- CF Industries' (NYSE:CF) credit rating is downgraded to junk status, cut to BB+ from BBB- with a negative outlook, by S&P, just days after Moody's also lowered its rating for the company.
- S&P expects ongoing depressed pricing in the nitrogen fertilizer sector will weaken CF's credit metrics, adding that it does not anticipate any meaningful pricing recovery in 2017.
- Global nitrogen capacity is seen continuing to climb, keeping pressure on prices into 2017, and a slump in grain futures has added to weakness in fertilizer prices.
CF Industries cut to junk by S&P, as no fertilizer price recovery seen in 2017
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