NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

CF Industries Holdings

(NYSE:

CF

) is tomorrow, February 10, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 40 cents per share. At a price of $190.87 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 0.8%.

The average volume for CF has been two million shares per day over the past 30 days. CF has a market cap of $11.27 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

chemicals

industry. Shares are up 30.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, CF Industries, Inc., manufactures and distributes nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products, serving agricultural and industrial customers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Nitrogen and Phosphate. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.2, above the average chemicals industry P/E ratio of 9.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates CF as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. You can view the full

CF Ratings Report

.

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