CVR Energy (CVI) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CVI or PBF?

PBF Energy has higher revenue and earnings than CVR 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
CVR Energy	$9.25B	0.23	$769M	$0.69	30.53
PBF Energy	$38.32B	0.09	$2.14B	-$2.59	-11.98

Does the media prefer CVI or PBF?

In the previous week, PBF Energy had 3 more articles in the media than CVR Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PBF Energy and 11 mentions for CVR Energy. CVR Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.59 indicating that CVR Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PBF Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CVI or PBF a better dividend stock?

CVR Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CVR Energy pays out 289.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PBF Energy pays out -42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVI or PBF?

PBF Energy received 226 more outperform votes than CVR Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.00% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVR Energy	Outperform Votes 236 53.76%	Underperform Votes 203 46.24%
PBF Energy	Outperform Votes 462 56.00%	Underperform Votes 363 44.00%

Do analysts prefer CVI or PBF?

CVR Energy presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.19%. PBF Energy has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.12%. Given CVR Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CVR Energy is more favorable than PBF Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Energy	5 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.29
PBF Energy	6 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CVI or PBF?

98.9% of CVR Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of PBF Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CVI or PBF more profitable?

CVR Energy has a net margin of 0.89% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -0.84%. CVR Energy's return on equity of 2.88% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Energy	0.89%	2.88%	0.69%
PBF Energy	-0.84%	-2.84%	-1.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, CVI or PBF?

CVR Energy has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CVR Energy beats PBF Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.