CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) Rating Increased to Buy at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note published on Saturday morning.

Separately, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of CVR Partners from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

CVR Partners Trading Down 0.4%

NYSE:UAN opened at $128.25 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $123.75 and its 200-day moving average is $108.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 2.75. CVR Partners has a 52 week low of $78.25 and a 52 week high of $139.50. The firm has a market cap of $1.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.15 and a beta of 0.16.

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

CVR Partners Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be paid a $4.00 dividend. This represents a $16.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.5%. This is an increase from CVR Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 11th. CVR Partners’s payout ratio is presently 12.87%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CVR Partners

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of CVR Partners by 33.3% in the fourth quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 557 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $57,000 after buying an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in shares of CVR Partners by 6.0% in the fourth quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,757 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $385,000 after buying an additional 211 shares in the last quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of CVR Partners by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,408 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $862,000 after buying an additional 215 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of CVR Partners by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 5,823 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $597,000 after buying an additional 275 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of CVR Partners by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,745 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $691,000 after buying an additional 355 shares in the last quarter. 43.83% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

CVR Partners Company Profile

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.