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CVR Energy Inc(CVI)

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ADVISORIES YOU CAN VERIFY
QUALITY SIGNAL RECENCY
4-STAR RATING
STRONG BUY
BUY for 45 days
PROFIT SINCE LAST BUY
+53.31%
LAST CLOSE
$53.69
09/18/2026
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Upturn Advisory & Investor View for CVI

09/18/2026: CVI (4-star) is a STRONG-BUY. BUY for 45 days. Simulated Profits (53.31%). Updated daily EoD!

How to Read the Upturn Advisory

The Upturn Star Rating and the current BUY, SELL, or PASS advisory are generated by Upturn’s AI advisory engine based on proprietary signal analysis, price behavior, advisory history, and historical signal performance.

Company fundamentals, valuation, risks, and news provide supporting context about the business.

Price Behavior

Strong Uptrend
PRICE PATH

Strong Uptrend

The stock has maintained a strong upward price trend across the last three quarters.

Choppy
PRICE STABILITY

Choppy

The stock has experienced frequent reversals and pronounced short-term price swings.

Analysis of Past Performance

Type Stock
Historic Profit 60.66%
Avg. Invested days 35
Today’s Advisory Strong Buy
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Upturn Scorecard

Upturn Star Rating

CVI receives a 2-star rating, supported by available scored pillars. The rating is constrained by weak unit economics, soft analyst coverage, and limited analyst upside.

Company Fundamentals

CVI has moderate overall fundamentals (3 stars), with moderate financial health, moderate growth momentum, and moderate ownership. In FY2025 versus FY2024, strong earnings growth (+285.7%) is partially offset by soft cash generation (FCF margin -0.6%), negative revenue growth (-5.9%), soft profitability (net margin 0.4%).

Financial Health Rating

CVI's financial health is supported by moderate liquidity, including working-capital and asset support (WC/assets 14.8%). Profitability is soft (2 stars), which helps explain the 3-star overall score.

Growth Momentum Score

Earnings growth is CVI's strongest growth driver at +285.7% FY2025 versus FY2024 (strong, 5 stars). By comparison, while revenue growth (-5.9%, negative) and free-cash-flow growth (-123.8%, negative) hold the profile back, so recent growth is not broad-based across the business.

Ownership

Institutional ownership is 104.4% and approximately 29.2% of outstanding shares are publicly tradable, supporting liquidity and institutional participation. Insider ownership is only 0.00%, which materially reduces the ownership score.

Top 5 Institutional Investors

ICAHN CARL C 70.83%
BlackRock Inc 4.77%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC 2.17%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 2.04%
State Street Corp 1.93%

Unit Economics (Per $1K Revenue)

CVI generates approximately $44 of gross profit, $23 of operating income, and $-6 of free cash flow for every $1,000 of revenue. Based on FY2025 results. Strong cash conversion and healthy margins support the rating, although capital efficiency remains below the highest tier.

Economic Dimensions

Effective Tax Rate: -12.50% (Tax Credit)

Quantitative Style Profile

CVI has a high-quality profile. No single quantitative factor dominates as a drawback.

Style Classification

Quality Focused

Value-OrientedQuality TiltSmall / Mid Cap RiskShort Squeeze Risk

Key Highlights

Company Size Mid-Cap Stock
Market Capitalization 5.40B USD
Price to earnings Ratio 77.81
1Y Target Price 33.4
Price to earnings Ratio 77.81
1Y Target Price 33.4
Volume (30-day avg) 1.1M shares
Beta 0.84
52 Weeks Range 19.20 - 54.64
Updated Date 09/20/2026
52 Weeks Range 19.20 - 54.64
Updated Date 09/20/2026
Dividends yield (FY) 1.05%
Basic EPS (TTM) 0.69

Analyzing Revenue: Products, Geography and Growth

Revenue by Products

Product revenue - Year on Year

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Valuation

Trailing PE 77.81
Forward PE 40.49
Enterprise Value 6.46B
Price to Sales(TTM) 0.64
Enterprise Value 6.46B
Price to Sales(TTM) 0.64
Enterprise Value to Revenue 0.76
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 8.23
Shares Outstanding 100.53M
Shares Floating 29.32M
Shares Outstanding 100.53M
Shares Floating 29.32M
Percent Insiders -
Percent Institutions 104.39

Financial Metrics

🧭 Investment Snapshot

Total Revenue (Scale)

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Net Income (Profit)

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Free Cash Flow (Cash Strength)

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📈 Growth & Strength

Operating Income (Core Profit)

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EBITDA (Cash Earnings)

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Gross Profit (Unit Profitability)

Information icon Revenue minus cost of revenue, showing profit after direct production costs. It is needed to evaluate core business profitability before overhead expenses.

🛡️ Financial Safety

Cash (Liquidity Buffer)

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Total Debt (Leverage Risk)

Information icon Total debt including both short-term and long-term components. It is needed to assess the company’s leverage and financial risk.

Net Working Capital (Short-Term Health)

Information icon Current assets minus current liabilities, indicating short-term liquidity strength. It is needed to assess whether the company can meet its short-term obligations.

🧱 Balance Sheet Strength

Stockholder Equity (Net Worth)

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Total Assets (Asset Base)

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Income Before Tax (Pre-Tax Earnings)

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⚙️ Cost & Drag Factors

Cost of Revenue (Production Cost)

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Total Operating Expenses (Operating Cost)

Information icon Indirect costs of running the business such as salaries, marketing, and administration. It is needed to understand how much it costs to sustain ongoing business operations.

Income Tax Expense (Tax Drag)

Information icon Amount of taxes paid or payable to the government. It is needed to evaluate the impact of taxation on overall profitability.

About CVR Energy Inc

Exchange NYSE
Headquarters Sugar Land, TX, United States
IPO Launch date 2007-10-23
President, CEO & Director Mr. Dane J. Neumann CPA
Sector Energy
Industry Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Full time employees 1532
Full time employees 1532

CVR Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in renewable fuels and petroleum refining and marketing, and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. It operates through three segments: Petroleum, Renewables, and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and markets transportation fuels, such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and distillates; and includes crude gathering and logistics activities that support refinery operations. This segment also owns and operates a coking, medium-sour crude oil refinery in Kansas; and a crude oil refinery in Oklahoma. This segment serves retailers, railroads, farm cooperatives, and other refiners/marketers. The Renewables segment refines renewable feedstocks, including soybean oil, corn oil, and other renewable feedstocks into renewable diesel; and marketing of renewables products. The Nitrogen Fertilizer segment owns and operates a nitrogen fertilizer plant in Coffeyville, Kansas that utilizes a pet coke gasification process to produce nitrogen fertilizer products; and a nitrogen fertilizer facility in East Dubuque, Illinois that produces nitrogen fertilizers in the form of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) and nitric acid. This segment primarily markets UAN products to agricultural customers; and ammonia products to agricultural and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas. CVR Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P.