CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) Shares Gap Up – Should You Buy?

CVR Partners, LP (NYSE:UAN) gapped up before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $126.00, but opened at $130.00. CVR Partners shares last traded at $129.25, with a volume of 5,600 shares.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

CVR Partners Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $1.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.57 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a fifty day moving average of $117.18 and a 200 day moving average of $104.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14, a current ratio of 2.21 and a quick ratio of 1.36.

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported ($0.97) EPS for the quarter. CVR Partners had a return on equity of 32.82% and a net margin of 16.28%.The firm had revenue of $131.07 million for the quarter.

CVR Partners Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 9th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.37 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. CVR Partners’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.85%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of UAN. Oxbow Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of CVR Partners by 2,439.6% in the fourth quarter. Oxbow Advisors LLC now owns 66,030 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $6,768,000 after buying an additional 63,430 shares in the last quarter. Natixis bought a new position in shares of CVR Partners in the second quarter valued at $4,442,000. ING Groep NV increased its holdings in shares of CVR Partners by 156.9% in the fourth quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 50,100 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,135,000 after buying an additional 30,600 shares in the last quarter. GraniteShares Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of CVR Partners in the fourth quarter valued at $2,876,000. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in shares of CVR Partners in the first quarter valued at $1,595,000. 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.