How to buy CVR Energy stock | 14.89

CVR Energy, Inc is an oil & gas refining & marketing business based in the US. CVR Energy shares (CVI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. CVR Energy employs 1,486 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$5 billion.

How to buy shares in CVR Energy

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for CVR Energy. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CVI. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until CVR Energy reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$14.89, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of CVR Energy, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of CVR Energy. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted CVR Energy's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, CVR Energy's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$14.89, which is 56.80% down on its pre-crash value of USD$34.47 and 7.20% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$13.89.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of CVR Energy shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$481.25 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$435.09.

CVR Energy share price

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CVR Energy shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$14.89
52-week range	USD$11.41 - USD$48.43
50-day moving average	USD$13.4114
200-day moving average	USD$18.0373
Wall St. target price	USD$16.92
PE ratio	16.9286
Dividend yield	USD$1.6 (9.62%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.706

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CVR Energy price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $14.89 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-23)	-3.37%
1 month (2020-10-30)	35.24%
3 months (2020-08-28)	-16.54%
6 months (2020-05-29)	-27.01%

1 year (2019-11-29)	-65.68%
2 years (2018-11-30)	-60.55%
3 years (2017-11-30)	-54.40%
5 years (2015-11-30)	-68.82%

Is CVR Energy under- or over-valued?

Valuing CVR Energy stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of CVR Energy's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

CVR Energy's P/E ratio

CVR Energy's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, CVR Energy shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

CVR Energy's EBITDA

CVR Energy's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$397 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a CVR Energy's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

CVR Energy financials

Revenue TTM	USD$5 billion
Operating margin TTM	2.34%
Gross profit TTM	USD$988 million
Return on assets TTM	1.89%
Return on equity TTM	-0.06%
Profit margin	1.42%
Book value	$11.738
Market capitalisation	USD$1.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting CVR Energy shares

There are currently 2.2 million CVR Energy shares held short by investors – that's known as CVR Energy's "short interest". This figure is 7.9% up from 2.0 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting CVR Energy shares can be evaluated.

CVR Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

CVR Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of CVR Energy shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of CVR Energy shares traded daily (recently around 828943.18181818). CVR Energy's SIR currently stands at 2.64. In other words for every 100,000 CVR Energy shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2640 shares are currently held short.

However CVR Energy's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of CVR Energy shares, or, against the total number of tradable CVR Energy shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case CVR Energy's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 CVR Energy shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0746% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable CVR Energy shares, roughly 75 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against CVR Energy.

Find out more about how you can short CVR Energy stock.

CVR Energy share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 198.02% of net profits

Recently CVR Energy has paid out, on average, around 198.02% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 9.62% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), CVR Energy shareholders could enjoy a 9.62% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In CVR Energy's case, that would currently equate to about $1.6 per share.

CVR Energy's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

CVR Energy's most recent dividend payout was on 26 May 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 15 May 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

CVR Energy share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, CVR Energy's shares have ranged in value from as little as $11.41 up to $48.43. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while CVR Energy's is 1.9625. This would suggest that CVR Energy's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

CVR Energy overview

CVR Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in petroleum refining and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Petroleum and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and markets gasoline, diesel fuel, and other refined products. It owns and operates a coking medium-sour crude oil refinery in southeast Kansas; and a crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, as well as supporting logistics assets. This segment primarily serves retailers, railroads, farm co-operatives, and other refiners/marketers. The Nitrogen Fertilizer segment owns and operates a nitrogen fertilizer plant in North America that utilizes a pet coke gasification process to produce nitrogen fertilizer products; and a nitrogen fertilizer facility in East Dubuque, Illinois that produces nitrogen fertilizers in the form of ammonia and UAN. It primarily markets UAN products to agricultural customers; and ammonia products to agricultural and industrial customers. CVR Energy, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is based in Sugar Land, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of CVR Energy is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.002% of CVR Energy shares are held by insiders and 94.876% by institutions.

• How many people work for CVR Energy?

  Latest data suggests 1,486 work at CVR Energy.

• When does the fiscal year end for CVR Energy?

  CVR Energy's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is CVR Energy based?

  CVR Energy's address is: 2277 Plaza Drive, Sugar Land, TX, United States, 77479

• What is CVR Energy's ISIN number?

  CVR Energy's international securities identification number is: US12662P1084

• What is CVR Energy's CUSIP number?

  CVR Energy's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 12662P108