CVR Energy
CVR Energy's revenue fell 5.9% to $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 2.5%, up from 0.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was −$41 million, against $225 million a year earlier.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share fell 0.4% a year and net income grew 0.9% a year.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value CVR Energy yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from CVR Energy's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from CVR Energy's 3-year average free cash flow of $309M, net cash of −$1.3B at December 31, 2025 and 100 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to CVR Energy: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, -13.1% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 13%: 11% for a cyclical or higher-risk business (Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $6.2B, plus 1 point for unsteady results (revenue fell in two of the last five years); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $62.02
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from CVR Energy's earnings per share of $0.68 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 17.1×, the middle of CVR Energy's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Energy median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 14%, 13% and 12%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $62.02
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- CVR Energy's P/E at the last close
- 91.2×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVR EnergyCVI | $62.02 | $0.68 | 91.2× |
| HF SinclairDINO | $125.25 | $10.51 | 11.9× |
| PBF EnergyPBF | $80.55 | $11.33 | 7.1× |
| Par PacificPARR | $83.17 | $17.15 | 4.8× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 510 | 510 | 581 | 987 | 511 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,660 | 1,548 | 2,144 | 1,958 | 1,766 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 1,150 | 1,038 | 1,563 | 971 | 1,255 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.1x | 0.8x | 1.1x | 2.7x | 2.1x |
| Debt to equity | 3.0x | 2.9x | 2.5x | 2.8x | 2.4x |
| Interest coverage | 0.8x | 10.3x | 12.5x | 0.5x | 1.3x |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.7x | 1.8x |
| Quick ratio | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 1.2x | 1.1x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $16.4 million of CVR Energy shares on the open market, and none sold any.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | Icahn Enterprises G.p. Inc.10% owner | Bought | 275,012 | $21.41 | $5.9 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Icahn Enterprises G.p. Inc.10% owner | Bought | 244,940 | $20.75 | $5.1 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Icahn Enterprises G.p. Inc.10% owner | Bought | 263,452 | $20.78 | $5.5 million | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −4.1% | −8.8% | −2.9% |
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVR Energy | FY25 | −5.9% | 2.5% | −0.6% | 9.1% | 2.1x | 8 | |
| Par Pacific | FY25 | −6.4% | 7.2% | 4.0% | 19.3% | 1.0x | 6 | Compare |
| HF Sinclair | FY25 | −6.0% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 6.6% | 1.0x | 8 | Compare |
| PBF Energy | FY25 | −11.4% | −0.2% | −2.7% | −0.6% | 5.2x | 4 | Compare |
| World Kinect | FY25 | −12.4% | −1.5% | 0.6% | −20.9% | — | 5 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 4,782 | 5,988 | 7,124 | 6,364 | 3,930 | 7,242 | 10,896 | 9,247 | 7,610 | 7,162 |
| Revenue growth | −12.0% | 25.2% | 19.0% | −10.7% | −38.2% | 84.3% | 50.5% | −15.1% | −17.7% | −5.9% |
| Gross profit | 190 | 272 | 661 | 702 | −189 | 218 | 1,130 | 1,273 | 205 | 346 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 70 | 145 | 532 | 580 | −333 | 87 | 963 | 1,123 | 58 | 182 |
| Net income | 25 | 263 | 259 | 380 | −256 | 25 | 463 | 769 | 7 | 27 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 0.28 | 3.03 | 2.80 | 3.78 | −2.54 | 0.25 | 4.60 | 7.65 | 0.06 | 0.27 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 267 | 248 | 628 | 747 | 90 | 396 | 967 | 948 | 404 | 144 |
| Capital expenditure | 133 | 120 | 102 | 121 | 124 | 224 | 191 | 205 | 179 | 185 |
| Free cash flow | 134 | 128 | 526 | 626 | −34 | 172 | 776 | 743 | 225 | −41 |
| Dividends paid | 174 | 174 | 238 | 306 | 121 | 241 | 483 | 453 | 151 | 0 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 9 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 46 | 71 | 34 | 15 | 42 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 736 | 482 | 668 | 652 | 667 | 510 | 510 | 581 | 987 | 511 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,194 | 1,192 | 1,167 | 1,195 | 1,691 | 1,660 | 1,548 | 2,144 | 1,958 | 1,766 |
| Total assets | 4,050 | 3,807 | 4,000 | 3,905 | 3,978 | 3,906 | 4,119 | 4,707 | 4,263 | 3,706 |
| Total liabilities | 2,262 | 1,984 | 2,057 | 2,237 | 2,759 | 3,136 | 3,328 | 3,669 | 3,375 | 2,808 |
| Shareholders' equity | 858 | 919 | 1,286 | 1,393 | 1,019 | 553 | 531 | 847 | 703 | 730 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 4.0% | 4.5% | 9.3% | 11.0% | −4.8% | 3.0% | 10.4% | 13.8% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 2.4% | 7.5% | 9.1% | −8.5% | 1.2% | 8.8% | 12.1% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 4.4% | 3.6% | 6.0% | −6.5% | 0.3% | 4.2% | 8.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.8% | 2.1% | 7.4% | 9.8% | −0.9% | 2.4% | 7.1% | 8.0% | 3.0% | −0.6% |
| Return on capital | 3.0% | 6.1% | 17.6% | 18.4% | −11.8% | 4.2% | 41.3% | 41.0% | 2.6% | 9.1% |
| Return on equity | 2.7% | 29.6% | 23.5% | 28.4% | −21.2% | 3.2% | 85.4% | 111.6% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Return on assets | 0.7% | 6.7% | 6.6% | 9.6% | −6.5% | 0.6% | 11.5% | 17.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.7x | 1.8x | 0.6x | 0.6x | — | 3.1x | 0.8x | 1.1x | 2.7x | 2.1x |