CVR Energy (CVI) Competitors

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

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVI or PBF?

PBF Energy received 226 more outperform votes than CVR Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.41% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVR Energy	Outperform Votes 236 54.25%	Underperform Votes 199 45.75%
PBF Energy	Outperform Votes 462 56.41%	Underperform Votes 357 43.59%

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, 5.3% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher 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	0.20	$769M	$0.69	27.28
PBF Energy	$38.32B	0.09	$2.14B	-$2.59	-11.86

Does the media favor CVI or PBF?

In the previous week, PBF Energy had 3 more articles in the media than CVR Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PBF Energy and 0 mentions for CVR Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat CVR Energy's score of 1.00 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CVR Energy	Positive
PBF Energy	Positive

Do analysts recommend CVI or PBF?

CVR Energy currently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.51%. PBF Energy has a consensus target price of $34.18, suggesting a potential upside of 11.27%. Given CVR Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CVR Energy is more favorable than PBF Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Energy	4 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33
PBF Energy	4 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

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 10.6%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CVI or PBF?

CVR Energy has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PBF Energy beats CVR Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.