CVR Partners (UAN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, UAN or CSWI?

CVR Partners has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, UAN or CSWI?

CVR Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CSW Industrials. 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
CVR Partners	$525.32M	2.60	$172.43M	$5.76	13.85
CSW Industrials	$858.61M	6.11	$101.65M	$8.37	37.33

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in UAN or CSWI?

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of CSW Industrials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UAN or CSWI more profitable?

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.53% compared to CVR Partners' net margin of 11.59%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 20.61% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	11.59%	20.61%	6.19%
CSW Industrials	15.53%	15.72%	10.93%

Do analysts prefer UAN or CSWI?

CSW Industrials has a consensus price target of $342.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Given CSW Industrials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials 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
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media prefer UAN or CSWI?

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 5 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CSW Industrials and 10 mentions for CVR Partners. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat CVR Partners' score of 1.06 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CSW Industrials	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UAN or CSWI a better dividend stock?

CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. CVR Partners pays out 121.5% 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 pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UAN or CSWI?

CSW Industrials received 33 more outperform votes than CVR Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.22% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 59.61% of users gave CVR Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVR Partners	Outperform Votes 214 59.61%	Underperform Votes 145 40.39%
CSW Industrials	Outperform Votes 247 62.22%	Underperform Votes 150 37.78%

Summary

CSW Industrials beats CVR Partners on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.