CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) Share Price Passes Above 200-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Shares of CVR Partners, LP (NYSE:UAN) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of $118.30 and traded as high as $124.56. CVR Partners shares last traded at $124.1810, with a volume of 33,841 shares changing hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded CVR Partners from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Weiss Ratings upgraded CVR Partners from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy”.

CVR Partners Trading Down 0.7%

The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $117.19 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $118.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.30 billion, a PE ratio of 10.70 and a beta of 0.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 2.75 and a quick ratio of 1.86.

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The basic materials company reported $4.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. CVR Partners had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 40.08%. The company had revenue of $180.05 million during the quarter.

CVR Partners Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, May 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th were paid a $4.00 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 11th. This is a boost from CVR Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. This represents a $16.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 13.0%. CVR Partners’s dividend payout ratio is presently 139.13%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in UAN. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in CVR Partners by 219.8% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 7,209 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $913,000 after purchasing an additional 4,955 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in shares of CVR Partners by 30.6% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 11,054 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,400,000 after purchasing an additional 2,591 shares during the period. Oxbow Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of CVR Partners by 5.7% in the first quarter. Oxbow Advisors LLC now owns 69,768 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $8,838,000 after purchasing an additional 3,738 shares during the period. Webster Bank N. A. purchased a new stake in shares of CVR Partners during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $380,000. Finally, Aristides Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CVR Partners during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $214,000. Institutional investors own 43.83% of the company’s stock.

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.