CVR Partners (UAN) Competitors

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

Is UAN or ESI a better dividend stock?

CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $15.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CVR Partners pays out 187.0% 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 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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. 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UAN or ESI 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 29.35% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	15.27%	29.35%	8.76%
Element Solutions	9.66%	14.14%	7.17%

Do analysts recommend UAN or ESI?

Element Solutions has a consensus price target of $27.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.84%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 more risk & volatility, UAN or ESI?

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, UAN or ESI?

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
CVR Partners	$525.32M	2.94	$60.90M	$8.32	10.83
Element Solutions	$2.49B	2.51	$244.20M	$1.00	25.87

Does the media favor UAN or ESI?

In the previous week, Element Solutions had 13 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Element Solutions and 0 mentions for CVR Partners. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	Neutral
Element Solutions	Positive

Summary

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