CVR Partners (UAN) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, ESI or UAN?

Element Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than CVR Partners. 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
Element Solutions	$2.46B	2.27	$244.20M	$1.00	23.13
CVR Partners	$525.32M	3.12	$60.90M	$7.13	13.44

Is ESI or UAN more profitable?

CVR Partners has a net margin of 15.27% compared to Element Solutions' net margin of 9.66%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 29.92% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Element Solutions	9.66%	14.14%	7.17%
CVR Partners	15.27%	29.92%	8.74%

Which has more risk & volatility, ESI or UAN?

Element Solutions has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Partners has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ESI or UAN?

Element Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $27.38, indicating a potential upside of 18.35%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than CVR Partners.

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

Is ESI or UAN a better dividend stock?

Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Element Solutions pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Partners pays out 126.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CVR Partners has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CVR Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ESI or UAN?

92.3% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of CVR Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ESI or UAN?

In the previous week, Element Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Element Solutions and 11 mentions for CVR Partners. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.70 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Element Solutions	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CVR Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Element Solutions beats CVR Partners on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.