第3名 CVR 能源公司

股票代碼：CVI

今年迄今股價漲幅：142%

市值：41億美元

《財富》美國500強排名：477

????隨著億萬富翁、維權投資者卡爾·伊坎將CVR能源公司（CVR Energy）列入其最大持股（當然，我們沒有計入Icahn Enterprises），該股今年大漲，創下歷史高點。

????1月份，伊坎買入CVR能源公司14.5%的股權，聲稱該股遭到低估。5月份，伊坎增持至80%左右。一個月后，他被任命為這家煉油公司的董事會主席。

????伊坎一度計劃出售這家公司，他列出的潛在買家包括Valero、Western Refining、HollyFrontier、Tesoro、馬拉松原油和康菲石油（ConocoPhilips）等公司。

????因為沒有接到任何可信的出價，隨后，伊坎在8月初提出將公司私有化。兩周后，這位億萬富翁以市況為由收回了這項提議。但伊坎仍是這家公司的最大投資者。

????與此同時，今年CVR公司盈利強勁，每個季度的表現都超出了預期。在最近這個季度，CVR公司公布，它的利潤達到了2.09億美元，較上年統計幾乎翻番，而銷售額也大增近80%。

#3 CVR Energy

Ticker:?CVI

YTD stock performance:?142%

Market cap:?$4.1 billion

Fortune 500 rank:?477

????Shares of?CVR Energy?(CVI,?Fortune 500)?have soared to record highs this year as billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn made the company his biggest holding, not counting?Icahn Enterprises?(IEP,Fortune 500), of course.

????In January, Icahn picked up a 14.5% percent stake in CVR, saying shares were undervalued. In May, Icahn boosted his stake to about 80%, and a month later, he was named chairman of the oil refiner's board.

????Icahn went on a mission to sell the company and named?Valero?(VLO,?Fortune 500),?Western Refining?(WNR,?Fortune 500),?HollyFrontier?(HFC,?Fortune 500),?Tesoro?(TSO,Fortune 500),?Marathon Petroleum?(MPC,?Fortune 500)?and?ConocoPhilips?(COP,Fortune 500)?as possible buyers.

????After failing to receive any credible offers, Icahn offered to take the company private in early August. Two weeks later, the billionaire?withdrew his offer, citing market conditions. But Icahn remains the company's largest investor.

????Meanwhile, CVR has also delivered strong earnings, topping expectations each quarter this year. During the most recent quarter, CVR posted a profit of $209 million, nearly double from a year earlier, as sales surged almost 80%.