CVR Partners (UAN) Competitors

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) and Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of UAN or ESI?

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer UAN or ESI?

In the previous week, Element Solutions had 14 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Element Solutions and 12 mentions for CVR Partners. CVR Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Element Solutions' score of 1.05 indicating that CVR Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Element Solutions	11 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, UAN or ESI?

CVR Partners has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UAN or ESI a better dividend stock?

CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. CVR Partners pays out 121.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Element Solutions pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is UAN or ESI more profitable?

CVR Partners has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Element Solutions' net margin of 9.94%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 20.61% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	11.59%	20.61%	6.19%
Element Solutions	9.94%	14.68%	7.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UAN or ESI?

CVR Partners received 148 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.50% of users gave CVR Partners an outperform vote while only 47.10% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVR Partners	Outperform Votes 213 59.50%	Underperform Votes 145 40.50%
Element Solutions	Outperform Votes 65 47.10%	Underperform Votes 73 52.90%

Do analysts rate UAN or ESI?

Element Solutions has a consensus target price of $27.88, suggesting a potential upside of 48.87%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Element Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, UAN or ESI?

CVR Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Element Solutions. CVR Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Solutions, 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 Partners	$525.32M	2.38	$172.43M	$5.76	12.70
Element Solutions	$2.46B	1.85	$118.10M	$1.02	18.36

Summary

Element Solutions beats CVR Partners on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.