CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The basic materials company reported $4.72 EPS for the quarter, Zacks reports. The business had revenue of $180.05 million during the quarter. CVR Partners had a return on equity of 40.46% and a net margin of 18.89%.

CVR Partners Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:UAN traded up $0.63 during trading on Friday, reaching $129.44. The stock had a trading volume of 47,041 shares, compared to its average volume of 74,196. CVR Partners has a 52 week low of $78.25 and a 52 week high of $139.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.15 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a quick ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 2.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $123.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $108.61.

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 issued a dividend of $4.00 per share. This represents a $16.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.4%. This is a boost from CVR Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 11th. CVR Partners’s dividend payout ratio is 12.87%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of CVR Partners by 33.3% in the 4th 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 boosted its position in shares of CVR Partners by 6.0% during the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,757 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $385,000 after acquiring an additional 211 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 275 shares during the period. Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 355 shares during the period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in CVR Partners by 86.3% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,630 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $147,000 after purchasing an additional 755 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 43.83% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have commented on UAN. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of CVR Partners from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of CVR Partners from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, CVR Partners presently has an average rating of “Hold”.

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.