CVI Stock — CVR Energy, Inc.

CVR Energy, Inc. (CVI)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CVI is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.65%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.93%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 41/100 (Caution). Total return is 966.9% over the past 19 years, 355.3 points ahead of SPY at 611.6%.

CVR Energy is a petroleum refiner and marketer with operations in renewable fuels and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing across the United States, operating refineries in Kansas and Oklahoma alongside renewable diesel and fertilizer production facilities. The company distributes quarterly at a modest current distribution rate. CVR Energy appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to energy infrastructure and commodity-driven businesses.

CVI performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 966.9% over the past 19 years, 355.3 points ahead of SPY at 611.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 88.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 48.2%.

CVI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

41 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.27%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/23/2007

Distribution rate

0.65%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.93%

5-year average yield

3.63

Last close

$61.42 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$6,174,589,391

Average volume

584400.0

Dividend

$0.10

Ex-dividend date

08/10/2026

Payment date

08/17/2026

Beta

0.898

Payout ratio

14.7%

P/E ratio

90.32

Forward P/E

40.4858

EPS

$0.68

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.65%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.93%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CVI risks and drawbacks

CVI's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 48.2%.

Who may consider CVI — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CVI pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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