CVR Energy (CVI) Competitors

CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) and Archrock (NYSE:AROC) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CVI or AROC?

Archrock has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CVR Energy	$7.61B	0.43	$7M	-$1.97	-16.34
Archrock	$1.16B	3.56	$172.23M	$1.18	19.77

Which has more volatility and risk, CVI or AROC?

CVR Energy has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CVI or AROC?

98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Archrock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Archrock shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CVI or AROC?

CVR Energy presently has a consensus price target of $23.80, suggesting a potential downside of 26.04%. Archrock has a consensus price target of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.30%. Given Archrock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Archrock 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
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to CVI or AROC?

In the previous week, CVR Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CVR Energy and 3 mentions for Archrock. CVR Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Archrock's score of 0.96 indicating that CVR Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archrock	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CVI or AROC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Energy	-2.68%	-12.66%	-2.75%
Archrock	16.38%	18.31%	6.21%

Summary

Archrock beats CVR Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.