AdvanSix (ASIX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

AdvanSix Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of polymer resins in the United States and internationally. It offers Nylon 6, a polymer resin, which is a synthetic material used to produce fibers, filaments, engineered plastics, and films. The company also provides caprolactam to manufacture polymer resins; ammonium sulfate fertilizers to distributors, farm cooperatives, and retailers; and acetone that are used in the production of adhesives, paints, coatings, solvents, herbicides, and engineered plastic resins, as well as other intermediate chemicals, including phenol, monoisopropylamine, dipropylamine, monoallylamine, alpha-methylstyrene, cyclohexanone, methyl ethyl ketoxime, acetaldehyde oxime, 2-pentanone oxime, cyclohexanol, sulfuric acid, ammonia, and carbon dioxide. It offers its products under the Aegis, Capran, Sulf-N, Nadone, Naxol, and EZ-Blox brands. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors. AdvanSix Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $23.35 to $24.00
• 50-Day Range: $18.72 to $24.44
• 52-Week Range: $18.44 to $33.00
• Volume: 136,535 shs
• Average Volume: 153,371 shs
• Market Capitalization: $630.91 million
• P/E Ratio: 14.61
• Dividend Yield: 2.72%
• Price Target: $33.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

AdvanSix Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AdvanSix scored higher than 76% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 64th out of 187 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

AdvanSix has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AdvanSix has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AdvanSix is 14.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.20.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AdvanSix is 14.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 64.27.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AdvanSix has a P/B Ratio of 0.81. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.83% of the float of AdvanSix has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AdvanSix has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AdvanSix has recently increased by 19.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

AdvanSix pays a meaningful dividend of 2.78%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

AdvanSix has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of AdvanSix is 20.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.83% of the float of AdvanSix has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AdvanSix has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AdvanSix has recently increased by 19.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.53

News Sentiment

AdvanSix has a news sentiment score of 0.53. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for AdvanSix this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for ASIX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added AdvanSix to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AdvanSix insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $88,960.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 5.60% of the stock of AdvanSix is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

86.39% of the stock of AdvanSix is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ASIX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ASIX shares performed this year?

AdvanSix's stock was trading at $28.49 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, ASIX stock has decreased by 17.4% and is now trading at $23.53.
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How were AdvanSix's earnings last quarter?

AdvanSix Inc. (NYSE:ASIX) released its earnings results on Friday, February, 21st. The company reported $0.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.37) by $0.40. The company had revenue of $329.06 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $377.15 million. AdvanSix had a net margin of 2.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.26%.
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Who are AdvanSix's major shareholders?

AdvanSix's top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (8.98%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.39%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.86%) and American Century Companies Inc. (3.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Erin N Kane, Christopher Gramm, Achilles B Kintiroglou and Donald P Newman.
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How do I buy shares of AdvanSix?

Shares of ASIX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of AdvanSix own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that AdvanSix investors own include Chevron (CVX), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Comcast (CMCSA), Charles Schwab (SCHW), McKesson (MCK), Edwards Lifesciences (EW) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/21/2025
• Record date for 3/24 Dividend: 3/10/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/24 Dividend: 3/10/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/24/2025
• Record date for 5/27 Dividend: 5/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/27 Dividend: 5/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/27/2025
• Today: 5/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/01/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Plastics materials & resins
• Sub-Industry: Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ASIX
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:ASIX
• CIK: 1673985
• Web: www.advansix.com
• Phone: (844) 890-8949
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,460
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $33.50
• High Stock Price Target: $35.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $32.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +42.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.12
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.88
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $44.15 million
• Net Margins: 2.91%
• Pretax Margin: 3.00%
• Return on Equity: 6.26%
• Return on Assets: 3.10%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.25
• Current Ratio: 1.08
• Quick Ratio: 0.49

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.56 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.40
• Cash Flow: $3.67 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.42
• Book Value: $28.98 per share
• Price / Book: 0.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 26,813,000
• Free Float: 25,234,000
• Market Cap: $630.91 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.59