ASIX vs. AVNT, DOW, EMN, LYB, NTR, OLN, WLK, CC, NGVT, and UAN
Should you be buying AdvanSix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AdvanSix include Avient (AVNT), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Nutrien (NTR), Olin (OLN), Westlake (WLK), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), and CVR Partners (UAN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
AdvanSix vs. Its Competitors
AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
AdvanSix pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. AdvanSix pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AdvanSix has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
86.4% of AdvanSix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AdvanSix has a net margin of 5.45% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. AdvanSix's return on equity of 11.38% beat Avient's return on equity.
AdvanSix currently has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.07%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 36.73%. Given AdvanSix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Avient.
AdvanSix has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avient has higher revenue and earnings than AdvanSix. AdvanSix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Avient had 9 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Avient and 2 mentions for AdvanSix. AdvanSix's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Avient's score of 0.54 indicating that AdvanSix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AdvanSix beats Avient on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASIX) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff