• Second quarter 2026 net loss attributable to CVR Energy stockholders of $3 million; Adjusted EBITDA of $209 million
• Declared cash dividend of 10 cents for the second quarter 2026
• CVR Partners, LP (“CVR Partners”) announced a second quarter 2026 cash distribution of $6.08 per common unit

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SUGAR LAND, Texas -- (Business Wire)

CVR Energy, Inc. (“CVR Energy” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CVI) today announced its second quarter 2026 results including a net loss attributable to CVR Energy stockholders of $3 million, or 3 cents per diluted share, and an adjusted earnings per diluted share of 34 cents, compared to net loss attributable to CVR Energy stockholders of $114 million, or $1.14 per diluted share, and an adjusted loss per diluted share of 23 cents for the second quarter of 2025. Net income for the second quarter of 2026 was $46 million compared to net loss of $90 million for the second quarter of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2026 was $209 million, compared to adjusted EBITDA of $99 million for the second quarter of 2025.

“CVR Energy posted another quarter of strong operating results across our system, with crude utilization of 98 percent and ammonia plant utilization of 99 percent,” said Dane Neumann, CVR Energy’s Chief Executive Officer. “The ongoing global conflicts have created tightness across energy and fertilizer markets. We continue to believe our assets are well-positioned to benefit from these market conditions and are pleased to announce a cash dividend of 10 cents per share for the second quarter. Looking ahead, we remain laser focused on pursuing accretive growth and believe current market conditions could support these efforts, as well as opportunities to reduce leverage and add value for our shareholders.

“With solid results for the quarter, CVR Partners declared a distribution of $6.08 per common unit,” Neumann continued. “The planned turnaround at the East Dubuque fertilizer facility is expected to begin in August, during which we plan to complete the brownfield ammonia expansion that is expected to increase production capacity by approximately 5%.”

Segment Highlights

Below are financial and operational highlights of each of the Company’s reportable segments:

Corporate and Other

The Company reported an income tax expense of $10 million, or 17.8 percent of income before income taxes, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to an income tax benefit of $42 million, or 31.7 percent of loss before income taxes, for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The change in income tax benefit was primarily due to an increase in overall pretax earnings while the change in effective tax rate was primarily caused by changes in pretax earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests and the impact of state tax credits relative to overall pretax earnings.

Cash, Debt and Dividend

Consolidated cash and cash equivalents were $737 million at June 30, 2026. Consolidated total debt and finance lease obligations were $1.8 billion at June 30, 2026, including $570 million held by the Nitrogen Fertilizer Segment.

CVR Energy announced a second quarter 2026 cash dividend of 10 cents per share. The dividend, as declared by CVR Energy’s Board of Directors, will be paid on August 17, 2026, to stockholders of record as of August 10, 2026.

CVR Partners announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner declared a second quarter 2026 cash distribution of $6.08 per common unit, which will be paid on August 17, 2026, to common unitholders of record as of August 10, 2026.

Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call

CVR Energy previously announced that it will host its second quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call on Thursday, July 30, at 1 p.m. Eastern. The Earnings Conference Call may also include discussion of Company developments, forward-looking information and other material information about business and financial matters.

The second quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call will be webcast live and can be accessed on the Investor Relations section of CVR Energy’s website at www.CVREnergy.com. For investors or analysts who want to participate during the call, the dial-in number is (800) 715-9871, conference ID 3388257. A repeat of the call can be accessed for seven days by dialing (800) 770-2030, conference ID 3388257. The webcast will be archived and available on the Investor Relations section of CVR Energy’s website at www.CVREnergy.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements concerning current estimates, expectations and projections about future results, performance, prospects, opportunities, plans, actions and events and other statements, concerns, or matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined under the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future: the information provided under the section titled “Q3 2026 Outlook” herein; continued safe and reliable operations; drivers of our results; impacts of planned and unplanned downtime and turnarounds on our results; asset utilization, capture, production volume, throughput, product yield and crude oil gathering rates, including the factors impacting same; crack spreads and the impacts thereof on our results; prospects for the refining industry; impact of costs to comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) and revaluation of our RFS liability; ability to secure RFS waivers; ability to achieve growth, accretive or otherwise, reduce leverage or add shareholder value; reportable segments; supply and demand trends; refining supply additions; RIN and product pricing; global fertilizer industry conditions; production levels and utilization at our nitrogen fertilizer facilities; nitrogen fertilizer sales volumes; dividends and distributions, including the timing, payment and amount (if any) thereof and any potential increase to future dividends; direct operating expenses, capital expenditures, depreciation and amortization, including the impacts thereof on our results; increase in value of our assets; timing of determinations and other interactions with, and submissions to, regulatory authorities and agencies; and other matters. You can generally identify forward-looking statements by our use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “explore,” “evaluate,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” or “will,” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Investors are cautioned that various factors may affect these forward-looking statements, including (among others) demand for fossil fuels and price volatility of crude oil, other feedstocks and refined products; the ability of the Company to pay or increase cash dividends and of CVR Partners to make cash distributions; potential operating hazards; costs of compliance with existing or new laws and regulations and potential liabilities arising therefrom; our controlling shareholder’s intention regarding ownership of our common stock or CVR Partners’ common units; general economic and business conditions; political disturbances, geopolitical instability and tensions; existing and future laws, rulings, policies and regulations, including the reinterpretation or amplification thereof by regulators, and including but not limited to those relating to the environment, climate change, and/or the production, transportation, or storage of hazardous chemicals, materials, or substances, like ammonia; political uncertainty and impacts to the oil and gas industry and the United States economy generally as a result of actions taken by the administration, including the imposition of tariffs or changes in climate or other energy laws, rules, regulations, or policies; impacts of plant outages; potential operating hazards from accidents, fires, severe weather, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, or other natural disasters; the health and economic effects of any pandemic, and other risks. For additional discussion of risk factors which may affect our results, please see the risk factors and other disclosures included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings. These and other risks may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this news release are made only as of the date hereof. CVR Energy disclaims any intention or obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by law.

About CVR Energy, Inc.

Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, CVR Energy is a diversified holding company primarily engaged in the petroleum refining and marketing business, as well as in the nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing business through its interest in CVR Partners. CVR Energy subsidiaries serve as the general partner and own approximately 37 percent of the common units of CVR Partners.

Investors and others should note that CVR Energy may announce material information using SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts and the Investor Relations page of its website. CVR Energy may use these channels to distribute material information about the Company and to communicate important information about the Company, corporate initiatives and other matters. Information that CVR Energy posts on its website could be deemed material; therefore, CVR Energy encourages investors, the media, its customers, business partners and others interested in the Company to review the information posted on its website.

Non-GAAP Measures

Our management uses certain non-GAAP measures, and reconciliations to those measures, to evaluate current and past performance and prospects for the future to supplement our financial information presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). These non-GAAP measures are important factors in assessing our operating results and profitability and include the measures defined below.

The following are non-GAAP measures we present for the periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:

EBITDA - Consolidated net income (loss) before (i) interest expense, net, (ii) income tax expense (benefit) and (iii) depreciation and amortization expense.

Petroleum EBITDA and Nitrogen Fertilizer EBITDA - Segment net income (loss) before segment (i) interest expense, net, (ii) income tax expense (benefit), and (iii) depreciation and amortization.

Refining Margin - The difference between our Petroleum Segment net sales and cost of materials and other.

Adjusted Refining Margin - Refining Margin adjusted for certain significant noncash items and items that management believes are not attributable to or indicative of our underlying operational results of the period or that may obscure results and trends we deem useful.

Refining Margin and Adjusted Refining Margin,per Throughput Barrel - Refining Margin and Adjusted Refining Margin divided by the total throughput barrels during the period, which is calculated as total throughput barrels per day times the number of days in the period.

Direct Operating Expenses per Throughput Barrel - Direct operating expenses for our Petroleum Segment divided by total throughput barrels for the period, which is calculated as total throughput barrels per day times the number of days in the period.

Adjusted EBITDA, Petroleum Adjusted EBITDA, and Nitrogen Fertilizer Adjusted EBITDA - EBITDA, Petroleum EBITDA, and Nitrogen Fertilizer EBITDA adjusted for certain significant non-cash items and items that management believes are not attributable to or indicative of our underlying operational results of the period or that may obscure results and trends we deem useful.

Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share - Earnings (loss) per share adjusted for certain significant non-cash items and items that management believes are not attributable to or indicative of our on-going operations or that may obscure our underlying results and trends.

Free Cash Flow - Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures and capitalized turnaround expenditures.

We present these measures because we believe they may help investors, analysts, lenders and ratings agencies analyze our results of operations and liquidity in conjunction with our U.S. GAAP results, including but not limited to our operating performance as compared to other publicly traded companies in the refining and fertilizer industries, without regard to historical cost basis or financing methods and our ability to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures. Non-GAAP measures have important limitations as analytical tools, because they exclude some, but not all, items that affect net earnings and operating income. These measures should not be considered substitutes for their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. See “Non-GAAP Reconciliations” included herein for reconciliation of these amounts. Due to rounding, numbers presented within this section may not add or equal to numbers or totals presented elsewhere within this document.

Factors Affecting Comparability of Our Financial Results

Our results of operations for the periods presented may not be comparable with prior periods or to our results of operations in the future for the reasons discussed below.

Petroleum Segment

Major Scheduled Turnaround Activities - Total capitalized turnaround expenditures as part of planned turnarounds were $1 million and $24 million during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $1 million and $190 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Q3 2026 Outlook

The table below summarizes our outlook for certain operational statistics and financial information for the third quarter of 2026. See “Forward-Looking Statements” above.

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Contacts:

Investor Relations
Richard Roberts
(281) 207-3205
InvestorRelations@CVREnergy.com

Source: CVR Energy, Inc.