 sharesOct 31, 2025: 11,166,777 sharesNov 14, 2025: 10,854,340 sharesNov 28, 2025: 11,010,077 sharesDec 15, 2025: 12,714,568 sharesDec 31, 2025: 14,225,423 sharesJan 15, 2026: 12,878,233 sharesJan 30, 2026: 10,932,962 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 11,325,899 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 10,835,950 sharesMar 13, 2026: 8,953,874 sharesMar 31, 2026: 7,247,861 sharesApr 15, 2026: 7,928,906 sharesApr 30, 2026: 7,771,372 sharesMay 15, 2026: 9,084,942 sharesMay 29, 2026: 9,415,037 sharesJun 15, 2026: 10,457,576 sharesJun 30, 2026: 10,268,835 sharesJul 15, 2026: 9,258,902 sharesJul 31, 2026: 8,013,935 sharesAug 14, 2026: 9,233,730 sharesAug 31, 2026: 8,338,174 sharesSep 15, 2026: 9,773,355 sharesSep 30, 2026: 9,980,702 sharesOct 15, 2026: 8,826,486 sharesOct 30, 2026: 8,920,917 shares
Short interest in CF by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20268.92M+94.4K+1.1%1.74M5.12
Oct 15, 20268.83M−1.15M−11.6%2.71M3.26
Sep 30, 20269.98M+207.3K+2.1%2.60M3.83
Sep 15, 20269.77M+1.44M+17.2%2.93M3.34
Aug 31, 20268.34M−895.6K−9.7%2.47M3.38
Aug 14, 20269.23M+1.22M+15.2%2.44M3.78
Jul 31, 20268.01M−1.24M−13.5%2.17M3.69
Jul 15, 20269.26M−1.01M−9.8%2.53M3.66
Jun 30, 202610.3M−188.7K−1.8%3.03M3.39
Jun 15, 202610.5M+1.04M+11.1%2.71M3.86
May 29, 20269.42M+330.1K+3.6%2.92M3.22
May 15, 20269.08M+1.31M+16.9%3.28M2.77
Apr 30, 20267.77M−157.5K−2.0%3.25M2.39
Apr 15, 20267.93M+681.0K+9.4%4.38M1.81
Mar 31, 20267.25M−1.71M−19.1%6.85M1.06
Mar 13, 20268.95M−1.88M−17.4%7.66M1.17
Feb 27, 202610.8M−489.9K−4.3%2.91M3.72
Feb 13, 202611.3M+392.9K+3.6%1.90M5.97
Jan 30, 202610.9M−1.95M−15.1%2.31M4.72
Jan 15, 202612.9M−1.35M−9.5%2.74M4.70
Dec 31, 202514.2M+1.51M+11.9%2.14M6.63
Dec 15, 202512.7M+1.70M+15.5%2.35M5.41
Nov 28, 202511.0M+155.7K+1.4%2.66M4.14
Nov 14, 202510.9M−312.4K−2.8%2.68M4.04
Oct 31, 202511.2M+1.27M+12.8%2.05M5.45
Oct 15, 20259.90M+527.1K+5.6%1.93M5.13
Sep 30, 20259.37M−1.02M−9.8%3.28M2.86
Sep 15, 202510.4M−485.7K−4.5%2.35M4.41
Aug 29, 202510.9M+1.66M+18.0%2.12M5.14
Aug 15, 20259.21M+705.7K+8.3%3.57M2.58
Jul 31, 20258.51M+533.2K+6.7%2.06M4.13
Jul 15, 20257.98M+11.3K+0.1%2.23M3.57
Jun 30, 20257.96M−215.0K−2.6%4.54M1.75
Jun 13, 20258.18M−221.2K−2.6%2.79M2.94
May 30, 20258.40M−1.23M−12.8%2.24M3.75
May 15, 20259.63M+1.09M+12.8%2.93M3.29
Apr 30, 20258.54M+309.5K+3.8%1.94M4.41
Apr 15, 20258.23M−500.7K−5.7%3.26M2.52
Mar 31, 20258.73M+772.4K+9.7%2.58M3.38
Mar 14, 20257.96M+1.27M+18.9%3.19M2.50
Feb 28, 20256.69M+556.6K+9.1%3.24M2.07
Feb 14, 20256.14M+737.3K+13.7%3.12M1.97
Jan 31, 20255.40M+790.5K+17.2%2.07M2.61
Jan 15, 20254.61M+274.2K+6.3%2.01M2.30
Dec 31, 20244.34M−752.1K−14.8%1.70M2.54
Dec 13, 20245.09M+392.8K+8.4%1.62M3.14
Nov 29, 20244.69M+104.4K+2.3%1.79M2.62
Nov 15, 20244.59M+1.31M+39.9%2.01M2.29
Oct 31, 20243.28M+348.3K+11.9%1.50M2.18

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in CF by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 14, 20264$117.25$469
Oct 9, 2026259$113.58$29.4K
Oct 8, 202629$114.44$3.32K
Oct 5, 202626$115.01$2.99K
Sep 21, 2026200$127.70$25.5K
Sep 3, 2026460$139.27$64.1K
Aug 26, 2026189$127.26$24.1K
Aug 24, 2026500$129.60$64.8K
Aug 14, 2026814$117.05$95.3K
Aug 6, 20265,490$116.71$640.7K
Aug 4, 2026526$118.30$62.2K
Aug 3, 2026500$125.19$62.6K
Jul 27, 2026100$125.07$12.5K
Jul 21, 202656$123.57$6.92K
Jul 20, 20263,200$121.42$388.5K
Jul 17, 202679,429$118.66$9.43M
Jul 15, 2026979$119.19$116.7K
Jul 14, 20261,108$120.92$134.0K
Jul 13, 20261,406$116.92$164.4K
Jul 6, 2026450$110.54$49.7K
Jun 30, 202684,555$105.40$8.91M
Jun 29, 20261,749$105.70$184.9K
Jun 26, 2026328$105.49$34.6K
Jun 25, 2026631$103.09$65.0K
Jun 24, 2026351$102.17$35.9K
Jun 23, 20261,307$103.60$135.4K
Jun 17, 20268,635$105.59$911.8K
Jun 15, 20264,110$109.48$450.0K
May 27, 202628$119.16$3.34K
May 26, 2026229$121.70$27.9K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in CF by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 12, 2026330,5392,118606,67054.5%
Nov 11, 2026304,8090493,33361.8%
Nov 10, 2026473,519158835,51356.7%
Nov 9, 2026415,61313771,84653.8%
Nov 6, 2026356,79012675,69252.8%
Nov 5, 2026837,5189,9841,712,62748.9%
Nov 4, 20261,076,7259601,805,81059.6%
Nov 3, 2026459,21881934,39249.1%
Nov 2, 2026436,5473,589965,73945.2%
Oct 30, 2026370,3940634,34658.4%
Oct 29, 2026276,792538519,62553.3%
Oct 28, 2026217,2370464,78846.7%
Oct 27, 2026252,2180523,78648.2%
Oct 26, 2026432,99125690,32562.7%
Oct 23, 2026412,91239701,09158.9%
Oct 22, 2026409,6230657,32362.3%
Oct 21, 2026508,4120855,98959.4%
Oct 20, 2026257,1211,448731,00535.2%
Oct 19, 2026249,0790590,72442.2%
Oct 16, 2026348,2730668,51652.1%
Oct 15, 2026821,3612681,393,91458.9%
Oct 14, 2026659,750491,078,65661.2%
Oct 13, 2026305,2753754,87340.4%
Oct 12, 2026458,8605837,26754.8%
Oct 9, 2026619,1652871,573,12939.4%
Oct 8, 2026324,62817961,41633.8%
Oct 7, 2026419,9262,650847,47549.6%
Oct 6, 2026290,0960644,21845.0%
Oct 5, 2026383,61823745,29651.5%
Oct 2, 2026385,2611,454674,92057.1%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in CF
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T12,787,35264,2201,132,26719,75271.1%
Oct 12, 2026T13,749,67969,4301,474,57722,99671.8%
Oct 5, 2026T13,816,56772,7682,035,01821,49865.2%
Sep 28, 2026T13,343,02379,0841,919,83322,03763.5%
Sep 21, 2026T14,063,87384,7661,838,34728,56168.9%
Sep 14, 2026T12,229,52861,9343,404,98824,49439.6%
Sep 7, 2026T13,077,74866,4361,918,47823,42261.6%
Aug 31, 2026T14,354,02894,6542,845,49137,59760.5%
Aug 24, 2026T12,639,35170,3731,267,73422,77267.6%
Aug 17, 2026T14,254,60181,9132,260,13325,22065.3%
Aug 10, 2026T13,443,24680,6272,180,81020,96261.2%
Aug 3, 2026T13,710,20786,7441,922,31824,53365.9%