CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) Trading Down 3.3% – Should You Sell?

CVR Partners, LP (NYSE:UAN) traded down 3.3% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $135.10 and last traded at $133.7670. 7,860 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 88% from the average session volume of 66,746 shares. The stock had previously closed at $138.37.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on UAN shares. Weiss Ratings cut CVR Partners from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of CVR Partners from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CVR Partners currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

CVR Partners Stock Down 6.1%

The firm has a market cap of $1.37 billion, a PE ratio of 13.92 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 2.21. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $114.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $103.09.

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported ($0.97) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $131.07 million during the quarter. CVR Partners had a net margin of 16.28% and a return on equity of 32.82%.

CVR Partners Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 9th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.37 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. CVR Partners’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.85%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CVR Partners

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Aristides Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of CVR Partners during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $214,000. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury purchased a new position in CVR Partners during the 4th quarter valued at $165,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in CVR Partners by 33.3% in the 4th quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 557 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $57,000 after purchasing an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of CVR Partners by 6.0% in the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,757 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $385,000 after purchasing an additional 211 shares during the period. Finally, Jump Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of CVR Partners by 26.2% in the 4th quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 5,931 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $608,000 after purchasing an additional 1,231 shares during the period. 43.83% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About CVR Partners

CVR Partners, L.P. (NYSE: UAN) is a publicly traded master limited partnership focused on the production and marketing of nitrogen fertilizer products. Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, the partnership owns and operates two nitrogen fertilizer plants in Coffeyville, Kansas, where it manufactures ammonia, granular urea, and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solutions. These products are essential nutrients for a wide range of row and specialty crops, helping growers optimize yield and soil fertility across diverse agricultural applications.

The partnership’s operations center on two integrated facilities connected by pipeline, rail and trucking infrastructure, enabling efficient logistics and year-round production.