REX American Resources (REX) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, CVI or REX?

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
CVR Energy	$7.87B	0.23	$769M	$0.69	26.10
REX American Resources	$671.88M	1.05	$60.94M	$3.82	10.48

Do analysts recommend CVI or REX?

CVR Energy presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.71%. REX American Resources has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.33%. Given REX American Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe REX American Resources is more favorable than CVR 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
REX American Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CVI or REX?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVI or REX?

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

Is CVI or REX 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
CVR Energy	0.89%	2.88%	0.69%
REX American Resources	10.07%	11.05%	9.90%

Does the media refer more to CVI or REX?

In the previous week, CVR Energy had 9 more articles in the media than REX American Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CVR Energy and 0 mentions for REX American Resources. CVR Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat REX American Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that CVR Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CVR Energy	Positive
REX American Resources	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CVI or REX?

CVR Energy has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, REX American Resources has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

REX American Resources beats CVR Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.