CVR Partners (UAN) Competitors

CSW Industrials (NYSE:CSW) and CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) are both chemicals companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is CSW or UAN more profitable?

CVR Partners has a net margin of 15.27% compared to CSW Industrials' net margin of 15.18%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 29.35% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSW Industrials	15.18%	13.78%	10.43%
CVR Partners	15.27%	29.35%	8.76%

Which has more risk & volatility, CSW or UAN?

CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Partners has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CSW or UAN?

CSW Industrials currently has a consensus price target of $319.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.52%. Given CSW Industrials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CSW or UAN a better dividend stock?

CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $15.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.7%. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. CSW Industrials has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and CVR Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CSW or UAN?

CSW Industrials has higher revenue and earnings than CVR Partners. CVR Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, 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
CSW Industrials	$878.30M	4.80	$136.65M	$8.37	29.96
CVR Partners	$525.32M	2.87	$60.90M	$8.32	10.58

Does the media refer more to CSW or UAN?

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 16 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CSW Industrials and 1 mentions for CVR Partners. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.82 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CSW Industrials	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CVR Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CSW or UAN?

82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of CVR Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CSW Industrials beats CVR Partners on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.