CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI – Get Free Report) and Teekay (NYSE:TK – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares CVR Energy and Teekay’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CVR Energy | 0.81% | -15.21% | -3.33% |
| Teekay | 15.78% | 7.91% | 7.26% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for CVR Energy and Teekay, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CVR Energy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.75 |
| Teekay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
CVR Energy currently has a consensus target price of $45.75, indicating a potential downside of 21.45%. Given CVR Energy’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CVR Energy is more favorable than Teekay.
Risk & Volatility
CVR Energy has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Teekay shares are held by institutional investors. 70.8% of CVR Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Teekay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares CVR Energy and Teekay”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CVR Energy | $7.16 billion | 0.82 | $27.00 million | $0.68 | 85.65 |
| Teekay | $949.52 million | 1.36 | $98.11 million | $2.08 | 7.15 |
Teekay has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CVR Energy. Teekay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Teekay beats CVR Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CVR Energy
CVR Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the petroleum refining and marketing, and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. It operates in two segments, Petroleum and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and supplies gasoline, crude oil, distillate, diesel fuel, and other refined products. This segment also owns and operates a coking medium-sour crude oil refinery in southeast Kansas; and a crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, as well as supporting logistics assets. This segment primarily serves retailers, railroads, farm cooperatives, and other refiners/marketers. The Nitrogen Fertilizer segment owns and operates a nitrogen fertilizer plant in North America that utilizes a pet coke gasification process to produce nitrogen fertilizer products; and a nitrogen fertilizer facility in East Dubuque, Illinois that produces nitrogen fertilizers in the form of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), nitric acid, and liquid and granulated urea. This segment primarily markets UAN products to agricultural customers; and ammonia products to agricultural and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1906 and is based in Sugar Land, Texas. CVR Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises L.P.
About Teekay
Teekay Corporation engages in the international crude oil and other marine transportation services worldwide. The company owns and operates crude oil and refined product tankers. It also provides ship-to-ship support services; tanker commercial management operation services; and operational and maintenance marine services. As of March 1, 2024, the company operated a fleet of approximately 53 owned and chartered-in vessels. It serves energy and utility companies, major oil traders, large oil consumers and petroleum product producers, government agencies, and various other entities that depend upon marine transportation. Teekay Corporation was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.
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