Compare Stocks: AVNT, FUND, UFPI, and AXTA

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVNT Avient	$41.75 -0.4%	$40.56	$27.48 ▼ $46.64	$3.83B	1.29	824,711 shs	649,273 shs
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	$34.00 -1.3%	$35.17	$24.94 ▼ $38.61	$7.28B	1.24	2.54 million shs	2.10 million shs
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	$10.61 -0.4%	$10.24	$7.97 ▼ $10.99	$314.76M	0.87	30,248 shs	13,975 shs
UFPI UFP Industries	$80.20 -2.3%	$87.32	$77.89 ▼ $118.00	$4.42B	1.22	433,443 shs	403,282 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVNT Avient	-1.58%	-4.02%	-7.55%	+14.72%	+13.40%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	-3.23%	-3.94%	-8.14%	+5.26%	+9.59%
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	+0.19%	-1.30%	+2.21%	+4.31%	+28.47%
UFPI UFP Industries	-1.39%	-1.03%	-9.72%	-2.82%	-18.28%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVNT Avient	$41.75 -0.4%	$40.56	$27.48 ▼ $46.64	$3.83B	1.29	824,711 shs	649,273 shs
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	$34.00 -1.3%	$35.17	$24.94 ▼ $38.61	$7.28B	1.24	2.54 million shs	2.10 million shs
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	$10.61 -0.4%	$10.24	$7.97 ▼ $10.99	$314.76M	0.87	30,248 shs	13,975 shs
UFPI UFP Industries	$80.20 -2.3%	$87.32	$77.89 ▼ $118.00	$4.42B	1.22	433,443 shs	403,282 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVNT Avient	-1.58%	-4.02%	-7.55%	+14.72%	+13.40%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	-3.23%	-3.94%	-8.14%	+5.26%	+9.59%
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	+0.19%	-1.30%	+2.21%	+4.31%	+28.47%
UFPI UFP Industries	-1.39%	-1.03%	-9.72%	-2.82%	-18.28%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVNT Avient	2.50	Moderate Buy	$46.71	11.88% Upside
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	2.29	Hold	$36.00	5.87% Upside
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
UFPI UFP Industries	2.50	Moderate Buy	$104.50	30.30% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AVNT, FUND, UFPI, and AXTA Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/4/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
8/24/2026	UFPI UFP Industries	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Hold	$87.00 ➝ $90.00
8/21/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$47.00 ➝ $48.00
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$44.00 ➝ $50.00
8/6/2026	UFPI UFP Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Hold (C-)
8/3/2026	AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/31/2026	UFPI UFP Industries	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
7/29/2026	AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
7/29/2026	AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$35.00 ➝ $39.00

(Data available from 9/10/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVNT Avient	$3.26B	1.17	$4.76 per share	8.77	$26.06 per share	1.60
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	$5.12B	1.42	$3.78 per share	8.99	$11.22 per share	3.03
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	$80.84M	3.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	∞
UFPI UFP Industries	$6.23B	0.71	$7.54 per share	10.64	$52.94 per share	1.51

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AVNT Avient	$81.90M	$1.85	22.57	11.79	1.23	5.10%	11.64%	4.67%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	$378M	$1.62	20.99	11.81	1.64	6.78%	22.35%	7.12%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
UFPI UFP Industries	$294.79M	$4.36	18.39	14.88	N/A	3.99%	8.00%	6.11%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest AVNT, FUND, UFPI, and AXTA Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	AVNT Avient	$0.8930	$0.96	+$0.0670	$0.70	$898.53 million	$917.00 million
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	UFPI UFP Industries	$1.37	$1.48	+$0.11	$1.48	$1.79 billion	$1.88 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	$0.6470	$0.72	+$0.0730	$0.41	$1.31 billion	$1.35 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVNT Avient	$1.10	2.63%	+5.86%	59.46%	1 Years
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	$0.59	5.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A
UFPI UFP Industries	$1.44	1.80%	+22.87%	33.03%	5 Years

Latest AVNT, FUND, UFPI, and AXTA Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/16/2026	AVNT Avient	quarterly	$0.2750	2.89%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	10/7/2026
9/2/2026	FUND Sprott Focus Trust	quarterly	$0.1503	5.57%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	9/29/2026
7/22/2026	UFPI UFP Industries	quarterly	$0.36	1.75%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVNT Avient	0.77	1.90	1.35
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	0.99	1.53	1.12
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
UFPI UFP Industries	0.07	3.98	2.64

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVNT Avient	95.48%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	98.28%
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	12.63%
UFPI UFP Industries	81.81%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVNT Avient	0.85%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	0.50%
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	54.83%
UFPI UFP Industries	2.45%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVNT Avient	9,000	91.72 million	90.94 million	Optionable
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems	12,300	214.02 million	212.95 million	Optionable
FUND Sprott Focus Trust	N/A	29.67 million	13.40 million	Not Optionable
UFPI UFP Industries	13,800	55.16 million	53.81 million	Optionable

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Recent News About These Companies

ProWood Brings Products and Expertise to Hispanic Contractors at AVANCE Global 2026

September 9 at 9:23 AM | prnewswire.com

26,270 Shares in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI Purchased by Jupiter Topco LLC

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Purchases New Stake in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

52,836 Shares in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI Acquired by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Man Group plc Invests $3.75 Million in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Denali Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 41,878 UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Freestone Grove Partners LP Purchases Shares of 26,923 UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

375,432 Shares in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI Bought by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

UFP Industries (UFPI) Down 1% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?

August 28, 2026 | zacks.com

Deutsche Bank AG Invests $5.58 Million in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Takes $688.06 Million Position in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

UFP Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Callan Family Office LLC Takes Position in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Purchases Shares of 31,684 UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

NewEdge Wealth LLC Takes Position in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Reduces Earnings Estimates for UFP Industries

August 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Great Lakes Advisors LLC Takes Position in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deckorators Hosts Inaugural "Build It Forward" Volunteer Event in Nashville

August 18, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Bank of America Corp DE Has $23.55 Million Holdings in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. Acquires Shares of 16,369 UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Royal Bank of Canada Raises Stake in UFP Industries, Inc. $UFPI

August 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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AVNT, FUND, UFPI, and AXTA Company Descriptions

Avient NYSE:AVNT

$41.75 -0.15 (-0.35%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$41.72 -0.03 (-0.08%)

As of 04:15 PM Eastern

Avient Corporation operates as a formulator of material solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. It operates in two segments, Color, Additives and Inks; and Specialty Engineered Materials. The Color, Additives and Inks segment offers custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, and specialty inks; custom-formulated liquid system, such as polyester, vinyl, natural rubber and latex, polyurethane, and silicone; and proprietary inks. Its products are used in medical and pharmaceutical devices, food packaging, personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building products, wire and cable, recreational and athletic apparel, construction and filtration, outdoor furniture, healthcare, textiles and appliances, and industrial markets. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides specialty polymer formulations, services, and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials. It sells its products through direct sales personnel, distributors, and commissioned sales agents. The company was formerly known as PolyOne Corporation and changed its name to Avient Corporation in June 2020. Avient Corporation was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio.

Axalta Coating Systems NYSE:AXTA

$34.00 -0.44 (-1.27%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$33.98 -0.02 (-0.05%)

As of 05:36 PM Eastern

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes high-performance coatings systems in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates through two segments, Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings. It also offers water and solvent-borne products and systems to repair damaged vehicles for independent body shops, multi-shop operators, and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) dealership body shops. In addition, the company provides functional and decorative liquid, and powder coatings used in various industrial applications, including building materials, cabinet, wood and luxury vinyl flooring and furniture market under the Voltatex, AquaEC, Durapon, Hydropon, UNRIVALED, Ceranamel, Industrial, Corlar Industrial, Tufcote, Imron Industrial, Alesta, Teodur, Nap-Gard, Abcite, and Plascoat brands for powder coatings. Further, it develops and supplies electrocoat, primer, the basecoat, and clearcoat products for OEMs of light and commercial vehicles; and coatings systems for various commercial applications, including HDT, MDT, bus, and rail under the Imron, Imron Elite, Centari, Rival, Corlar epoxy undercoats, and AquaEC brands. The company offers products under the Audurra, Abcite, Alesta, AquaEC, Centari, Ceranamel, Challenger, Chemophan, ColorNet, Cromax, Cromax Mosaic, Durapon 70, Duxone, Harmonized Coating Technologies, Imron ExcelPro, Lutophen, Nason, Spies Hecker, Standox, Stollaquid, Syntopal, Syrox, Raptor, U-POL, and Vermeera brand names. The company was formerly known as Axalta Coating Systems Bermuda Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. in August 2014. Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.

Sprott Focus Trust NASDAQ:FUND

$10.61 -0.04 (-0.38%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$10.57 -0.04 (-0.38%)

As of 05:26 PM Eastern

Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Sprott Asset Management, LP. The fund is co-managed by Sprott Asset Management USA Inc. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 3000 Index. It was formerly known as Royce Focus Trust, Inc. Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. was formed on March 2, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.

UFP Industries NASDAQ:UFPI

$80.20 -1.86 (-2.27%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$80.12 -0.08 (-0.09%)

As of 04:45 PM Eastern

UFP Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets wood and non-wood composites, and other materials in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. It operates through Retail, Packaging, and Construction segments. The Retail segment offers treated lumber products, including decking, fencing, lattice, and other products; pressure-treated and fire-retardant products used primarily for outdoor decking environments; and lawn and garden products, consisting of wood and vinyl fencing options, garden beds and planters, pergolas, picnic tables, and other landscaping products. This segment also offers wood plastic composites, composite decking, and related decking accessories, including non- aluminum railing systems, balusters, post caps, and other products, as well as pre-painted and primed shiplap and project boards. The Packaging segment provides custom and structural packaging products, pallets, corrugate, foam, labels, strapping, and films. The construction segment offers roof trusses, cut-to-size dimensional and board lumber, plywoods, and oriented strand boards; engineered wood components, including roof and floor trusses, wall panels, I-joists, and lumber packages; and alternate materials components, such as metal trusses, sheathed and pre-finished light gauge metal wall panels, aluminum decks, and rail accessories, as well as distributes siding, electrical, and plumbing products. This segment also engages in the manufacture of components; design, manufacture, and supply of wood forms and related products to set or form concrete for structures, such as parking garages, stadiums, and other infrastructure projects. It also offers interior fixtures, millwork, and casework for retail and commercial structures. The company was formerly known as Universal Forest Products, Inc. and changed its name to UFP Industries, Inc. in April 2020. UFP Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1955 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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