CVR Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in renewable fuels and petroleum refining and marketing, and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. It operates through three segments: Petroleum, Renewables, and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and markets transportation fuels, such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and distillates; and includes crude gathering and logistics activities that support …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Strong Liquidity BufferLiquidity position is strong (score 0.77), providing operational cushion.
Key risks
Commodity Pressure / Weak DifferentiationGross margin at 29.4th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.24), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
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CVR Energy Inc. ranks #16 of 19
scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing by moat score — the top 84%.
The widest moat in the group is Star Group L.P. (SGU)
at 81/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CVI in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 41
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 24
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 22
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 54
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 29
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
CVR Energy Inc. (CVI) scores 29 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #16 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, the top 84%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 18 companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. Its strongest defense is Resilience (54/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (16/100).
How does CVR Energy Inc. compare with other Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies?
CVR Energy Inc. ranks #16 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing is Star Group L.P. (SGU) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are World Kinect Corporation (WKC) at 31 just above it and PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) at 22 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 18 companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is CVR Energy Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for CVR Energy Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CVI scores: Pricing Power (16), Cost Advantage (41), Customer Stickiness (24), Capital Efficiency (22), Resilience (54), Scale & Market Position (29). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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