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CVR Energy, Inc. (CVI)

Energy | Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | Sugar Land, United States | NYSE
33.46 USD +2.49 (8.040%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 32.86 -0.60 (-0.600%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:46 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:43 a.m. EDT

The investment case for CVR Energy is currently fractured between a distressed valuation and deteriorating operational reality. While the stock trades at a fraction of its book value and boasts a massive 123% cumulative gain over the last nine years, the recent price action reveals a company struggling to maintain profitability. Operating margins are deeply negative, free cash flow is bleeding capital, and the board recently slashed the dividend by 80%, signaling that the previous payout was unsustainable given the cash burn. This dividend cut, combined with negative earnings, effectively removes the safety net for income investors. Despite the gloomy fundamentals, the market has not fully priced in the potential for a turnaround, evidenced by the recent 7.8% surge following Carl Ichaan's investment. However, the options data tells a story of hesitation: traders are buying deep puts to protect against further downside while waiting for a catalyst to push the price higher. The statistical forecast offers no directional bias, confirming that the path ahead is unclear. Until operating margins turn positive and free cash flow stabilizes, the stock remains a high-risk speculative play rather than a solid investment, warranting a neutral stance.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.098985
AutoETS0.104867
AutoARIMA0.116233
MSTL0.136649

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 0.83
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.019
Excess Kurtosis 0.27
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-10
Debt to Equity Ratio 245.034
Revenue per Share 74.587
Market Cap 3,363,753,728
Forward P/E 19.21
Beta 0.82
Profit Margins -0.56%
Website https://www.cvrenergy.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:43 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put volume concentrated in the near term (July/August), creating a 'floor' around the $22-$25 range. Conversely, call interest is skewed toward distant expirations (late 2026/2027) at strikes significantly above current prices ($35-$45), suggesting a speculative bet on a recovery rather than immediate momentum. Implied volatility is elevated on both sides, indicating uncertainty about the turnaround timeline.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.29% 0.29% 5.40% 6.88%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-11 0.10 0.286697
2024-08-12 0.50 1.930502
2024-05-10 0.50 1.733102
2024-03-01 0.50 1.525786
2023-11-10 2.00 6.609385
2023-08-11 1.50 4.103967
2023-05-12 0.50 2.098196
2023-03-03 0.50 1.495663
2022-11-10 1.40 3.819918
2022-08-11 3.00 9.460738
2022-05-12 0.40 1.328904
2021-06-11 2.40 12.591816
2020-05-15 0.40 2.170374
2020-02-28 0.80 2.814919
2019-11-01 0.80 1.704303
2019-08-02 0.75 1.521298
2019-05-03 0.75 1.663709
2019-03-01 0.75 1.856895
2018-11-02 0.75 1.781050
2018-08-03 0.75 2.115656
2018-05-04 0.50 1.358326
2018-03-02 0.50 1.655629
2017-11-09 0.50 1.639344
2017-08-03 0.50 2.624672
2017-05-04 0.50 2.341920
2017-02-23 0.50 2.197802
2016-11-03 0.50 3.955696
2016-08-04 0.50 3.597122
2016-05-05 0.50 2.478929
2016-02-25 0.50 2.201673
2015-11-05 0.50 1.092896
2015-08-06 0.50 1.213298
2015-05-07 0.50 1.281394
2015-02-26 0.50 1.213003
2014-11-06 0.75 1.568709
2014-08-07 0.75 1.632920
2014-07-24 2.00 4.122012
2014-05-08 0.75 1.581611
2014-02-27 0.75 1.879699
2013-11-06 0.75 2.190420
2013-08-08 0.75 1.703384
2013-05-30 6.50 10.395011
2013-05-08 0.75 1.312336
2013-02-01 5.50 10.265024
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.1
dividendYield 0.32
exDividendDate 2026-05-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.47
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.015175977
lastDividendValue 0.1
lastDividendDate 2026-05-11
dividendDate 2026-05-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.00032275915
Address1 2,277 Plaza Drive
Address2 Suite 500
All Time High 72.32
All Time Low 2.15
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 400
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 4.2 - Underperform
Average Daily Volume10 Day 983,080
Average Daily Volume3 Month 954,349
Average Volume 954,349
Average Volume10Days 983,080
Beta 0.82
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 400
Board Risk 10
Book Value 5.352
City Sugar Land
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 33.46
Current Ratio 1.438
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 33.88
Day Low 31.785
Debt To Equity 245.034
Display Name CVR Energy
Dividend Date 1,779,062,400
Dividend Rate 0.1
Dividend Yield 0.32
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,568,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,568,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,492,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,355,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,355,200
Ebitda 587,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.07831
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.262
Enterprise To Revenue 0.647
Enterprise Value 4,849,753,600
Eps Current Year -0.14333
Eps Forward 1.74201
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.46
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,778,457,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 31.564
Fifty Day Average Change 1.8959999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.060068432
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -0.032275915
Fifty Two Week High 41.67
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.209999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.19702423
Fifty Two Week Low 19.62
Fifty Two Week Low Change 13.839998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.70540255
Fifty Two Week Range 19.62 - 41.67
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,193,146,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 8.85
Float Shares 29,321,760
Forward Eps 1.74201
Forward P E 19.207697
Free Cashflow -102,250,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,532
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.09859
Gross Profits 739,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0
Held Percent Institutions 1.0223
Implied Shares Outstanding 100,530,599
Industry Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Industry Disp Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Industry Key oil-gas-refining-marketing
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=203637&p=irol-IRHome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,778,457,600
Last Dividend Value 0.1
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary CVR Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in renewable fuels and petroleum refining and marketing, and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. It operates through three segments: Petroleum, Renewables, and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and markets transportation fuels, such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and distillates; and includes crude gathering and logistics activities that support refinery operations. This segment also owns and operates a coking, medium-sour crude oil refinery in Kansas; and a crude oil refinery in Oklahoma. This segment serves retailers, railroads, farm cooperatives, and other refiners/marketers. The Renewables segment refines renewable feedstocks, including soybean oil, corn oil, and other renewable feedstocks into renewable diesel; and marketing of renewables products. The Nitrogen Fertilizer segment owns and operates a nitrogen fertilizer plant in Coffeyville, Kansas 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 urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) and nitric acid. This segment primarily markets UAN products to agricultural customers; and ammonia products to agricultural and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas. CVR Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P.
Long Name CVR Energy, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 3,363,753,728
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_5092377
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -42,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,113,432,651
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 31.67
Operating Cashflow 403,000,000
Operating Margins -0.07323
Overall Risk 9
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.71
Phone 281 207 3200
Post Market Change -0.5999985
Post Market Change Percent -1.7931814
Post Market Price 32.86
Post Market Time 1,783,986,405
Previous Close 30.97
Price Eps Current Year -233.4473
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.2518682
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.44873983
Profit Margins -0.0056
Quick Ratio 0.829
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key underperform
Recommendation Mean 4.16667
Region US
Regular Market Change 2.49
Regular Market Change Percent 8.04004
Regular Market Day High 33.88
Regular Market Day Low 31.785
Regular Market Day Range 31.785 - 33.88
Regular Market Open 31.67
Regular Market Previous Close 30.97
Regular Market Price 33.46
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 1,029,050
Return On Assets 0.026659999
Return On Equity 0.046479996
Revenue Growth 0.203
Revenue Per Share 74.587
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 100,530,599
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.047199998
Shares Short 4,742,387
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 4,801,957
Short Name CVR Energy Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1617
Short Ratio 4.42
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol CVI
Target High Price 35.0
Target Low Price 25.0
Target Mean Price 28.8
Target Median Price 28.0
Total Cash 512,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.093
Total Debt 1,800,999,936
Total Revenue 7,496,000,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.47
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.015175977
Trailing Eps -0.46
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 30.69755
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.7624493
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.089989245
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,029,050
Website https://www.cvrenergy.com
Zip 77,479