CVR Energy Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
CVI · Energy
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 12 days, change -2 days YoY
AR growth -20.3% vs revenue growth -5.9%
Revenue -5.9%, CFFO -64.4%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory -6.0% vs COGS -7.9%. Normal
CapEx growth 64.7% is >2x revenue growth -5.9%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 43.9%. Normal
Gross margin 4.7%, change +2.1pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 5.33. Profits backed by cash
FCF is negative ($-0.2B)
Accruals ratio = -3.2%. Low accruals
Cash $0.5B covers only 29% of debt $1.8B
Balance Sheet Health
No goodwill. Clean balance sheet
Interest coverage = 1.7x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets grew 47.9% vs revenue -5.9%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
No goodwill
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.81 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25