Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

CVR Energy, Inc. CVI

$54.83 +0.86% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.51B

Strong trend

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The shares trade at 79.5× trailing earnings, higher than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  2. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 62 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $8.47B, up 17.9% from a year earlier, accelerating from 1.4% a quarter earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth69Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 21%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 19%
Quality35Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
  • Gross marginBottom 5%
  • Operating marginBottom 20%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 27%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 50%
  • Interest coverBottom 27%
Value47Neutral

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 32%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 48%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 46%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 13%
Momentum91Exceptional

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 44%
  • 6-month returnTop 2%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 20%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 1%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 5%
Revisions10Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 40%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 1%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 2%
Stability29Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 25%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 40%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 33%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 50%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)1.4%17.9%↑
Gross margin-2.2%3.4%↑
Operating margin-4.3%1.6%↑
FCF margin-2.9%4.1%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)17.9%1.4%↑Top 32%
Gross margin3.4%-2.2%↑Bottom 5%
Operating margin1.6%-4.3%↑Bottom 20%
Net margin0.8%-4.6%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin4.1%-2.9%↑—
Return on invested capital3.4%—Bottom 30%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-13.1%—Bottom 21%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-11.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.2%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+15.6 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.43×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
1.3×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.13%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
0.13%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.0%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.0%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
4 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+1.7%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.9%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$37.00
Target vs current price
-32.5%
Analysts with a rating
18
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
0%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 29, 2026+31.7%+2.6%-1.2%+12.3%—
Apr 29, 2026-129.6%+4.5%+7.9%-1.9%+2.5%
Feb 18, 2026+4.8%-0.7%-3.6%+32.4%+50.3%
Oct 29, 2025+100.0%+2.0%-4.9%-11.0%-42.2%
Jul 30, 2025-187.5%-2.9%-10.1%-3.0%+24.6%
Apr 28, 2025+35.6%+1.6%+9.7%+27.6%+53.1%
Feb 18, 2025-1200.0%-0.4%+13.5%+11.4%+23.9%
Oct 28, 2024-284.6%+0.3%-32.8%-21.1%-12.9%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 29, 2026$0.34$0.26+31.7%$2.74B
Apr 29, 2026-$1.24-$0.54-129.6%$1.98B
Feb 18, 2026-$0.80-$0.84+4.8%$1.81B
Oct 29, 2025$0.40$0.20+100.0%$1.94B
Jul 30, 2025-$0.23-$0.08-187.5%$1.76B
Apr 28, 2025-$0.58-$0.90+35.6%$1.65B
Feb 18, 2025-$0.13-$0.01-1200.0%$1.95B
Oct 28, 2024-$0.50-$0.13-284.6%$1.83B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)79.5×9.3×88thBottom 32%
P/E (forward)32.7×———
EV / EBITDA8.8×——Top 46%
EV / Sales0.78×——Top 12%
Free-cash-flow yield6.28%——Top 48%
Earnings yield1.26%——Bottom 32%

P/E over the past five years

Range 3.9× – 220.7× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✓ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
39
Days above the 200-day average
62
50-day average slope (20 days)
+23.0%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+5.6%
Distance from 50-day average
+29.6%
Distance from 200-day average
+69.6%
RSI (14)
74.7
Relative volume
0.65×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
55.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
61th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.71
Correlation with S&P 500
0.18
Current drawdown from 1-year high
+0.0%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-57.7%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 7, 2022Oct 31, 2024-63.1%604 days460 days (Sep 3, 2026)
Mar 11, 2021Aug 19, 2021-44.4%112 days39 days (Oct 14, 2021)
Oct 25, 2021Dec 16, 2021-31.6%37 days20 days (Jan 14, 2022)
Oct 8, 2020Oct 28, 2020-25.3%14 days8 days (Nov 9, 2020)
Jan 18, 2022Mar 1, 2022-24.8%29 days7 days (Mar 10, 2022)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$5.51B
P/E (TTM)
79.5
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.69
Revenue (TTM)
$8.47B
Dividend yield
1.04%
52-week range
$19.62 – $56.24
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$7.24B$10.90B$9.25B$7.61B$7.16B
Gross profit$209.0M$1.12B$1.27B$197.0M$315.0M
Operating income$87.0M$963.0M$1.12B$58.0M$167.0M
Net income$25.0M$463.0M$769.0M$7.0M$27.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.25$4.60$7.65$0.07$0.27
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$1.83B$1.95B$1.65B$1.76B$1.94B$1.81B$1.98B$2.74B
Net income-$124.0M$29.0M-$123.0M-$114.0M$374.0M-$110.0M-$192.0M-$3.0M
EPS (diluted)-$1.23$0.29-$1.22-$1.13$3.72-$1.09-$1.91-$0.03
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$396.0M$967.0M$948.0M$404.0M$144.0M
Capital expenditure-$249.0M-$274.0M-$262.0M-$232.0M-$185.0M
Free cash flow$147.0M$693.0M$686.0M$172.0M-$41.0M
Dividends paid-$241.0M-$483.0M-$453.0M-$151.0M$0
Net share buybacks-$1.0M-$12.0M$0$0$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$737.0M
Total assets
$4.08B
Total liabilities
$3.33B
Total debt
$1.80B
Net debt
$1.06B
Shareholders’ equity
$525.0M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 10, 2026$0.10Aug 17, 2026
May 11, 2026$0.10May 18, 2026
Mar 2, 2026$0.37Mar 9, 2026
Aug 12, 2024$0.50Aug 19, 2024
May 10, 2024$0.50May 20, 2024
Mar 1, 2024$0.50Mar 11, 2024
Nov 10, 2023$2.00Nov 20, 2023
Aug 11, 2023$1.50Aug 21, 2023

Short interest

Shares sold short
5,804,898
Days to cover
4.72
Change vs previous report
+8.4%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.