Company: CF
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001324404-25-000030
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Company: CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 tons assume a 32% nitrogen content basis for production volume.

Third Quarter of 2025 Compared to Third Quarter of 2024

Net Sales

Our total net sales increased $289 million, or 21%, to $1.66 billion in the third quarter of 2025 compared to $1.37 billion in the third quarter of 2024, due primarily to higher average selling prices, partially offset by lower sales volume. 

Our average selling price was $368 per ton in the third quarter of 2025 compared to $286 per ton in the third quarter of 2024. Average selling prices for all of our major products were higher in the third quarter of 2025 than in the third quarter of 2024 due primarily to strong demand for all nitrogen products, supply disruptions due to geopolitical issues, unexpected production outages in Egypt, Iran and Russia, and higher global energy costs that raised the global market clearing price required to meet global demand. Global demand was particularly strong in the Northern Hemisphere, India and Brazil. The impact of higher average selling prices was an increase in net sales of approximately $370 million for the third quarter of 2025 compared to the third quarter of 2024.

Our total sales volume was 4.5 million product tons in the third quarter of 2025 compared to 4.8 million product tons in the third quarter of 2024, as lower sales volume in our Granular Urea and UAN segments was partially offset by higher sales volume in our Ammonia and Other segments. The impact of lower sales volume was a decrease in net sales of approximately $81 million.

Cost of Sales

Our total cost of sales increased $101 million, or 11%, to $1.03 billion in the third quarter of 2025 from $926 million in the third quarter of 2024. The increase in our cost of sales primarily reflects higher costs for natural gas, including the impact of realized derivatives, which increased cost of sales by $73 million and higher costs in the third quarter of 2025 associated with maintenance activity, partially offset by a decrease in sales volume.

Cost of sales averaged $228 per ton in the third quarter of 2025, an 18% increase compared to $193 per ton in the third quarter of 2024. Our cost of natural gas, including the impact of realized derivatives, increased $0.86 per MMBtu, or 41%, to $2.96 per MMBtu in the third