CVI vs. AROC, DINO, DK, MUSA, PARR, PBF, USAC, VLO, EPM, and REX
Should you be buying CVR Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVR Energy include Archrock (AROC), HF Sinclair (DINO), Delek US (DK), Murphy USA (MUSA), Par Pacific (PARR), PBF Energy (PBF), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Valero Energy (VLO), Evolution Petroleum (EPM), and REX American Resources (REX).
CVR Energy vs. Its Competitors
Archrock (NYSE:AROC) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and profitability.
Archrock currently has a consensus target price of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.52%. CVR Energy has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 29.34%. Given Archrock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Archrock is more favorable than CVR Energy.
95.4% of Archrock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Archrock has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Archrock had 2 more articles in the media than CVR Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Archrock and 4 mentions for CVR Energy. CVR Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Archrock's score of 0.86 indicating that CVR Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Archrock has a net margin of 16.38% compared to CVR Energy's net margin of -2.68%. Archrock's return on equity of 18.31% beat CVR Energy's return on equity.
Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. CVR Energy pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 27.8%. Archrock pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Energy pays out -458.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Archrock has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and CVR Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CVR Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Archrock has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CVR Energy. CVR Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Archrock beats CVR Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CVI) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
