Company: CF
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001324404-25-000030
Chunk: 139

Company: CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 139
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 includes $21 million of income tax expense related to an increase in our unrecognized tax benefits resulting from ongoing tax audits, which increased our effective tax rate by 1.3 percentage points. 

Our effective tax rate is impacted by earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interests as our consolidated income tax provision does not include a tax provision on the earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interests. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 of 20.4%, which is based on pre-tax income of $1.64 billion, including $252 million of earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interests, would be 3.7 percentage points higher, or 24.1%, if based on pre-tax income exclusive of the earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interests of $252 million. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 of 18.4%, which is based on pre-tax income of $1.33 billion, including $195 million of earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest, would be 3.1 percentage points higher, or 21.5%, if based on pre-tax income exclusive of the earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest of $195 million. 

Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests 

Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests increased $57 million to $252 million in the first nine months of 2025 compared to $195 million in the first nine months of 2024 due primarily to higher earnings of CFN driven by higher average selling prices and the impact of higher sales volume, partially offset by higher natural gas costs. In addition, the increase also reflects the earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interests in the Blue Point joint venture, which was formed in the second quarter of 2025. See “Overview of CF Holdings—Our Strategy—Blue Point joint venture,” above, Note 12—Variable Interest Entity and Note 13—Noncontrolling Interests for additional information on the Blue Point joint venture.

Diluted Net Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders 

Diluted net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders increased $1.53, or 31%, to $6.39 per share in the first nine months of 2025 from $4.86 per share in the first nine months of 2024. This increase was due to higher net earnings driven by an increase in gross margin and lower