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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
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.
95.5% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are owned by 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.
Archrock has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Archrock had 5 more articles in the media than CVR Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Archrock and 5 mentions for CVR Energy. CVR Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Archrock's score of 1.01 indicating that CVR Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Archrock presently has a consensus target price of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.16%. CVR Energy has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.89%. Given Archrock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Archrock is more favorable than CVR Energy.
Summary
Archrock beats CVR Energy on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CVI) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff