REX American Resources (REX) Competitors

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

Is REX or CVI more profitable?

REX American Resources has a net margin of 10.07% compared to CVR Energy's net margin of 0.89%. REX American Resources' return on equity of 11.05% beat CVR Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
REX American Resources	10.07%	11.05%	9.90%
CVR Energy	0.89%	2.88%	0.69%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of REX or CVI?

88.1% of REX American Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of REX American Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend REX or CVI?

REX American Resources presently has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.31%. CVR Energy has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.75%. Given REX American Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe REX American Resources is more favorable than CVR Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
REX American Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CVR Energy	5 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.29

Does the media prefer REX or CVI?

In the previous week, CVR Energy had 4 more articles in the media than REX American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CVR Energy and 0 mentions for REX American Resources. REX American Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat CVR Energy's score of 0.29 indicating that REX American Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
REX American Resources	Very Positive
CVR Energy	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor REX or CVI?

CVR Energy received 62 more outperform votes than REX American Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.50% of users gave REX American Resources an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
REX American Resources	Outperform Votes 174 63.50%	Underperform Votes 100 36.50%
CVR Energy	Outperform Votes 236 53.76%	Underperform Votes 203 46.24%

Which has better earnings and valuation, REX or CVI?

CVR Energy has higher revenue and earnings than REX American Resources. REX American Resources 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
REX American Resources	$833.38M	0.88	$60.94M	$3.82	10.88
CVR Energy	$9.25B	0.23	$769M	$0.69	30.93

Which has more risk and volatility, REX or CVI?

REX American Resources has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

REX American Resources beats CVR Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.