Piper Sandler analyst Charles Neivert lowered the firm’s price target on CF Industries to $73 from $75 and keeps an Underweight rating on the shares. The firm reduced price targets in the chemicals group saying recent data reinforced its belief that planted acreage and yield may push the crop carryout of U.S. corn crop to a higher than currently forecast level, taking corn prices and thus fertilizer prices downward in the second half of 2024 and 2025. A crop of the size possible would also significantly increase U.S. and global stocks-to-use ratios, barring a sizable miss in another major growing region, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Due to continued risk, Piper reduced forecasts for nitrogen fertilizer prices across company models along with potash pricing.
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