CVR Energy (CVI) Competitors

PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PBF or CVI?

96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend PBF or CVI?

PBF Energy currently has a consensus target price of $29.55, suggesting a potential upside of 27.76%. CVR Energy has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.11%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than CVR Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PBF Energy	6 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57
CVR Energy	5 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.29

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PBF or CVI?

CVR Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PBF Energy. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PBF Energy	$33.12B	0.08	-$533.80M	-$4.71	-4.91
CVR Energy	$7.61B	0.27	$769M	$0.06	338.92

Does the media prefer PBF or CVI?

In the previous week, CVR Energy had 13 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CVR Energy and 9 mentions for PBF Energy. CVR Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.62 indicating that CVR Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PBF Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CVR Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PBF or CVI?

PBF Energy received 226 more outperform votes than CVR Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.86% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote while only 53.39% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PBF Energy	Outperform Votes 462 55.86%	Underperform Votes 365 44.14%
CVR Energy	Outperform Votes 236 53.39%	Underperform Votes 206 46.61%

Is PBF or CVI a better dividend stock?

PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CVR Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. PBF Energy pays out -23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Energy pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is PBF or CVI more profitable?

CVR Energy has a net margin of 0.09% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -1.61%. CVR Energy's return on equity of -4.99% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PBF Energy	-1.61%	-7.40%	-3.40%
CVR Energy	0.09%	-4.99%	-1.23%

Which has more risk and volatility, PBF or CVI?

PBF Energy has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CVR Energy beats PBF Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.