Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, nitrogen fertilizer producer CVR Partners LP
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at CVR's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
CVR facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Sugar Land, Texas (2007) |
| Market Cap | $605.8 million |
| Industry | Agricultural chemicals |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $180.5 million |
| Management |
Chairman/CEO John Lipinski CFO Edward Morgan |
| Operating Margin (Average, Past 3 Years) | 25.2% |
| Cash/Debt | $42.74 million / $0 |
| Competitors |
Agrium
CF Industries
Potash Corp |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97.5% of the 122 members who have rated CVR believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star TMFDeej, who is ranked in the top 1% of our community, and golfinstocks.
Late last month, TMFDeej tapped CVR as an enticing young offering: "This is the first IPO that I've wanted to get into in a long time. ... What's not to like about a spun-off, nitrogen fertilizer producer that plans to pay a massive dividend in an era of high food prices?"
Currently, CVR even boasts a balance sheet with roughly $43 million in cash and no debt. Meanwhile, listed competitors Agrium, CF, and Potash Corp sport debt-to-equity ratios of 0.5, 0.3, and 0.8 respectively.
CAPS member golfinstocks expands on the CVR outperform case:
[T]hey are the only company in N. America that makes the fertilizer from coke or residue from the refinery side of their plant while others are paying for fuel to make it. ... [T]hey sell every last bit of fertilizer they make. In the near future they are going to double their size on the fertilizer side and continue to sell every bit they make. If this deal isnt sweet enough they are expecting dividends of $2 a share.
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