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AVNT vs. ICL, AXTA, ALTM, CSWI, ESI, MEOH, PRM, CC, PCT, and NGVT

Should you be buying Avient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avient include ICL Group (ICL), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Element Solutions (ESI), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), and Ingevity (NGVT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Avient vs.

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

ICL Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ICL Group has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Avient's net margin of 5.23%. Avient's return on equity of 10.44% beat ICL Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ICL Group5.83% 8.31% 4.39%
Avient 5.23%10.44%4.14%

13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ICL Group received 214 more outperform votes than Avient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Avient an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ICL GroupOutperform Votes
251
55.53%
Underperform Votes
201
44.47%
AvientOutperform Votes
37
50.00%
Underperform Votes
37
50.00%

ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ICL Group pays out 51.6% 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. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. ICL Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ICL Group$6.87B1.22$647M$0.3120.55
Avient$3.24B1.02$169.50M$1.0733.76

In the previous week, ICL Group had 3 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for ICL Group and 13 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat ICL Group's score of 0.84 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ICL Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avient
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

ICL Group presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.97%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 29.55%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than ICL Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ICL Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Avient beats ICL Group on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVNT vs. The Competition

MetricAvientPlastics materials & resins IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.31B$6.34B$3.08B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.84%3.34%5.21%3.84%
P/E Ratio19.7423.0367.8834.53
Price / Sales1.0295.4725,591,212,775,269,400.0034.83
Price / Cash9.3411.8924.3417.51
Price / Book1.421.445.214.69
Net Income$169.50M$111.77M$156.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.76%0.52%2.45%-1.74%
1 Month Performance12.51%5.94%5.51%7.50%
1 Year Performance-19.29%-24.90%16.98%4.15%

Avient Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVNT
Avient
4.5537 of 5 stars
$36.13
+0.3%
$46.80
+29.5%
-19.3%$3.31B$3.24B19.749,700Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
2.6009 of 5 stars
$6.60
-2.1%
$6.75
+2.3%
+33.3%$8.67B$6.84B21.2913,200Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.8698 of 5 stars
$32.36
-0.9%
$40.38
+24.8%
-10.6%$7.07B$5.24B18.1812,000
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+24.4%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470High Trading Volume
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.139 of 5 stars
$327.59
-1.1%
$342.50
+4.6%
+22.1%$5.50B$858.61M39.142,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
ESI
Element Solutions
4.815 of 5 stars
$22.44
+0.4%
$26.38
+17.5%
-9.4%$5.44B$2.48B22.005,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
MEOH
Methanex
4.8431 of 5 stars
$33.63
+0.2%
$48.25
+43.5%
-37.1%$2.27B$3.70B14.561,300Gap Up
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.3663 of 5 stars
$11.81
-0.7%
$15.50
+31.2%
+54.5%$1.74B$573.95M-84.35240Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
CC
Chemours
4.6527 of 5 stars
$11.19
+0.2%
$17.56
+56.9%
-60.1%$1.67B$5.79B19.636,600Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.1054 of 5 stars
$8.78
-5.5%
$12.00
+36.7%
+70.4%$1.58B$1.58M-5.85120Positive News
NGVT
Ingevity
3.3663 of 5 stars
$42.36
-1.4%
$52.75
+24.5%
-17.6%$1.54B$1.35B-3.582,050Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:AVNT) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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