Storm Resources (OTCMKTS:SRMLF) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) Financial Review

CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) and Storm Resources (OTCMKTS:SRMLF) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 70.8% of CVR Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CVR Energy and Storm Resources”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	0.59	$27.00 million	$0.68	61.43
Storm Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

CVR Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Storm Resources.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for CVR Energy and Storm Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Energy	5	3	0	0	1.38
Storm Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00

CVR Energy currently has a consensus target price of $30.50, suggesting a potential downside of 26.98%. Given CVR Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CVR Energy is more favorable than Storm Resources.

Profitability

This table compares CVR Energy and Storm Resources’ 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%
Storm Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

CVR Energy beats Storm Resources on 6 of the 8 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 Storm Resources

Storm Resources Ltd. operates as development company, which engages in the exploration and acquisition of oil, natural gas, and liquids reserves. It focuses on capital investment discipline with strict adherence to production and cash flow growth. It operates in northeast British Columbia and has a focused asset base with large land positions in resource plays at Umbach. The company was founded on June 8, 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.