UAN vs. ESI, CSWI, AVNT, PCT, MEOH, PRM, CC, NGVT, BAK, and ECVT
Should you be buying CVR Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVR Partners include Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), and Ecovyst (ECVT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
CVR Partners vs. Its Competitors
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
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.
Element Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $25.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than CVR Partners.
In the previous week, Element Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Element Solutions and 3 mentions for CVR Partners. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of CVR Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are owned 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.
CVR Partners has a net margin of 13.95% compared to Element Solutions' net margin of 11.56%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 25.44% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Partners has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Element Solutions pays out 26.9% 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.
Summary
Element Solutions beats CVR Partners on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:UAN) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
